Medications - Other
What Drugs Will or Will Not Do
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The use of drugs
Drugs affect only the rate at which biologic functions proceed; they do not change the basic nature of existing processes or create new functions.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/medication.shtml
Study shows many drug ads make ubstantiated claims.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/unproven.shtml
Antidepressants
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Antidepressants - A bitter pill
Antidepressants are not as effective as we’ve been led to believe.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/antidepressants.shtml
Another viewpoint on the effectiveness of antidepressants.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/antidepressants2.shtml
SSRI depressants are largely ineffective
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/ssri.shtml
Clinical and Drug Trials
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Clinical drug trials and studies
Clinical drug trials and studies - A mixture of opinions and concerns
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/clinical_trials.shtml
Federal law does not require researchers to compensate participants harmed in clinical drug trials.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/clinical_trials2.shtml
Who is responsible if things go wrong?
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/clinical_trials3.shtml
Research favors patent holders
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/clinical_trials4.shtml
Neurotransmitters
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The neurotransmitter revolution
Neurotransmitter systems - they are the essence of your memory, intelllgence, creativity, and mood.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/neurotransmitters.shtml
Elderly people are particularly sensitive to drugs with anticholinergic effects because the amount of acetylcholine in the body decreases with age and because their bodies are less able to use what's there.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/anticholinergic.shtml
Anticholinergic (cholinergic blocking) agents prevent the neurotransmitter acetylcholine from combining with receptors. This may cause serious problems when used to treat those with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) since these patients normally already have a shortage of acetylcholine as well as other neurotransmitters.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/anticholinergic2.shtml
Using anticholinergic agents to treat Progressive Supernuclear Palsy and Parkinson's Disease.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/anticholinergicagents.shtml
Useful information about dopamine
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/dopamine.shtml
Dopamine controls circuits in the brain that control behaviour
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/dopamine_effects.shtml
Useful information about dopamine agonists
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/dopamine-agonists.shtml
Antibiotics to carry warning labels
FDA hopes to cut down on unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/antibiotics.shtml
Anti-inflammatory drugs restore neuron growth in the brain.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/anti_inflame.shtml
FDA issues warning involving use of botulinum toxin Type A (Botox).
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/botox-warning.shtml
Both conventional and atypical antipsychotics are associated with an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/fdawarning.shtml
This article teaches about the ongoing chemical dialogue between the brain and the immune system, a connection that depends on two languages: the neurotransmitters of the brain, and the immunotransmitters of the immune system.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/brainwellness.shtml
Microbleeds are pinpoint drops of blood that leak from blood vessels in the brain
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/microbleeds.shtml
Explanation of the blood-brain barrier and why its difficult to medicate the brain.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/barrier.shtml
The dangers of underregulated and/or overused painkillers and antidepressants.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/dangerour-drugs.shtml
Some things you might not have known about the cost of medications
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/drug-costs.shtml
All treatments come with both risks and benefits and you can’t believe that it’s all going to be benefit
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/impotent-drugs.shtml
A recent report by the Institute of Medicine estimates that as many as 44,000 to 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year as the result of lapses in patient safety.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/five_steps.shtml
Scientists say that misshaped or misfolded proteins may be the key to many neurological diseases.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/foldingproteins.shtml
Hospital infections are preventable.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/hospital.shtml
What is lithium and what does it treat?
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/lithium.shtml
About one in seven prescriptions are written for unproven uses.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/offlabel.shtml
Giving oxygen may do more harm than good, new report shows, yet most hospitals and emergency services continue the practice.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/oxygen.shtml
Naturopathic medicine rests on the belief that the body has natural abilities to heal itself. In the United States, it has become especially popular over the past decade.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/naturopathy.shtml
Many elderly people are being prescribed drugs that could be making their symptoms worse.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/neuroleptics_symptoms.shtml
New diseases often invented and named to help sell new drug products.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/newdiseases.shtml
The future of sickness 'Epilogue' from the book 'Selling Sickness'
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/selling_sickness.shtml
Caffiene and nicotine may be of some benefit in treating those with Parkinson's disease.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/nicotine.shtml
Getting the word out on the best treatments.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/besttreatment.shtml
Placebo's can help control disease pain and symptoms.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/placebo.shtml
Cells that can grow into a range of tissues are initiating a revolution in biology
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/stem_cells.shtml
Degenerating neurons are a main cause of neurological disease symptoms
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/treatment.shtml
An important step in the process that guides the early development of neurons discovered
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/neurons.shtml
Studies suggest that many patients who undergo surgery suffer a significant and, it turns out, long-lasting loss of brain power.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/surgery.shtml
Study suggests post-surgical mental loss
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/mentalloss.shtml
Studies suggest increased risk of death long after surgery is over
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/anesthesia.shtml
Consumer health fact sheet on protecting yourself from health care mistakes involving your prescription medicines, staying in the hospital, or undergoing surgery.
http://www.pspinformation.com/medications/medications-other/twenty-tips.shtml
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