Health Canada to Allow Importation of Drugs Needed to Treat Opioid AddictionOttawa OKs imported drugs to treat opioid addiction--TORONTO - Provinces and territories are now...Ubelacker, Sheryl
Because of CBD’s ability to inhibit liver enzymes, taking cannabidiol while on prescription medicine to treat depression can lead to elevated concentrations of the drug within the body as the liver isn’t able to process the drug as it normally would. This could lead to negative and potentiall...
It’s not just changing cognitive diagnoses that the pharmaceutical industry has to keep an eye on – the very nature of the drugs used to treat mental health conditions is changing as well.Psychedelic substancesare currently being investigated by researchers around the world to treat mental health...
Leveraging AI to Accelerate Drug Discovery “Artificial intelligence has the advantage of being able to take huge amounts of information and learn to recognize patterns from it. So, we believe thatmachine learningcan help us to leverage the information that can be derived from large chemical databa...
an effective anticonvulsant drug that is not widely used due to its toxicity; zonisamide, a sulfonamide anticonvulsant drug that acts on sodium and calcium channels; rufinamide, a triazole derivative with anticonvulsant activity; levetiracetam and brivaracetam, used to treat various types of seizures (...
According to recent research by theUniversity of New Mexico, hugging and swaddling newborns exposed to opioids can decrease their hospitalization period by nearly a week, in contrast to traditional drug-oriented treatments. Over the years, medical professionals have understood that infants exposed to op...
Several clinical trials are underway to see if semaglutide, the active ingredient in weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic, can also help treat alcohol addiction.
Under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) codified at 21 United States Code (U.S.C.) 823(g), use of this product in the treatment of opioid dependence is limited to Healthcare Providers who meet certain qualifying requirements, and who have notified the Secretary of Health and Human Se...
One class of drugs that is frequently used to treat depression is: a. tricyclics b. lithium salts c. benzodiazepines d. neuromodulators Depression: Depression is a common mental health concern that is commonly treated with therapy and medication. ...
Excessive doses may cause death of breath failure.Heroin A highly addictive drug made from morphine. It rapidly causes addiction, damages the immune system, and causes itchy skin, reduced appetite, irregular heartbeat and blood pressure. Repeated injection at the same site causes veins to collapse...