Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The tables below contain a sample list of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine analogs that are commonly prescribed, with their basic pharmacological characteristics, such as half-life and equivalent doses to other benzodiazepines, also listed, along with their trade names and primary uses.
Anecdotally, injection of alprazolam has been reported, causing dangerous damage to blood vessels, closure of blood vessels (embolization), and decay of muscle tissue (rhabdomyolysis). [124] Alprazolam is not very soluble in water; when crushed in water, it does not fully dissolve (40 μg/ml of H 2 O at pH 7). [ 125 ]
Close association between prescribing physicians and pharmacies, along with the computerization of prescriptions and patients' medical histories, aim to avoid the occurrence of dangerous drug interactions. Lists of contraindications for a drug are usually provided with it, either in monographs, package inserts (accompanying prescribed ...
The Drug Enforcement Administration in collaboration with local law enforcement agencies busted a cartel-related drug trafficking network, arresting a Riverside County Sheriff's deputy and 14 others.
Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look: New rules require drugmakers to be clearer and more direct when ...
In 2021, emergency department visits for suicide attempts among teen girls increased by 51%, as opposed to 4% for boys, compared to the same time period pre-pandemic in 2019, according to a CDC study.
In 2020, purposeful overmedication with Benadryl (diphenhydramine) was a concern due to use of social media by teenagers in the United States, with the FDA issuing a public warning about the possibility of seizures, hallucinations, breathing difficulty or loss of consciousness.
Teens commonly use opioids as recreational drugs, instead of what they are supposed to be used for, pain management. [35] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that for every opioid death of a teen there are 119 emergency visits and 22 treatment admissions related to opioid abuse. Half a million teenagers in 2014 were reported as non ...