Tag: Drugs
In tainted local batch of crystal meth, ‘astronomical’ levels of fentanyl Fear & Fentanyl: Some users simply can’t resist scary drug’s potency
An “astronomical” level of fentanyl in a drug sold as crystal methamphetamine shows the need for improved testing and harm reduction measures in London, a doctor specializing in street-level addiction…
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka nearly runs out of drugs
Sri Lankan doctors warned on Sunday April 10 that they were almost out of life-saving drugs, stressing that the economic crisis was likely to claim more victims on the island…
Administer drugs to the brain, the blood-brain barrier “opened” by an antibody
News Posted 2 days ago, Reading 2 mins. American and French researchers carried out experiments on adult mice. Their goal was to find a way to control the permeability of…
Cystic fibrosis: HAS authorizes two drugs for children aged 6 to 11
News Published 9 hours ago, Reading 2 mins. The High Authority for Health has just authorized two drugs early on for children aged 6 to 11 affected by cystic fibrosis.…
New application that could eliminate the need for immunosuppressive drugs in organ transplants worked
For the first time, a heart and thymus transplant was performed together in an operation that will go down in the history of medicine to a baby named Easton in…
800 drugs including Doliprane contain titanium dioxide
News Posted on 23/12/2021 at 12:12 p.m., Reading 1 min. A possibly carcinogenic additive is present in 800 of the most prescribed drugs according to consumer magazine Kali. This substance…
Researchers have found the gateway to delivering drugs into the brain!
The blood-brain barrier protects our brain and isolates it from the general blood circulation. It prevents the entry of toxic molecules into the central nervous system, but also of certain…
One of the world’s most expensive drugs in the UK to be administered free for MLD patients
In England, the National Health System NHS will offer Libmeldy, one of the most expensive drugs in the world, with a price of 3 million 800 thousand dollars, to patients…
Childhood traumas and drug use can affect memory.
The effects of traumas in the substance abuse process of drug users are quite high. The harms of trauma and drug use are known to everyone. Patients may start to…
Pregnancy and drugs: ANSM alert
News Published on 02/06/2021 at 08:58update on 21/10/2021 at 06:58 Reading 2 mins. Agatha Thine Journalist – Head of Pregnancy, Baby, Family, Alternative Medicine sections The National Medicines Safety Agency…