Drugs

Drugs are chemical compounds intended for use in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. More informally, a drug is any non-food substance that causes changes in the structure or function of the body.

Drugs have played a major role in the history of medicine. Perhaps the most famous example is the accidental discovery of penicillin, a drug which proved to be a highly effective treatment for many infectious diseases, by the biologist Alexander Fleming.

Drug abuse occurs when the steady use of one or more addictive drugs, prescription or illegal, results in overuse with negative consequences. Even familiar drugs like aspirin can have significant side effects. Several blogs offer useful overviews on drugs, including Brain Blogger and Rx Blog.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Drugs”

• Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up? (AP)

  
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  AP – Based on the rhetoric, America’s war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, however, about the nation’s readiness to turn the talk into reality Read more from the original source: ...
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• Combining cocaine, alcohol, creates toxic cocaethylene stored in liver, blamed for heart attacks

  
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  ( Guardian UK ) “I first took coke when I was 18 and at university. I remember two friends who did chemistry told me I should get really drunk first because it would mix into this new chemical in my blood and make me even higher,” a 30-year-old woman who works in publishing told the Observer yesterday. What her ...
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• Weekly News Round-Up, 11/8

  
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  Christine has a post at Our Bodies Our Blog about the passage of the health reform legislation last night. She notes As I watched Democrats congratulate themselves, it was difficult to feel celebratory. Passage of the Stupak amendment — which bars a government-run insurance plan from offering abortion *and* ...
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• Evan Harris accuses Alan Johnson of a "litany of errors" over Professor Nutt dismissal comments

  
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  Dr Evan Harris, the Lib Dem MP and science spokesperson has written a letter to Alan Johnson the Home Secretary drawing his attention to a number of factual inaccuracies in the statements Mr Johnson made to the House of Commons last Monday in the debate about his dismissal of Professor Nutt. Dr Harris charges Mr ...
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• Adverse Drug Event Rates in Six Community Hospitals and the Potential Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry for Prevention

  
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  CONTEXT:Medications represent a major cause of harm and are costly for hospitalized patients, but more is known about these issues in large academic hospitals than in smaller hospitals. OBJECTIVE:To assess the incidence of adverse drug events (ADEs) in six community hospitals. DESIGN:Multicenter, retrospective cohort ...
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• Natural Health Care For Your Arthritis

  
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  Joints with arthritis may have: swelling, warmth, redness or pain. Joint pain, stiffness, tenderness, and swelling are the most prominent signs of the disease. In addition, many patients experience fatigue, weight loss, and a condition called crepitus — a cracking sound that is also called popping joints. Joints ...
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• Penny for the guy, Sir?

  
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  In case all you bloody Yanks didn’t realize it, last Thursday, November the fifth, was Guy Fawkes day. The 204th anniversary of a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament by a disgruntled British nobleman, in other words, a seventeenth century “Teabagger.” It was also the day, last week, when several dozen ...
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• Stephanie Seymour’s Naked Revenge

  
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  Supermodel Stephanie Seymour, who is embroiled in a bitter divorce with estranged husband Peter Brant, has taken her clothes off for Vanity Fair . Brant is a multimillionaire businessman and polo pony breeder who is seeking sole custody of the couple’s three children because, he claims, Seymour is hooked on drugs ...
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• Tamiflu And Relenza Against Swine Flu

  
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  Newsbreak on the flash: A new strain of Swine Flu that has killed 149 and sickened nearly two thousand in Mexico has spread to the United States and is raising fears of a possible pandemic. Through this article you will…
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• 165. Weight Loss Secrets — Faster EFT NLP, Robert Smith

  
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  Why does she feel comfortable 15 pounds overweight? Its the emotional aspects of the self. Eating and escaping from your stuff will only create more problems. What are your emotional drivers? Spread the Word!
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• Browse City Guides – Boise Weekly

  
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  Browse City GuidesBoise WeeklyIm really hoping that the revised health care plan takes care of these issues with our society. Or perhaps they really amp up the drugs in the chemtrails.read the full article
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• Drug history syllabus: Cocaine, the Drug Trade, the War on Drugs, and U.S.-Latin American Relations

  
  Alcohol and Drugs History Society — Authority: 121
  Prof. Myrna Santiago,  Cocaine, the Drug Trade, the War on Drugs, and U.S.-Latin American Relations (syllabus) St. Mary’s Collegeof California                                                             Prof.Myrna Santiago Fall 2009   ...
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• Ten top medical blog posts, October 2009

  
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  "> "> Here are the top posts from the past month, based on the number of times they were viewed. 1. Two nurses face jail time for reporting a doctor to the Texas Medical Board 2. Why pregnant women should get the H1N1 flu vaccine 3. Why doctors should choose Google Android over the iPhone for medical ...
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• Talking to Your Patients About Prescription Drug Abuse

  
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  Talking to Your Patients About Prescription Drug Abuse Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Discuss the problem of prescription medicine abuse, prevalence among teenagers, teens’ attitudes about medicine abuse, why teens are abusing prescription medications, what prescription ...
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• US: MA: Local underage drinking the target of county plan

  
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  Link: http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_13734375 By Jenn Smith Across Berkshire County, efforts to curb underage drinking and substance abuse are gearing to become more visible in the community. "We want kids to be healthy," said Alan Bashevkin, executive director of the Northern Berkshire Community ...
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• UK: Alcohol watchdog warning over free CeltFest drinks

  
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  Link: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/11/07/alcohol-watchdog-warning-over-free-celtfest-drinks-91466-25111397/ by Gareth Evans THE Welsh Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs has condemned the decision to give thousands of party-goers two free pints each as “irresponsible”. Headline acts ...
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• Drug Prohibition

  
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  From the esteemed travel writer’s website : Rick Steves sees the current prohibition on marijuana as a misguided policy causing more harm to our society than good — much like the Prohibition against alcohol did in the 1930s. In these recent articles and interviews, Rick explains why he believes that, assuming a ...
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• The men who stare at Americans

  
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  Wired has a few stories on The Men Who Stare at Goats , the movie about an Army squad training in the psychotropic and paranormal arts. Wireds movie review s fair to say that the square peg of Alternative Special Ops is forced through the round hole of Hollywood narrative structure a bit too forcedly. The source ...
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• Free Rx Discount Cards Donated to Fulton County Health Department

  
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  Charles Myrick the President of American Consultants Rx announced the re-release of the American Consultants Rx community service project. ACRX donated over 20 million ACRX discount prescription cards throughout the country. One of the main locations in the Canton,IL area that received an initial donation of ACIRX ...
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• What would happen if I did heroin just once?

  
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  Gimme an H! or, What Would Happen if I Did Heroin Just Once? Im just really curious. DISCLAIMER: Dont worry, there is absolutely zero chance of me doing heroin any time soon. Im not depressed -- I actually tend to run along on a pretty even keel, and I think most people would describe me as calm and cheerful. Also I ...
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