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Are RX Drugs Today More Dangerous?

Question by h2oskate: Are RX drugs today more dangerous?
My wife and I have a disagreement regarding today’s RX drugs, specifically the ones you see advertised on TV. I believe that today’s RX drugs are more dangerous. They have more serious side effects (cause cancers!! Cause death!!),… Continue reading

Local Drug Treatment Options Lacking for Youth

Local drug treatment options lacking for youth
This is one of five stories about drug abuse in the region running on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The series looks at where parents and young people can go for help, how law enforcement is struggling to fight the intense influx of drugs… Continue reading

Abilify and Zoloft, Bipolar?

Question by asad k: Abilify and zoloft, bipolar?
is this combo for bipolar patients?

Best answer:

Answer by Scott K
maybe. zoloft is an antidepressant. abilify is an adjunct for people who aren’t responding completely to an antidepressant.

Answer by ransomher
No! Antidepressants should never be prescribed for… Continue reading

Governors Share Ideas on Pot Revenue Uses, National Guard Cuts, Job Creation

Governors Share Ideas on Pot Revenue Uses, National Guard Cuts, Job Creation
Peter Shumlin of Vermont were in harmony: Prescription drug and heroin abuse is an urgent national problem driving up state treatment and corrections costs. “There's no question in my mind this is a challenge facing … As a… Continue reading

Regional Drug Court Creates Path for Sobriety

Regional Drug Court Creates Path for Sobriety
However, an interdisciplinary team, including probation officers and clinicians, offer participants a comprehensive strategy toward a drug-free, and crime-free, life. According to Justice Kooperstein, who was instrumental in the founding of EERIC, the …
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Herbal Treatment for Tinnitus, Which I Can Learn It?

Question by : herbal treatment for tinnitus, which I can learn it?
Are there any herbal treatment of tinnitus in a way?
I have relatives who suffer from tinnitus for almost 4 years, and he has tried a variety of drugs from the… Continue reading

Experts Increasingly Contemplate End of Smoking

Experts increasingly contemplate end of smoking
The Food and Drug Administration launched a new youth tobacco prevention campaign last week. At about the same time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention debuted a third, $ 60-million round of its successful anti-tobacco ad campaign — this …
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What Is the New Drug to Treat Parkinson Disease?

Question by jeffrey a: what is the new drug to treat parkinson disease?

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Answer by j_ardinger
Treatments

Unlike for many other neurodegenerative diseases, there is effective treatment for the symptoms of Parkinsons disease. For most patients, these treatments can provide several years of satisfactory treatment.… Continue reading

Merck to End Chimpanzee Research, Joining 2 Dozen Other Pharmaceutical

Merck To End Chimpanzee Research, Joining 2 Dozen Other Pharmaceutical
In the case of experimental medicines, drugmakers must test on animals before the Food and Drug Administration will let them do the human testing needed for approval of a new therapy. Nearly all animal experiments in the U.S. involve… Continue reading

Health Notes: Healthy Lifestyle Can Help Prevent Birth Defects

Health Notes: Healthy lifestyle can help prevent birth defects
All women of reproductive age should take a multivitamin containing folic acid daily, said Martha Overby, director of programs and government affairs for the March of Dimes in Minnesota. “It has been shown to prevent serious birth defects … Ken …… Continue reading