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A 34-year-old woman the doctor saw from March 2011 through January 2012, came to him “with complaints of upper back, neck and knee pain.” The patient “denied any psychiatric complaints ...
Methamphetamine is rarely prescribed over concerns involving its potential for recreational use as an aphrodisiac and euphoriant, among other concerns, as well as the availability of safer substitute drugs with comparable treatment efficacy such as Adderall and Vyvanse. [23]
In 2012, 16,000 prescriptions for methamphetamine were filled, approximately 1.2 million Americans reported using it in the past year, and 440,000 reported using the drug in the past month. [2] Until the 1980s, the methamphetamine market in the United States was dominated by outlaw motorcycle gangs, namely the Hells Angels.
One study reported occurrences at regularly prescribed doses in approximately 0.1% of individuals within the first several weeks after starting amphetamine or methylphenidate therapy. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Methamphetamine psychosis, or long-term effects of stimulant use in the brain (at the molecular level), depend upon genetics and may persist for ...
Those efforts included increased scrutiny of doctors' prescribing practices, raids of clinics identified (rightly or wrongly) as "pill mills," federal pain treatment guidelines, statutory and ...
Rhino pills and other non-prescription supplements aren’t regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) like medications are, and there’s rarely much science to back their claims.
Dextroamphetamine is sometimes prescribed as the inactive prodrug lisdexamfetamine, which is converted into dextroamphetamine after absorption. Side effects of dextroamphetamine at therapeutic doses include elevated mood , decreased appetite , dry mouth , excessive grinding of the teeth , headache , increased heart rate , increased wakefulness ...
For doctors in Northern Kentucky, treating heroin addicts makes for a lonely career path. Dr. Mina Kalfas was certified to prescribe Suboxone soon after it came on the market. When he began having good results with addicts in his private practice, he brought up the idea of using Suboxone at the 12-step rehabilitation facility where he worked as ...