Report: More than 300K seniors addicted to prescription drugs
Drugs include narcotic painkillers such as Percocet, Vicodin and anti-anxiety medicines like Xanax, Valium (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - May 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Widely used drug no more effective than FDA approved medication in treating epileptic seizures
Lorazepam -- a widely used but not yet Food and Drug Administration approved drug for children -- is no more effective than an approved benzodiazepine, diazepam, for treating pediatric status epilepticus, a study shows. Status epilepticus is a state in which the brain is in a persistent state of seizure. By the age of 15, 4 to 8 percent of children experience a seizure episode, which can be life threatening if they aren't stopped immediately. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 14, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
What Are the Top Anti-Anxiety Medications?
Antianxiety medications help to calm and relax the anxious person and remove the troubling symptoms. There are a number of antianxiety medications currently available. The preferred medications for most anxiety disorders are the benzodiazepines such as Valium, Xanax/Zanex, and Ativan. (Source: About.com Mental Health)
Source: About.com Mental Health - May 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: mentalhealth.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This week's topics include clot busting in people with pulmonary embolism, virtual autopsy, getting seniors off Valium, and nerve problems following chemotherapy. (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - May 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Lorazepam, Diazepam Similar in Pediatric Status Epilepticus Lorazepam, Diazepam Similar in Pediatric Status Epilepticus
Results of a controlled trial do not support the superiority of lorazepam over diazepam as a first-line agent for pediatric status epilepticus. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - May 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Lorazepam no better than diazepam for child seizures
Lorazepam not superior to diazepam as first-line drug for status epilepticusRelated items from OnMedicaValproate in pregnancy linked to raised autism riskPrenatal exposure to valproate raises risk of autismAntibiotic fails to improve lung function in children with CFAdherence to medicine schedule – low among children with epilepsyCAM can be lethal to children (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - April 23, 2014 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Benzos Equal for Kids With Status Epilepticus (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Diazepam proved equal to lorazepam for effectiveness and safety in treating children with status epilepticus, surprising the randomized trial's investigators and others in the field. (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - April 22, 2014 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Two Drugs Work Equally Well for Epileptic Seizures in Kids
Ativan, Valium both good options for emergency treatment, experts say
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Children's Health, Epilepsy, Seizures (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - April 22, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trouble Is a Gift: A Story of Addiction, Recovery & Hope
“But finally, there I was alone in this apartment, sitting in a chair, staring at the radiator waiting for the little guy to crawl out from behind it. Knowing the bottle was going to be empty in another minute. Wondering how I’m going to get money to buy a new one or if I should just kill myself and leap into hell feet first. That was my defining moment. The bottom of that bottle.”
So began James Cusack’s hand-over-fist climb out of the abyss of his alcoholism, chronicled in his book Trouble Is a Gift. The book opens with a description of his own struggles with the substance — what he can remember of them. Raise...
Source: Psych Central - April 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Megan Riddle Tags: Addictions Alcoholism Book Reviews General Motivation and Inspiration Personal Stories Substance Abuse Alcohol Abuse Drug rehabilitation hope James Cusack recovery Source Type: news
Keeping children safe around grandma’s medicine
Multi-generational parenting is becoming more common, as the number of children living with grandparents—or receiving regular care from them—continues to rise. And according to reports, this generation of seniors is healthier, better educated, living longer and more financially secure than those of the past.
In other words, today’s Nana and Granddad are ready for the job.
But, as shown in this report from Safe Kids Worldwide, when grandparents become more active in child care, it carries a safety concern: increasing kids’ access to the grandparents’ medication and pills, and potentially serious cases of m...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - April 4, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tripp Underwood Tags: All posts child safety medication toddler safety Source Type: news
Cholesterol transporter structure decoded
For the first time, scientists have solved the high-resolution structure of the molecular transporter TSPO, which introduces cholesterol into mitochondria. This protein also serves as a docking site for diagnostic markers and different drugs, such as Valium. The detailed knowledge of its 3-D shape and function opens up new diagnostic and therapeutic perspectives. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 21, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Cholesterol transporter structure decoded
(DZNE - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases) For the first time, scientists in Goettingen, Germany, have solved the high-resolution structure of the molecular transporter TSPO, which introduces cholesterol into mitochondria. This protein also serves as a docking site for diagnostic markers and different drugs, such as Valium. The detailed knowledge of its 3-D shape and function opens up new diagnostic and therapeutic perspectives. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 21, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news
About Valium - Early Tranquilizer, Still Prescribed
Back in the 1960s and 70s Valium was called "mother's little helper." It was "prescribed in vast quantities" by doctors to women (mothers and non-mothers) for anxiety, tension, you name ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder)
Source: About.com Bipolar Disorder - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Drug-facilitated sexual crime by use of ketamine and diazepam by a gynaecologist - Wille SM, Di Fazio V, Samyn N.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 3, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Can David Nutt wean us off the demon drink with his alcohol substitute? | Neil Brady
The former government drugs adviser believes the only way to reduce the harms of alcohol is to replace it with a safer intoxicantCancer incidence is set to increase by 70% globally between now and 2024, according to the World Health Organisation's World Cancer Report published earlier this month. The report states that much of the increase will be down to lifestyle factors – not just smoking, but also physical inactivity and excessive consumption of sugar (leading to obesity) and alcohol.Changing people's behaviour is notoriously difficult and costly, but what if it were possible to greatly reduce the toxic effect of one...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 27, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Neil Brady Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts Alcoholism Health Medical research Society Drugs David Nutt Cancer Science Source Type: news
