Low-dose diazepam can increase social competitiveness
(Ecole Polytechnique F é d é rale de Lausanne) EPFL scientists have discovered how low-dose anxiolytics increase the social competitiveness of high-anxious individuals by boosting the energy output of mitochondria in an area of the mammalian brain that controls motivation and reward. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 18, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Diastat Acudial (Diazepam Rectal Gel) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - July 10, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Sleep Deprivation Is Killing You (And Making You Fat In The Process)
The next time you tell yourself that you'll sleep when you're dead, realize that you're making a decision that can make that day come much sooner. Pushing late into the night is a health and productivity killer.
According to the Division of Sleep Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, the short-term productivity gains from skipping sleep to work are quickly washed away by the detrimental effects of sleep deprivation on your mood, ability to focus, and access to higher-level brain functions for days to come. The negative effects of sleep deprivation are so great that people who are drunk outperform those lacking sleep.
Why...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Characterization of the ability of diazepam to reverse prescription opioid tolerance - Gonek M, Henderson G, Dewey WL.
We are experiencing an unprecedented opioid overdose epidemic with over 120 people dying every day. Most individuals who become tolerant and dependent on opioids, including the prescription opioids oxycodone and hydrocodone, co-abuse other substances. The ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Doctors partly to blame for opioid addiction | Letters
Dr Hugh van ’t Hoff andMartin Hoban on the use and overuse of painkillersOnly a week ago I told a patient there would be a scandal soon about our over-prescribing of opioid medication for chronic pain. What comes across in your article (Doctors call for action after prescriptions for addictive painkillers double in decade, 6 May) is the absence of any sense of the profession ’s complicity in this process. I suggested to a colleague a few years back that we prescribed too much Valium (diazepam) and opioids. “About the same as everyone else,” was the reply. We are effectively legalised pushers and should acknowledge ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 10, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Letters Tags: Drugs Science NHS Health Society Doctors Alcoholism Smoking Source Type: news
Former Cincinnati hospital chief indicted
Dr. Barbra Temeck, former acting chief of staff of the Cincinnati VA Medical Center, has been indicted on charges of distributing the pain medication hydrocodone and the anti-anxiety drug valium in violation of federal law.
The indictment handed up May 3 by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati didn’t specify to whom the doctor allegedly distributed the controlled substances.
However, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington previously reported it had referred allegations… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 5, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Barrett J. Brunsman Source Type: news
Poor Sleep Hygiene Is Killing You And Your Career
The next time you tell yourself that you'll sleep when you're dead, realize that you're making a decision that can make that day come much sooner. Pushing late into the night is a health and productivity killer.
According to the Division of Sleep Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, the short-term productivity gains from skipping sleep to work are quickly washed away by the detrimental effects of sleep deprivation on your mood, ability to focus, and access to higher-level brain functions for days to come. The negative effects of sleep deprivation are so great that people who are drunk outperform those lacking sleep.
Why...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Xanax, Valium May Boost Pneumonia Risk in Alzheimer ’ s Patients
Researchers suspect people may breathe saliva or food into their lungs due to fatigue from the drugs (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - April 10, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Neurology, Pulmonology, News, Source Type: news
Xanax, Valium May Boost Pneumonia Risk in Alzheimer's Patients
Researchers suspect people may breathe saliva or food into their lungs due to fatigue from the drugs
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Alzheimer's Disease, Medicines, Pneumonia (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - April 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Xanax, Valium May Boost Pneumonia Risk in Alzheimer's Patients
MONDAY, April 10, 2017 -- Alzheimer ' s patients given sedatives such as Valium or Xanax may have an increased risk for pneumonia, a new study warns.
People with Alzheimer ' s disease are often given these drugs, called benzodiazepines, over the long... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 10, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Xanax, Valium May Boost Pneumonia Risk in Alzheimer's Patients
Title: Xanax, Valium May Boost Pneumonia Risk in Alzheimer's PatientsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/10/2017 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/10/2017 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer)
Source: MedicineNet Alzheimer - April 10, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
TPR Podcast Episode #14: VX and the Assassination of Kim Jong-Nam
On February 13, 2017 Kim Jong Nam — half-brother to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — was attacked by two women in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur International airport. The attacks smeared some substance on his face. Within 10 or 15 minutes Mr. Kim collapsed in the airport medical clinic and died apparently in the ambulance on way to hospital.
Days later, Malaysian authorities announced that the nerve agent VX was detected in samples taken from Mr. Kim’s face.
Security camera footage from the airport showing the attack on Mr. Kim and its aftermath can be viewed here. In the video, the attack can be se...
Source: The Poison Review - March 30, 2017 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Gussow The Poison Review Tags: Podcast Source Type: news
How to sleep: Never check time and drink herbal tea
No one wants to take Valium, but if you ’re plagued by insomnia, it’s tempting. Anna Magee rounds up natural alternatives – and the best behavioral fixes – to help you finally get some rest. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Opioid Painkillers and Xanax or Valium a Deadly Mix
30 percent of fatal opioid overdoses involved both types of meds, but number of people prescribed both has spiked
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Drug Reactions, Pain Relievers, Sleep Disorders (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - March 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
