Tag archive for ‘Drugs’
The abuse of drugs and alcohol is common among U.S. adolescents. States., Study finds
The use of alcohol and drugs is common among American teens and more than 15 percent meet the criteria for substance abuse, a new study finds. “Once again we are reminded that in most cases experimentation with alcohol and drug use begins in adolescence,” said Bruce Goldman, director of Substance Abuse Services Zucker Hillside Hospital [...]
Prescription drugs can promote excess weight
Drugs that millions of Americans take for mood disorders, hypertension, diabetes and other chronic conditions can lead to an unhealthy side effect: weight gain. Although there are options for some types of drugs, medication adjustments is not a simple matter as to change said Ryan Roux, director of pharmacy at the Hospital District Harris County [...]
Pregnancy and drugs
Virtually all drugs cross the barrier and reach the fetus plancentaire. Certain substances (including alcohol) are particularly dangerous in early pregnancy which is the phase of development of members and internal organs. Researches on the teratogenic (causing birth defects) drugs are relatively limited. Not to take risks, most doctors recommend that pregnant women not to [...]
Neuroleptics
Neuroleptics are drugs that are part of psychopharmacology that is to say that they can act on a psychic state. There is talk of psychosis when the subject has a misperception of reality with illusions, delusions and often hallucinations. It uses two types of drugs in psychosis, neuroleptics and antidepressants. The first act in all [...]
Drugs for attention deficit disorder: double risk of heart problems
A U.S. committee concluded that some drugs used to treat attention deficit especially in children (such as Ritalin, known as Ritalin Ritalin in Latin America and Spain) must carry a warning on the packaging warning that they may present a risk of death. That warning will be presented in a black box. Box in the [...]
Anti-diabetic, insulin
Antidiabetics are the drugs used by diabetics to control blood sugar in the blood (glucose). In type II diabetes, the most common, and appears especially in adulthood, the body produces the insulin but can not use it properly. In type I diabetes, which often occurs before 30 years, the pancreas stops producing insulin, the hormone [...]
Antiulcer
An ulcer is a cavity in the wall of the stomach or duodenum. The drugs prescribed against ulcers are designed to combat the symptoms, to help wound healing, and in the long term to prevent recurrence, frequent in this type of disease. Gastric juices secreted in the stomach contain, among other substances, hydrochloric acid, different [...]
Drugs against eczema
Medication against eczema or antieczemateux. Eczema is a skin lesion that evolves in four phases. The first is the acute inflammation with redness, pain and swelling. Then appear superficial vesicles containing a clear liquid and break very quickly. These two phases are marked by intense itching. In the next stage, the redness persists but the [...]
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