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”

• Jake Gyllenhaal Blue in People, Brothers news and a date for Love and Other Drugs?

  
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  Peoples Sexy issue this week has pulled out the stops by not only featuring Jake Gyllenhaal in its list of sxiest men of the year (as if there could be any doubt...) but by also featuring a brand new photo of Jake - a very pleasant change for these polls. This picture seems to hail from the same Needy Eyes photo we ...
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• A Special Message From the American Marijuana Growers Association

  
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• Chandigarh police claim to bust drug smugglers’ gang

  
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  Chandigarh, Nov 21 (IANS) Chandigarh police Saturday claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of drug smugglers after arresting two men and recovering contraband from their possession.According to police, they laid a trap here in Sector 47 after getting a tip-off. Two men were arrested and police claimed to have ...
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• Its All A Big Lie - File This Too

  
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• Employers talk the same old shit while laying off thousands!

  
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  The news that AOL is laying off a third of its workforce is not so unusual during these uber-fucked up days. What’s also not unusual is the language they use to describe what they are doing. First off, they want 2,500 employees to step forward for volunteer layoffs.  (Volunteer means you get fired now, rather ...
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• Why Prescription Drug Discount Plans Help Patients Save Health Care Dollars

  
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• Natural Hair Loss Product Proven in Clinical Trials

  
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  A drug-free hair loss product, from a surprising source, may be the new answer to thinning hair, alopecia, and male pattern baldness.“You have no idea what it’s like,” says Joe Rice, a 60-year-old professional from Fort Wayne, Indiana. “I started losing my hair in my twenties. It’s miserable. It has a way of ...
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• Mina Brees Died Of Drug Overdose

  
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  By Meena KarGranby, Colo., Nov. 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The autopsy reports of Texas attorney, Mina Brees, the mother of Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints quarterback has been released after several months of her death and confirmed it as suicide. It has been reported that attorney Brees died at her friend’s house in ...
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• Am I Bipolar?

  
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  I feel like I’m bipolar.. am I??? My dad is bipolar, and has been my whole life, He has gotten worse because of his heart attack in June. When he’s manic, I love it! He does funny, and risky stuff, and I take part. My younger brother (15) doesn’t like it as much as I do and I don’t know why. I feel like I also ...
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• “Please don’t label me”

  
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  Forget the amusing story that the children on the latest atheist bus campaign are in fact sprogs of Evangelicals . What’s more hilarious is the thinking behind the campaign – “Please don’t label me – Let me grow up and choose for myself”. What kind of uncaring parents would take such an approach? I ...
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• Advances in Chromatographic Techniques for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring by Amitava Dasgupta

  
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  Advances in Chromatographic Techniques for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring | CRC | 2009-10-06 | ISBN: 1420067583 | 475 pages | PDF | For drugs with a narrow therapeutic index, therapeutic drug monitoring methods are essential for patient management. Although immunoassays are commercially available for many drugs and ...
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• Mexican border city asks for UN help

  
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• Letters: Health Care Reform and the Rise in Drug Prices

  
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• Acirx Donates Free Rx Cards to Chicago Medical Center

  
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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 Chicago,IL area that received an initial donation of ACIRX ...
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• New discovery may lead to improved asthma drugs

  
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• Joe Lauria: Corruption within the Afghan government

  
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• I Can Quit Anytime I Want!

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 746
  Internet Vices : various Web 2.0 sites and services, recast as drugs and alcohol. For example, myspace "is huffing spray paint: Destroys any chance of looking credible. You will be perceived as having the mindset of a middle schooler, and probably do."
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• Primary Health Center ( Issues , Strength and Scope)

  
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  The Primary Health Care (PHC) strategy has proved to be a turning point in the history of health care policy. PHC was defined as “essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology, made universally accessible to individuals and families in the ...
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• National Briefing | West: Nevada: Records on Jackson Death

  
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  Michael Jackson’s doctor bought a powerful anesthetic and had it shipped to California, where it was found at Mr. Jackson’s bedside after he died, court documents show.
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