Some Ideas for Handling Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is being better understood each day. There is also ongoing research into its treatment.
But successfully treating bipolar disorder can involve several medication trials, and it can take years to achieve remission. Even if remission is attained, recurrence is the rule — not the exception. It’s not uncommon for all first-line treatments to be exhausted.
People in this situation may be considered by mental health professionals to be treatment-resistant. Luckily, there are treatments that can be tried when first-line, and even second-line, treatments for bipolar disorder fail.
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Source: Psych Central - June 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Natasha Tracy Tags: Anticonvulsants Antidepressants Atypical Antipsychotics Bipolar Cognitive-Behavioral Disorders General Medications Mood Stabilizers Psychotherapy Treatment Abilify Aripiprazole Bipolar Disorder Clinicians Consensus Depakote Source Type: news
Donated Liver Survival Rate Greatly Improved By Antioxidant
Researchers from Italy have found that the antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), when injected prior to harvesting of the liver, significantly improves graft survival following transplantation. Results published in the February issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), suggest that the NAC effect on early graft function and survival is higher when suboptimal organs are used... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Source Type: news
Antioxidant boosts liver transplant outcomes
Infusion of N-acetylcysteine in liver donors can significantly improve the outcome of transplantation, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Gastroenterology)
Source: MedWire News - Gastroenterology - February 26, 2013 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Antioxidant improves donated liver survival rate to more than 90 percent
(Wiley) Researchers from Italy have found that the antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), when injected prior to harvesting of the liver, significantly improves graft survival following transplantation. Results published in the Feb. issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, suggest that the NAC effect on early graft function and survival is higher when suboptimal organs are used. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Antioxidant Improves Donated Liver Survival Rate To More Than 90%
Researchers from Italy have found that the antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), when injected prior to harvesting of the liver, significantly improves graft survival following transplantation. Results published in the February issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), suggest that the NAC effect on early graft function and survival is higher when suboptimal organs are used. A 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) report estimates that 22,000 liver transplants were performed worldwide, with nearly 18,500 from deceased donors... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplants / Organ Donations Source Type: news
Antioxidant Aids Liver Graft Survival (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Administration of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) at the time a deceased donor liver is being harvested led to improved graft survival in the recipients, Italian researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - February 22, 2013 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
RCT: Metoprolol vs carvedilol, or carvedilol plus N-acetylcysteine on post-operative atrial fibrillation
Source: Eur Heart J
Area: News
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of metoprolol, carvedilol, and carvedilol plus NAC on the prevention of post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF).
Three hundred and eleven patients undergoing cardiac surgery were randomised to metoprolol, carvedilol, or carvedilol plus NAC. The incidence of POAF was statistically lower in the carvedilol plus NAC group compared with the metoprolol group (P < 0.0001) or the carvedilol group (P = 0.03). Duration of hospitalisation was statistically lower in the carvedilol plus NAC group compared to the metoprolol group (P = 0.0...
Source: NeLM - Cardiovascular Medicine - February 22, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Treating Amanita phalloides poisoning: is silibinin superior to chicken dung?
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Amanita phalloides poisoning and treatment with silibinin in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales. Roberts DM et al. Med J Aust 3013 Jan 21;198:43-47
Abstract
In one of his published works, the second-century Roman physician Galen related an anecdotal method of treating mushroom poisoning:
I have heard of a physician of Mysia who administered Fowl’s dung to persons suffering form fungus poisoning, and I myself have experimented with the remedy. I have used finally powdered dung mixed with water or mixed with honey and vinegar The patients immediately on drinking the ...
Source: The Poison Review - January 25, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical amanita phalloides Australia milk thistle mushroom poisoning silibinin silymarin Source Type: news
Novel Acetylcysteine Regimens for Treatment of APAP OverdoseNovel Acetylcysteine Regimens for Treatment of APAP Overdose
Does IV acetylcysteine prevent acetaminophen-induced liver toxicity as well as oral therapy? Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
