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Drugs (psychoactive) Overview. Psychoactive drugs are substances that, when taken in or administered into one's system, affect mental processes, e.g. perception, consciousness, cognition or mood and emotions. Psychoactive drugs belong to a broader category of psychoactive substances that include also alcohol and nicotine.
Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours. The Unit works globally to improve health and well-being of populations by articulating, promoting, supporting and monitoring evidence-informed policies, strategies and interventions to reduce the burden associated with alcohol, drugs and addictive behaviours. generating, compiling and disseminating ...
Drugs (psychoactive) Drug dependence is characterized as a chronic disease with many relapses. Substitution maintenance therapy with methadone or buprenorphine improves the health and social performance of opioid-dependent people and decreases the use of illicit drugs and the crime rate. Statistics show that investment in prevention pays off ...
Launched in 1987, WHO Drug Information communicates the latest international news and trends to regulatory agencies, academic and training institutions, researchers, consumer bodies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers and focuses on topics impacting the safety, efficacy and quality of medicines, medical products, herbals and biomedicines.
Medicines. The first synthetic pharmaceutical, Aspirin, was introduced in 1897. Since then there have been incredible advances in drugs for a wide range of health concerns including disease, mental health and other conditions. Today there are thousands of drugs on the market able to prevent, treat and lessen the impact of ailments that would ...
Overview . The world drug problem has multiple public health dimensions encompassing vulnerability to drug use disorders and dependence, treatment and care of people with drug use disorders, reducing harm associated with drug misuse, and access to controlled medicines for medical pain relief.
COVID-19 Treatments. As COVID-19 continues to affect people around the world, researchers are racing to develop effective treatments to help save lives, improve the health outcomes for patients and lessen the burden on health systems. Several therapeutics have been approved by WHO to help patients, and several others are in the development ...
In the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system, the active substances are divided into different groups according to the organ or system on which they act and their therapeutic, pharmacological and chemical properties. Drugs are classified in groups at five different levels. The system has fourteen main anatomical or ...
The WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines are updated every two years by the Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines. The first Essential Medicines List was published in 1977, and the first Essential Medicines List for Children was published in 2007. The current versions, updated in July 2023, are the 23 rd Essential ...
Recommendations for drugs in the eleventh WHO model list of essential drugs.This document has been developed to help the health worker decide whether a mother who is breastfeeding and who needs treatment with drugs can take the necessary medication and still continue breastfeeding safely. Information is provided about specific drugs following the Eleventh Model List of Essential Drugs. The ...