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A date rape drug is any drug that incapacitates another person and renders that person vulnerable to sexual assault, including rape.The substances are associated with date rape because of reported incidents of their use in the context of two people dating, during which the victim is sexually assaulted, raped or suffers other harm.
When a person ingests a roofie, the symptoms are similar to extreme alcohol intoxication, but the effects happen quickly. What everyone should know about roofies, aka 'date rape' drugs, according ...
The risk of thrombotic and hemorrhagic strokes is given as 0.72 and 1.45 per 1,000 women, while that of deep vein thrombosis is estimated to be 1.45 per 1,000 women. The risks of these adverse events in women taking ospemifene are lower than those in women taking estrogen alone in the form of oral conjugated estrogens. Studies have not ...
Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) is a sexual assault (rape or otherwise) carried out on a person after the person has become intoxicated due to being under the influence of any mind-altering substances, such as having consumed alcohol or been intentionally administered another date rape drug.
Menopause is a nearly universal experience for women who live to middle age. In the United States, an estimated 1.3 million women enter menopause every year. Around 90% of women experience ...
An assistant professor at the University of Miami’s medical school has been charged with trafficking a date-rape drug known as “liquid ecstasy” and “coma in a bottle.”
Vermont, a state with a long waiting list for medically based drug treatment, suspended a doctor’s license over incomplete paperwork. As doctors face scrutiny from the DEA, states have imposed even greater regulations severely limiting access to the medications, according to a 2014 report commissioned by the federal agency SAMHSA.
It may have a decreased risk of breast and colorectal cancer, though conversely it can be associated with vaginal bleeding, endometrial cancer, and increase the risk of stroke in women over age 60 years. [127] [128] Vaginal estrogen can improve local atrophy and dryness, with fewer systemic effects than estrogens delivered by other routes. [129]