Another Arrow for Your Headache Quiver: Cervical Injections
People don’t come to the emergency department for treatment of headaches unless their headache severity or duration is intolerable or the headache is frighteningly different. (Neurol Clin 1998 May;16[2]:285.) Usually, these headaches have failed to respond to their usual and standard therapies. In fact, those who market the migraine-specific triptan drugs recognize that headaches that have progressed to the state of central sensitization simply don’t respond well to their drugs. (Ann Neurol 2004;55[1]:27; Ann Neurol 2004;55[1]:19; Clin Ther 2000;22[9]:1035.)
Central sensitization is an increased response to stimulation...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - October 2, 2012 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Whitney Houston: Cocaine and Heart Disease
In March 2012, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office reported that Whitney Houston’s official cause of death was accidental drowning. Cocaine use and heart disease were contributing factors in her death.
The coroner believes that cocaine use caused Whitney to suffer heart problems (she already had heart disease), which led her to become unconscious. Bruises on her forehead, chest, and upper lip suggest that she fell into the bathtub, where she drowned.
The six-time Grammy winner also had marijuana, the prescription drugs Xanax and Flexeril, and the over-the-counter medicine Benadryl in her bloodstream, though the cor...
Source: NIDA Drugs and Health Blog - April 25, 2012 Category: Addiction Authors: Sara Bellum Source Type: blogs
October 2011: How is Your Crohn’s Today?
Hello everyone! I hope that you are doing well today! It is time for us to have another edition of ‘How is your Crohn’s today?’.
For those who are new to the blog, every now and then I like to check in with everyone to hear how you are doing and how your Crohn’s is holding up.
Here’s how I’ve been doing: I started the Stem Cell Clinical Trial and had the first infusion on the 12th of October. I was really nervous about the first one since I don’t have good success with medications (I always seem to get those rare side effects!), so I asked my husband to take me. It was good that I brought him because they...
Source: Life with Crohn's - October 24, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Kelly R Tags: Crohn's disease Crohn's community crohns How is your Crohn's today medication Source Type: blogs
