In addition, the higher prevalence of sedative-hypnotic use among older adults than among younger adults might be due to the higher rates of insomnia and several comorbidities in older adults [20, 21], or a continuation of long-standing prescriptions in older adults. What remains seldom ...
Retrieved February 4,2009, from www.currentpsychiatry.comConroy D, Arnedt JT, Brower KJ. Insomnia in patients with addictions: A safer way to break the cycle. Fight relapse by improving sleep with non addictive agents and behavior therapy. Curr Psychiatr 2008; 7: 97-109...
(2013). Stimulant medication use in college students: Comparison of appropriate users, misers, and nonusers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27, 832-840.Hartung, C. M., Canu, W. H., Cleveland, C. S., Lefler, E. K., Mignogna, M. J., Fedele, D. A., . . . ...
increase in concern about consumption, mainly in CNCP, as there are no defined prescription indications for opioids in this group of patients and due to the imbalance that is created between the efficacy of treatment and adverse effects, mainly the addictive potential and ultimately, death by ...
The self-medication hypothesis further states that “drug preference could be determined by whatever symptoms or cluster of symptoms (and associated distress) predominated for any given individual (and/or at any given time)” (Khantzian, 1997, p. 240). Thus, it is not surprising that ...
Addictive drugs mainly refer to opioids and other drugs that individuals depend on psychologically or physiologically. Sleep disorder refers to difficulty falling asleep, light sleep, ease in waking up or waking up early. Adverse emotions during pregnancy refer to a bad mood, such as tension, ...
manufactured specifically for the pediatric population; when there is doubt regarding the appropriateness or dose of a medication, a pediatrician or pharmacist should be consulted. During counseling, pharmacists should seize the opportunity to stress the importance of obtaining a yearly flu vaccination ...
Smokers often say that smoking cigarettes relaxes them. By breathing deeply and taking a short break from whatever they’re doing, most say they can feel the stress slipping away. But we all know that nicotine is highly addictive and the habit very challenging to break. While the risks of ...
And I had no idea at the time I even had issues let alone issues I didn’t know I had were caused by the medication. It is just Like any drug, just like heroin. Although heroin is much more addictive. At the least, it altered my life, from a friendship and relationship standpoint,...
Background: Cluster headache (CH) is a debilitating condition, but current therapies leave CH patients in pain. The extent of this problem in Sweden is unknown. Methods: An anonymized questionnaire was sent to 479 Swedish CH patients to investigate patte