Opioid Abuse and Rehabilitation

Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM)

Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) is new psychiatric therapy; involving just a few 15-minute sessions and no drugs, discussion of feelings, or even a psychiatrist, it is described as a cognitive vac...

Bulimia Nervosa

Bulimia is an illness characterized by the cycle of binging on food, guilty feelings and resultant purging (vomiting or laxative abuse) to counteract the previous binge. It is much more common in yo...

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a common  serious long-term mental health condition that affects 5 in 1000 in the UK. It causes a range of different psychological symptoms; hallucinations, delusions, muddled...

Tuberculosis TB

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by bacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Over nine million new cases of TB, and nearly two million deaths from TB, are est...

Psychological Abuse Can Be Just As Harmful As Physical Abuse On Children

Child abuse experts say psychological abuse can be as damaging to a young child's physical, mental and emotional health as a slap, punch or kick. While difficult to pinpoint, it may be the most challe...

Reformulated OxyContin To Receive Abuse-Deterrent Labelling

A new reformulated form of Oxycontin (a highly addictive oxycodone hydrochloride) has received a unique labeling update by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding its abuse potential. People...

Child abuse: Coping, support and prevention

Child abuse — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, risk factors and prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Psychological abuse puts children at risk

Child abuse experts say psychological abuse can be as damaging to a young child's physical, mental and emotional health as a slap, punch or kick.

Abuse Reduction Claim In Opioid Label Will Be Difficult To Attain

FDA draft guidance says there is no clear epidemiologic strategy for gathering the data to demonstrate that has reduced abuse; the agency outlines four possible kinds of abuse deterrence claims, three...

A Right Way and Wrong Way to Confront Elder Abuse

Elder abuse is a serious and growing problem we know too little about and, worse, too often ignore. It comes in many forms—physical, financial, and emotional. Yet, even as society focuses on address...

Small Upswing in Child Abuse Despite Reports (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Serious injuries from child abuse appear to have risen modestly over the past decade or so, according to a national study, which suggested that downward trends in other abuse studie...

OxyContin Revised Labeling Expects Less Abuse Via Injection, Snorting

There will be no generics of original OxyContin; FDA says it can no longer serve as a reference product because it has a greater abuse potential than the reformulation, where Purdue has secured partic...

Profuse Oral Secretions after Propafenone Administration in Neonates.

Propafenone, an antiarrhythmic drug that is effective for treating supraventricular tachycardias, can induce well-known proarrhythmic and systemic adverse effects. We describe a previously unreported...

Propafenone Versus Vernakalant for Conversion of Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation.

INTRODUCTION: An oral loading dose of propafenone 600 mg is used in our center as in other places around the world for conversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients without structura...

Comparative pharmacokinetics between a microdose and therapeutic dose for clarithromycin, sumatriptan, propafenone, paracetamol (acetaminophen), and phenobarbital in human volunteers.

A clinical study was conducted to assess the ability of a microdose (100μg) to predict the human pharmacokinetics (PK) following a therapeutic dose of clarithromycin, sumatriptan, propafenone, parace...

Overlapping binding sites of structurally different antiarrhythmics flecainide and propafenone in the subunit interface of potassium channel Kv2.1.

Kv2.1 channels, which are expressed in brain, heart, pancreas, and other organs and tissues, are important targets for drug design. Flecainide and propafenone are known to block Kv2.1 channels more po...

The Nursing Role in Reporting Elder Abuse: Specific Examples and Interventions.

Elder abuse is a serious national problem with potential for significant physical, emotional, and financial harm. In some situations, elder abuse may lead to death. Nurses are mandated reporters for s...