Confirmed: Gabapentin Improves Alcohol Dependence Outcomes

Confirmed: Gabapentin Improves Alcohol Dependence Outcomes

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… abuse have been lacking, and although most have focused on 3 drugs ? trazodone, quetiapine, and gabapentin ? sleep reports have been mainly subjective, and gabapentin has shown the strongest results in treating insomnia in substance abuse.
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DRUGS: Synthetic substances are addictive danger in disguise

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Riverside County sheriff's deputies gave a presentation on the symptoms of synthetic drugs to doctors and others at Riverside County Regional Medical Center in 2012, said Keven Porter, the nurse manager in the emergency department. He couldn't say how …
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How scientists traced a meat allergy to a tick bite

Filed under: symptoms of drug addiction

A study by Platts-Mills of 45 children with alpha-gal allergy that was published last spring found that 46 percent of them had severe enough problems that they had to visit an emergency department at least once after eating red meat. … But that link …
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Alkermes Presents Data on Two Late-Stage Clinical Candidates, Aripiprazole

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In October 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Fast Track status for ALKS 5461 for the adjunctive treatment of MDD in patients with an inadequate response to standard therapies, and Alkermes plans to begin the phase 3 program in …
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