Health
Study finds ice cream, potato chips may be as addictive as drugs
There might be some truth to the potato chip ad that boasts, "You can't eat just one."
Oct 23, 2023
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News tagged with withdrawal symptoms
Psychology & Psychiatry
New research on antidepressant addiction and withdrawal
A study of more than 1800 New Zealanders has found a significant number of people on antidepressants believe the drugs are addictive and more than half report experiencing withdrawal symptoms.
Jun 6, 2018
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Health
Nicotine and caffeine withdrawal may lead to unnecessary suffering and testing in intensive care patients
Nicotine and caffeine withdrawal can cause unnecessary suffering to patients in intensive care units (ICUs), and could be leading to unneeded laboratory testing and diagnostic imaging such as X-rays and MRIs, according to ...
Jun 1, 2019
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Medications
Half of patients in telemedicine program for opioid use disorder current with medication a month later
More than half of the patients who were prescribed medication to treat opioid use disorder through a virtual program established during the pandemic continued with their treatment at least a month later, according to a NEJM ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Medications
How does methadone work as a heroin-replacement therapy? And what about the longer-acting buprenorphine?
Around 1% of Australian adults have tried heroin in their lifetime and 2.7% have used pharmaceutical opioids for non-medical purposes in the past 12 months.
Jan 11, 2023
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Medications
Antipsychotic withdrawal—an unrecognized and misdiagnosed problem
It's not withdrawal, it's a relapse of your illness. This is what many people trying to stop their antipsychotic drugs are told when seeking support to get off the medication.
Jan 9, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Clinical trial: First treatment for 'emotional flatness' associated with schizophrenia
Results of a clinical trial seem to show the first effective treatment for the negative symptoms - withdrawal, lack of emotion, and apathy - associated with schizophrenia. This work is presented at the European College of ...
Aug 30, 2015
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Neuroscience
Oxytocin could help treat alcohol use disorder
The neuropeptide oxytocin blocks enhanced drinking in alcohol-dependent rats, according to a study published April 16 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology led by Drs. Tunstall, Koob and Vendruscolo of the National Institutes ...
Apr 16, 2019
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Medical research
First-in-kind psychedelic trials to treat opioid and methamphetamine use disorders
Three million people in the United States have had opioid use disorder, and another 1.5 million people have dealt with methamphetamine misuse within the last year alone.
Jan 9, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers find acupuncture reduces alcohol withdrawal symptoms in rats
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the Republic of Korea and one from the U.S., has found that using acupuncture on alcohol-dependent rats can reduce withdrawal symptoms. In their paper published ...
