Gabapentinoid abuse in France: evidence on health consequences and new points of vigilance - Tambon M, Pont é C, Jouanjus E, Fouilhé N, Micallef J, Lapeyre-Mestre M.
This study aims to describe clinical characteristics of gabapentinoi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Nerve Drug Might Curb Spinal Cord Damage, Mouse Study Suggests
MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 -- The nerve pain drug gabapentin might reduce damage after a spinal cord injury, research in mice suggests.
The drug prevented harmful structural changes in injured spinal cords, as well as cardiovascular changes and immune... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 1, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Nerve Drug Gabapentin Might Curb Spinal Cord Damage, Mouse Study Suggests
MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 -- The nerve pain drug gabapentin might reduce damage after a spinal cord injury, research in mice suggests.
The drug prevented harmful structural changes in injured spinal cords, as well as cardiovascular changes and immune... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 1, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Mouse study: gabapentin prevents harmful structural changes in spinal cord
(Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center) Research led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine found that the widely prescribed pain-relief drug gabapentin can prevent harmful structural changes in the injured spinal cords of mice, and also block cardiovascular changes and immune suppression caused by spinal cord injury. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Proton Beam and Gabapentin Improve Care in Head and Neck Cancer Proton Beam and Gabapentin Improve Care in Head and Neck Cancer
Proton beam therapy and prophylactic gabapentin each offers significant quality-of-life benefits for patients with head and neck cancer, two studies indicate.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - November 6, 2020 Category: Surgery Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Proton Beam, Gabapentin Improve Care in Head and Neck Cancer Proton Beam, Gabapentin Improve Care in Head and Neck Cancer
Proton beam therapy and prophylactic gabapentin each offers significant quality-of-life benefits for patients with head and neck cancer, two studies indicate.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - November 6, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Gabapentin: Before Using for Pelvic Pain, Read This Gabapentin: Before Using for Pelvic Pain, Read This
A recent study might cast doubt on a practice bulletin ' s suggestion to prescribe gabapentin for chronic pelvic pain.Medscape Ob/Gyn (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Commentary Source Type: news
Gabapentin Does Not Lower Pain Scores in Chronic Pelvic Pain
TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 -- For women with chronic pelvic pain, gabapentin treatment does not result in significantly lower pain scores and is associated with more side effects than placebo, according to a study published online Sept. 26 in The... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 29, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Vaccines, Antibodies and Drug Libraries. The Possible COVID-19 Treatments Researchers Are Excited About
In early April, about four months after a new, highly infectious coronavirus was first identified in China, an international group of scientists reported encouraging results from a study of an experimental drug for treating the viral disease known as COVID-19.
It was a small study, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, but showed that remdesivir, an unapproved drug that was originally developed to fight Ebola, helped 68% of patients with severe breathing problems due to COVID-19 to improve; 60% of those who relied on a ventilator to breathe and took the drug were able to wean themselves off the machines after 18...
Source: TIME: Health - April 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Gabapentin for the Treatment of Hot Flushes in Menopause Gabapentin for the Treatment of Hot Flushes in Menopause
Is gabapentin a useful alternative to hormonal therapies for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women?Menopause (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Journal Article Source Type: news
New Data Support Gabapentin for Alcohol Use Disorder New Data Support Gabapentin for Alcohol Use Disorder
The anticonvulsant gabapentin may help curb alcohol use and reduce withdrawal symptoms in patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD), new research suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - March 11, 2020 Category: Neurology Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Gabapentin Seems Efficacious for Alcohol Use Disorder
Positive effect seen on heavy drinking days, total abstinence, especially in high alcohol withdrawal group (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - March 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Pharmacy, Psychiatry, Journal, Source Type: news
Gabapentin may ease withdrawal, improve abstinence in alcohol use disorder
The prescription drug Gabapentin may help those suffering from withdrawal symptoms during treatment for alcohol addiction, a new study has found. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gabapentin Seems Efficacious for Alcohol Use Disorder
MONDAY, March 9, 2020 -- Gabapentin appears to be efficacious for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD), especially among those with high alcohol withdrawal, according to a study published online March 9 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Raymond F.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 9, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What Are Some Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy?
Discussion
The term, cerebral palsy, or CP has gone through many iterations with the first description in 1861 by W.J. Little who described it as “The condition of spastic rigidity of the limbs of newborn children.” The most recent definition is from Rosenbaun et al. in 2007 which states it is “a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cog...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 9, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
