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Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain

...earchers found that these effects are seen even in methamphetamine addicts who have been off the drug for 10 months o...relationship between changes in brain chemistry in methamphetamine abusers and functional changes in behavior," says Dr. Alan I. Leshner, director of the National Inst...

Methamphetamine Users Found To Suffer From Mood Disorders

...8.8 million people in the United States have tried methamphetamine at least once in their lives. Researchers from UCLA studied 17 methamphetamine users and 18 healthy people to determine how brain activity affects the success of addiction therapy...

Sensations Generated By Cocaine And Methamphetamine Abuse Are Not Same.

...ce between the sensations generated by cocaine and methamphetamine use in onset, pattern and duration of their “highs...4 cocaine dependent volunteers and the response to methamphetamine in 11 methamphetamine dependent volunteers. None of the volunteers were seeking treatment. Study vo...

Changes In Brain Structure From Methamphetamine Abuse And HIV Infection

...d risky sexual behaviors. These findings show that methamphetamine abuse and HIV infection each cause significant cha...nges in 103 adults divided among four populations: methamphetamine abusers who were HIV-positive; methamphetamine abusers who were HIV-negative; non-abusers who were H...

AIDS Threat Aggravated Due To Sale of Blood by Drug Addicts in Cambodia

...ng the drug trade, leading to a steady increase of methamphetamine and heroin use since the 1990s. Sleeping on the streets and often drifting from one location to another to avoid the police, addicts usually scavenge for cans and plastic bottles to sell. Alarmingly, many drug users admitted to loitering outside th...

Dominant Discoveries and The Darker Side Of Methamphetamine Drug Addiction

...ur. Other conditions that can arise as a result of methamphetamine use include loss of memory and psychotic behavior....medications have been approved in the treatment of methamphetamine addiction. Managing methamphetamine drug addiction has been a significant challenge to the scientifi...

Queensland Bans OTC Sales Of Cold And Flu Drugs

...udoephedrine for use as a precursor to manufacture methamphetamine is an issue of grave concern for health regulators and law enforcement agencies." Under the rule nasal decongestants and cold and flu medications would be under scrutiny because other medications used for cold and flu do not contain pseudoephedrine. ...

Drug deaths in King County continue to go up

...etailed deaths caused by an overdose of methadone, methamphetamine or oxycodone (OxyContin, a powerful prescription pain medication, is a time-released form of oxycodone). Accidental drug overdoses accounted for 211 deaths in 2004, compared with 159 in 2003, according to the report. Those deaths made up 40 percent...

Meth Addiction On The Rise, US Health Authorities Concerned

...enhance alertness and physical activity, long-term methamphetamine use can lead to unfavorable side effects such as a...ard medication has been approved for management of methamphetamine addiction. However, few studies have highlighted that Bupropion (an antidepressant) can be used for ...

Meth Use Increases Risk Of Underweight Babies

A new study finds that pregnant mothers who use methamphetamine have an increased risk of delivering underweight babies. Meth-using mothers had three-and-a-half// times increased risk of delivering underweight babies. The study is published in the September issue of the journal Pediatrics. Study author Dr. Barr...

Methamphetamine causes severe oral health damage

...." "Very few people understand the broad dangers methamphetamine poses to the public health of our communities in addition to meth users themselves," says Stephen Pasierb, president and CEO, The Partnership for a Drug-Free America. "The ADA's warning should serve as a wake-up call to those who use this insidious d...

Amphetamine Abuse Worst In Asia

... added that in the Philippines 11 industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratories were discovered and in Thailand 15.8 million methamphetamine pills uncovered last year. "It's no longer just those who are socially disaffected that are using...

Allergy OTC Medicines–Speak With Your Pharmacis

...the counter. Pseudoephedrine can be converted into methamphetamine by drug users. Something else to consider are drug interactions. “Since many antihistamines have a sedative side effect, other medications that also have sedative effects such as anti-anxiety medications, narcotic pain killers, or sleep medicatio...

Methamphetamine may Protect Neurons after Stroke Attack

...uld be seen by using a special dye. Low doses of methamphetamine were administered and the team could see that the treated slices showed less damage compared to the untreated ones. Dave Poulsen, an assistant researcher at UM, said in a news release that though they are not sure how it happens, the drug definitely ...

Effects of the Drug Ice- A Tip of the Iceberg!

The drug Ice or methamphetamine is turning out to be a big challenge for law enfor...be erroneous to say there's no causal link between methamphetamine and violence because we haven't been able to rule it out," he said. The drug did influence chemica...

Moms to be, beware of meth - It can hamper growth and development in your babies

The many pregnant methamphetamine users who inevitably convey the poisonous toxic meth chemicals to their unborn fetus , has crossed //dangerous levels , reveals a novel Canadian Study. Motherisk lab at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto conducted a study which examined hair...

Methamphetamine Use Increases Risks of Artery Tears and Stroke

...f the American Academy of Neurology. “It appears methamphetamine use is toxic to large blood vessels,” said the stu...robability of death or severe disability. “While methamphetamine use has been associated with aortic dissection, a tear in the wall of the aorta, the largest artery ...

AIDS Healthcare Foundation to File Lawsuit Against Pfizer

...biting effects of alcohol or drugs such as crystal methamphetamine and ecstasy. The suit will ask that Pfizer stop running ads that promote Viagra as a lifestyle drug and that the company fund ads promoting awareness about the risks associated with Viagra and STIs, according to Reuters. In addition, the suit will...

Four Gay Men Carrying Highly Multiple-drug Resistant Strain of HIV Reported

... be present in the four men, all gay, who are also methamphetamine users having multiple sex partners. It is also confirmed that none of these men had sex with each other. Further observations are carried out to determine literally the extent to which these men could have spread this virus. Seattle was the first ...

Emergency Department Strain As Ice Problems Grows

The burden of crystalline methamphetamine ("ice" or "crystal") and other amphetamines onalre...o the higher rates of injecting and of crystalline methamphetamine usereported among these groups," she says. "Although concern about links between cannabis and psyc...

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