Evaluation of the effects of anti-motion sickness drugs on subjective sleepiness and cognitive performance of healthy males - Weerts A, Pattyn N, Van de Heyning P, Wuyts F.
This study aimed to investigate the clinical and cognitive side effects of baclofen (10 mg), meclizine (50 mg), dimenhydrinate (40 mg) plus cinnarizine (20 mg) and promethazine (25 mg) plus d-amphetamine (5 mg). The study had a double-blind, placebo contro... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 21, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Drug residues detected in Swedish sewage water
(Umea University) Chemists at Umeå University in Sweden have been able to trace narcotics substances and prescription drugs in measurements of wastewater from 33 Swedish sewage treatment plants. Cocaine, amphetamine, and methamphetamine, in measurable concentrations, were found in a total of half of the locations. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Patterns of drug use changing, but risks remain, UK
A new report published by Public Health England, Shooting Up - infections among people who inject drugs in the United Kingdom 2012, found patterns of injecting drug use are changing, but infection risk for all drug users remains high. Whilst heroin, on it's own or in combination with crack-cocaine remains the most commonly injected drug, the number of people reporting their main injecting drug as amphetamines and amphetamine-type substances (like mephedrone), nearly tripled between 2002 and 2012... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news
Shire's ADHD drug succeeds in trial to treat binge eating
LONDON (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical group Shire PLC said Vyvanse, its amphetamine-based drug prescribed to U.S. students to control ADHD, had also been successful in treating the newly-recognized binge eating disorder (BED) in a trial. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Must-Read: FDA approves long-acting hydrocodone despite warning from its own advisory panel (Weekly Web Review in Toxicology)
This study design allows researchers to enroll only subjects who have already been shown to tolerate and respond to the drug. Critics of this method argue that it stacks the deck in favor of good results, and in no way simulates real-world conditions or predicts after-market experience.
Last December, an FDA panel voted against approving the drug. One panel member, medical toxicologist Jeanmarie Perrone, said she was “surprised” when the drug was approved.
In a related story, the Journal Sentinal previously reported that the enhanced enrollment design was worked out at annual private meetings between drug comp...
Source: The Poison Review - November 3, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical battery ingestion central park ecstasy FDA federal drug administration hydrocodone mdma pma toxic plant zohydroer Source Type: news
