For These Women, A Period Triggers A Living Hell
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How One Woman Finally Overcame Her Lifelong Anxiety
For decades, Monique Barry was tortured by incessant anxiety (her daughter’s rough day at school? proof the child’s life was ruined) and baseless guilt (choosing a bad restaurant? a hanging offense!). Then she learned that her garden-variety neuroses might be something else: the trauma of her ancestors, passed down through the generations.
Nobody likes me, said my daughter, Elyse, inhaling dry cereal as she bopped to Taylor Swift on the car radio. It was the end of her first week at a new school. “I’m sure that’s not true,” I said, gripping the steering wheel. My heart rattled. M...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Niravam (Alprazolam) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - December 29, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Ativan vs. Xanax
Title: Ativan vs. XanaxCategory: MedicationsCreated: 12/14/2016 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - December 28, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Garry Shandling Died Of A Blood Clot, According To Autopsy Report
Garry Shandling died from a blood clot, TMZ reported on Tuesday after it obtained a copy of the comedian’s autopsy report. The outlet said that Shandling also had Xanax, hydrocodone and oxycodone in his system at the time, attributed to a recent dentist surgery.
The 66-year-old died earlier this year on March 24. According to the report, Shandling had complained of leg pain and shortness of breath the day before his death.
The Emmy-winning actor was best known for his work on “The Larry Sanders Show” and “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show,” as well as his hilarious c...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Deaths from Fentanyl Overdoses Double In A Single Year
Deaths involving the opioid painkiller fentanyl more than doubled in a single year in the United States, according to a new report.
In 2014, 4,200 people in the U.S. died from overdoses involving fentanyl, up from 1,905 people in 2013, the report found. The rate of fentanyl deaths increased from 6 deaths per 1 million people to 13 deaths per 1 million people during that one-year period.
The report, from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, used a new method to examine drug overdose deaths in the United States. Traditionally, government researchers have used spe...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study Shows Taking Mental Health Medication Is Incredibly Common
If you take medication for a mental health issue, you’re in good company.
Approximately one in six Americans has taken a prescribed psychiatric drug such as antidepressants at least once, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
Researchers from the Institute of Safe Medication Practices analyzed public government data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, which measures details related to the use of health care and health insurance coverage. They found 16.7 percent of 242 million U.S. adults reported filling one or more psychiatric drug prescriptions in 2013, th...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study Shows Taking Mental Health Medication Is Incredibly Common
If you take medication for a mental health issue, you’re in good company.
Approximately one in six Americans has taken a prescribed psychiatric drug such as antidepressants at least once, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
Researchers from the Institute of Safe Medication Practices analyzed public government data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, which measures details related to the use of health care and health insurance coverage. They found 16.7 percent of 242 million U.S. adults reported filling one or more psychiatric drug prescriptions in 2013, th...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 14, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Stress Can Even Make The Dog Go Prematurely Gray
This study found that the use of such pressure wraps can markedly decrease heart rate in anxious dogs and also affect other behavioral measures of stress.
Dog trainers and veterinarians suggest that physical activities ― like a game of fetch or a walk around the block― can be a great stress reducer for dogs. They also suggest creating a safe zone ― an area in your house where the dog can escape high-stress events like thunderstorms or loud parties. Provide your dog with a favorite “security blanket” such as a toy and visit your dog often. If possible, stay with him until the high-stress ev...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alprazolam in fatal overdose following regulatory rescheduling: a response to Deacon et al - Lloyd B, Dwyer J, Bugeja L, Jamieson A.
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Source: SafetyLit - November 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Fentanyl Presents Need for New Strategies for Combatting Opioid Abuse
In 2014, more Americans died of drug overdoses than any other year on record. There were more than 47,000 deaths, with roughly two-thirds of those deaths linked to opioids. This opioid epidemic includes synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, which are responsible for the rise in death rates. Fentanyl analogs and carfentanil potent opioid receptor agonists can cause a toxidrome characterized by significant central nervous system and respiratory depression. Fentanyl has been implicated in multiple outbreak of poisonings.1 (See Figure 1, below.)
Acetyl fentanyl, an analog similar to the Schedule II (i.e., a classification of dr...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - November 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steven H. Linder, MD Tags: Patient Care Source Type: news
The 6 Medications You Should Never Take When Driving
It’s a given that safe driving needs concentration, alertness and an ability to react in a coordinated and timely fashion. But what may not occur to you is that the medications you’re taking can seriously impact all of these things. And it’s not just prescription medications, but over-the-counter products as well.
“While laws differ from state to state, you can be charged with a DUI if caught driving hazardously while taking prescription or OTC meds, even if your doctor wrote you that prescription,” adds C. Michael White, Pharm.D., FCP, FCCP, Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Pr...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Xanax (Alprazolam) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - September 27, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
FDA orders stronger warnings about risk of using opioid painkillers with certain antidepressants
The Food& Drug Administration is issuing strong new warnings that the combined use of opioid medications and benzodiazepines, a class of anti-anxiety medications better known by such commercial names as Xanax and Ativan, can dangerously suppress breathing and cause coma or death.The drug safety... (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - August 31, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Melissa Healy Source Type: news
FDA orders stronger warnings about risk of using opioid painkillers with certain anti-anxiety drugs
The Food and Drug Administration is issuing strong new warnings that the combined use of opioid medications and benzodiazepines, a class of anti-anxiety medications better known by such commercial names as Xanax and Ativan, can dangerously suppress breathing and cause coma or death.The drug safety... (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - August 31, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Melissa Healy Source Type: news
