News tagged with abrupt withdrawal

Ouch! Abrupt opioid withdrawal increases pain sensitivity

(PhysOrg.com) -- The abrupt withdrawal of morphine-like analgesics - opioids - can increase sensitivity to pain. Experiments have now shown that this effect is caused by a memory-like process, the long-term ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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ICANN offers refunds to domain name applicants

(AP) -- The organization behind a major expansion of Internet address suffixes is offering full refunds to companies and organizations affected by a weeks-long delay in taking proposals.

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yahoo's 3Q earnings may shed light on CEO firing

(AP) -- Yahoo's third-quarter earnings report may shed some light on why the Internet company abruptly fired Carol Bartz as CEO last month.

Technology / Business

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Beyond the bullet: Surviving a shot to the head carries host of challenges

The spectral images, reproduced in neurosurgery journals and textbooks, could be captioned "Beauty and the Beast." Captured by X-ray and CT scan, the human brain is pierced by a bullet, nail, pool cue or chunk of razor-sharp ...

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created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Prednisolone not benficial in most cases of community-acquired pneumonia

Patients hospitalized with mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) should not be routinely prescribed prednisolone, a corticosteroid, as it is associated with a recurrence of symptoms after its withdrawal, according ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new understanding of why seizures occur with alcohol withdrawal

Epileptic seizures are the most dramatic and prominent aspect of the "alcohol withdrawal syndrome" that occurs when a person abruptly stops a long-term or chronic drinking habit. Researchers have shown that the flow of calcium ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Withdrawal syndrome after consumption of 'Spice Gold'

A clinical report from Dresden supports the impression that "Spice Gold" is strongly addictive.

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created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A comprehensive review of addiction to prescription painkillers among patients and physicians

Chemical dependency and recovery in patients and physicians are closely examined in a series of articles and editorials in the July 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The subject is especially timely. As the immense challe ...

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created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UB-designed ventilator can safely sedate ICU patients for less

A new, recently licensed medical device developed by University at Buffalo researchers would introduce into intensive care settings the powerful and effective method of anesthetizing patients that works so well in the operating ...

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created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists identify drug to treat opioid addiction

Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that a commonly available non-addictive drug can prevent symptoms of withdrawal from opioids with little likelihood of serious side effects. The drug, ondansetron, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study reports changing to a low-fat diet can induce stress

Changing one's diet to lose weight is often difficult. There may be physical and psychological effects from a changed diet that reduce the chances for success. With nearly 65% of the adult population currently classified ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 18, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0


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