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A pilot study of nalbuphine versus tramadol administered through continuous intravenous infusion for postoperative pain control in children.

Friday, July 31st, 2009

In conclusion, the bolus/infusion regimen of tramadol evaluated in this study appears to have better postoperative analgesic efficacy than the bolus/infusion regimen of nalbuphine. These preliminary results require further confirmation by studies with a sample size enough to clearly identify differences in their efficacy as well as in the rate of adverse events secondary to the administration of each of them. PMID: 19848049 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Acta Bio-Medica : Atenei Parmensis)

Determinants of antidepressant medication prescribing in elderly residents of aged care homes in Australia: A retrospective study.

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Conclusions: There was preferential prescribing of SSRI antidepressants among these older aged care home residents with depression. Cognitive impairment alone was not significantly associated with antidepressant prescribing; however, these aged care home residents with dementia and mood disorders had an increased likelihood of being treated with antidepressants. The prescribing of TCAs was significantly associated with concurrent benzodiazepine use. PMID: 19766953 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy)

Hylan G-F 20 Has Better Pain Relief and Cost-effectiveness than Sodium Hyaluronate in Treating Early Osteoarthritic Knees in Taiwan.

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Conclusion: Synvisc possesses better symptom-modifying ability and cost-utility in treating early OA of the knee in Taiwan. PMID: 19666354 [PubMed - in process] (Source: J Formos Med Assoc)

Exercise and Bipolar Disorder: A Review of Neurobiological Mediators

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Abstract  Extant evidence indicates that individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) are differentially affected by overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity. Excess weight is associated with a more complex illness presentation, non-recovery, and recurrence. Herein, we sought to review literature describing the effects of structured individualized physical exercise on disparate neurobiological substrates implicated in the pathophysiology of BD. We conducted a PubMed search of all English-language articles published between 1966 and July 2008 with BD cross-referenced with the following search terms: exercise, neurobiology, pathophysiology, pathoetiology, brain, cognition, neuroplasticity, and neurodegeneration. Articles selected for review were based on adequacy of sample size, th…

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Fish Oil Makes Smarter Babies

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Want your baby to be a genius? How about great at sports? Several studies show that higher levels of fish oil intake will help. As a bonus, the babies also had better visual acuity! DHA, which is predominantly found in fish oil, is the main oil that makes up our brain. When low, it is associated with depression (fish oil may be more effective than Prozac for depression). As the baby takes the DHA from the Mom’s brain if there is not enough in the diet, this is one of the two main causes of postpartum depression (the other is low progesterone). In the first study involving 109 infants and their mothers, higher cord blood levels of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid from fish oil) was found to be associated with more optimal visual, cognitive, and motor development in infants during the first year af…

Major issue, plz help!

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Author: lebdude Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:47 am Believe me when I tell you I’ve exhausted every treatment method available here. Nothing worked. I consulted every psychiatrist specialist in addiction, about 10 of them; at some period they were prescribing me Leponex (similar to respiridal and chlorpomasine) to slow down my neurological activity a bit plus Seroquel (similar to Lamictal) to stabilize my mood in addiction to clonazepam for anxiety and Remerom for depression. I took those medicines for at least 7 months non stop and they did not help me the least bit. Then came the psychologists turn, I worked with different psychologists, I tried cognitive drug therapy which is a loss of them and I also try psychoanalysis which helped…

Before Prozac. The Troubled History of Mood Disorders in Psychiatry [Book reviews]

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

(Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry)

gas

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Author: hawker1 Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:08 pm Kind of a gross one here but does suboxone give anyone else gas? I’ve never been much of a …uh…gassy person but man it’s non stop. It was the same when I was taking the ultram…so do opiates mess with your gas levels? (Source: Suboxone Forum)

Screening of <i>Bauhinia purpurea</i> Linn. for analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Conclusion:&lt;/b&gt; Ethanol extract of Bauhinia purpurea has shown significant analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities at the dose of 100 mg/kg and was comparable with corresponding standard drugs. The activity was attributed to the presence of phytoconstituents in the tested extract. (Source: Indian Journal of Pharmacology)

Evidence for a negative inotropic effect of obesity in human myocardium? [Original articles]

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Conclusion: The experimental data are in accordance with the hypothesis, that obese tissue may exert a direct cardio-depressant effect on electromechanical coupling. (Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery)

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