Terri Reinhart - PARKINSONS
I believe one of the biggest challenges we face with Parkinson's is the management of our therapies. The medical world tends to rely heavily on prescription drugs and surgical procedures such as Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to help us control our symptoms.
I do not feel qualified to write about DBS surgery as I will not consider this treatment. This was a decision made after much thought, research, and discussions with family and friends. I am sure others will speak on this topic.
While I am incredibly grateful for medications which make it possible for me to continue walking and functioning as normally as possible, they a...
Source: PHRMA - March 27, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Julie Source Type: news
Preliminary evidence for normalization of risk taking by modafinil in chronic cocaine users - Canavan SV, Forselius EL, Bessette AJ, Morgan PT.
Modafinil, a wake-promoting agent used to treat sleep disorders, is thought to enhance cognition. Although modafinil has shown promise as a pharmacotherapy for the treatment of cocaine dependence, it is unknown to what extent cognitive effects may play a r... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 27, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Modafinil for Alcohol DependenceModafinil for Alcohol Dependence
Alcohol dependence is explored from the perspective of behavioral impulsivity, which could be pharmacologically treatable. Medscape Psychiatry (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Viewpoint Source Type: news
Depression's severity reduced by modafinil when taken with antidepressants
A new study has concluded that taking the drug modafinil, typically used to treat sleep disorders, in combination with antidepressants reduces the severity of depression more effectively than taking antidepressants alone. The study, a collaboration between the Universities of Cambridge and East London and King's College London, was published online in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.Approximately a third of depressed patients receive little or no benefit from taking antidepressants even when used in combination with psychological counseling. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Depression Source Type: news
Modafinil reduces depression's severity when taken with antidepressants
(University of Cambridge) A new study has concluded that taking the drug modafinil, typically used to treat sleep disorders, in combination with antidepressants reduces the severity of depression more effectively than taking antidepressants alone. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 27, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Xyrem Helps With Nighttime Sleep in Narcolepsy
NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Narcolepsy patients troubled by frequent nighttime awakenings had less sleep disruption when taking sodium oxybate (Xyrem) than modafinil (Provigil) in a randomized trial, a researcher reported here. (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - October 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
More students turning to 'cognitive enhancing drug' Modafinil in hope of boosting grades and job prospects
With unemployment among graduates at record levels, more and more students are turning to ‘cognitive enhancing drugs’ in the hope of boosting their grades and therefore their job prospects. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DSM-5 likely to increase cases of ADHD drug overdose
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Overdose of Drugs for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Clinical Presentation, Mechanisms of toxicity, and Management. Spiller HA et al. CNS Drugs 2013 Jun 12 [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract
There is a very good chance that in the near future we will see an increasing number of cases involving ingestion or overdose of drugs used to treat Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
DSM-5, released last month, has changed criteria for making a diagnosis of ADHD that will radically expand the the population of both children and adults who could be labelled with the condition and be candidates f...
Source: The Poison Review - July 3, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical adderall ADHD atomoxetine attention deficit hyperactivity disorder clonidcine DSM guanfacine modafinil psychostimulant. methylphenidate Source Type: news
Ethics: the questions posed by our bionic bodies | Observer editorial
Science is sending us towards a posthuman future. We need to decide if that's where we should be goingIn the cult 1970s television show, The Six Million Dollar Man, astronaut Steve Austin (Lee Majors) is shown crash-landing on Earth, then being whisked into an operating theatre. "Gentleman, we have the capability to make the world's first bionic man," intones the narrator over the opening credits. "Steve Austin will be that man… Better, stronger, faster."Today, as our profile in the New Review of Bertolt Meyer, a young Swiss man whose life has been transformed by a £30,000 prosthetic device, shows, this bionic future is...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 15, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Observer editorial Tags: Biology Health Medical research Nanotechnology Society Ageing The Observer Science Editorials Comment is free Source Type: news
The future of robotics: in a transhuman world, the disabled will be the ones without prosthetic limbs
Bertolt Meyer's amazing bionic hand controlled by an iPhone app is a glimpse of the advances being made in prosthetics. But in years to come, will everyone want one?Bertolt Meyer is used to being viewed as not fully human. Born with a stump where his left hand should have been, he spent his childhood wearing a hook connected to an elaborate pulley and harness. "To open the hook and grasp things I had to flex my shoulders like this," he says, striking a he-man pose. "The harness was very uncomfortable. To stop it chafing my skin, I had to wear a shirt underneath it at all times. I was always sweating."Even when, at the age ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 15, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Mark Honigsbaum Tags: Robots Sport Disability sport Society FutureFest Drugs in sport Technology Editorial The Observer Science Source Type: news
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.
What is Treatment ...
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
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.
What is Treatment ...
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
Modafinil and fatigue
Novelist MJ Hyland found modafinil (which she describes as a neuroenhancer) helped her fatigue. She bought the drug online without a prescription. Following a European safety review, modafinil is only licensed for treating narcolepsy.
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Modafinil (Provigil) - A to Z of MS (Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust)
Source: Multiple Sclerosis Trust - May 2, 2013 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Trends in on-label and off-label modafinil use in USA
Source: JAMA
Area: News
JAMA Internal Medicine has featured a research letter describing the "off-label" use of modafinil in the US. Using the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, a nationally representative sample of ambulatory visits were evaluated ( January 1, 2002, to December 31, 2009) to determine the extent of modafinil use, and to categorise patients by whether or not they had an on-label indication for modafinil, defining off-label use as the absence of an on-label diagnosis. Additionally, the association between modafinil use and other centrally acting medications that might interact with modafinil such as a...
Source: NeLM - Mental Health - March 20, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
"Off-Label" Use of Anti-Drowsiness Drug Skyrockets
The number of Americans taking the narcolepsy and shift work sleep disorder drug modafinil has increased almost 10-fold over the past decade, according to a new study.Source: Reuters Health
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - March 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
