Some boomers are on multiple medications. Combinations of those drugs could have serious side effects.
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As the boomers age, many will have medication issues. That can be compounded by the number of drugs they take, both prescription and over-the-counter.
The government must harness analytical technologies developed by pharmaceutical scientists in Nigeria
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There are cost-effective solutions to the problem of sub-standard drugs in Nigeria and other low-income countries.
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It’s time there was a serious policy response to the other key drivers of homicide rates, like poverty and austerity.
At the New Hampshire primary debate, America’s opioid crisis came up as an issue.
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In 2016, drug misuse was cited as the top concern among New Hampshire voters. What remedies are the Democratic primary contenders putting forward to combat the opioid crisis?
A drug addict smoking crystal meth on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles.
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There’s widespread attention on the dangers of opioid addiction, but use of damaging crystal meth continues in the U.S., with police seizures rising.
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An estimated £300m worth of medicine goes unused in the UK every year. But is it safe to take drugs past their expiry date?
Overdose involving GHB and alcohol can cause a person to have breathing difficulties, respiratory failure, coma, or death.
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The use of alcohol with GHB is very dangerous because it can increase the toxic effects of the drug. It should also not be used in combination with sedatives or other anaesthetics.
‘Pingers’ usually contain MDMA. But assuming you know exactly what’s in them can be dicey.
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Drug slang can help researchers understand drug trends. But if you’re taking a drug called by a street name, make sure you know what it is.
Facebook recently disabled some ads on its site making dubious claims about Truvada.
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Facebook began blocking ads that linked Truvada and other HIV-related drugs to severe bone and kidney damage based on claims made in lawsuits.
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We are seeing the end of modern medicine slowly being played out due to antibiotic resistance. But we can act together to alter the situation.
Schoolies is a rite of passage for many Australian teenagers as they finish their exams and leave school. But are you prepared?
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Schoolies and other leavers’ celebrations are a chance for teenagers to exert their independence and experiment with their identity as a young adult. And yes, you can help without losing your cool.
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NICE has concluded that more research is needed before it can recommend the use of cannabis based products for medicinal use.
If NSW takes on the coroner’s recommendations, it will be among the most innovative and evidence-based states in Australia on drug policy.
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Pill testing, no more sniffer dogs and fewer strip searches are some of the ways the NSW coroner says will reduce drug deaths at music festivals.
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And homelessness makes reoffending more likely.
Does it matter if you take your medicine morning, noon or night? That depends on a number of factors.
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For most medicines, it doesn’t matter when you take them. But others work best at particular times.
Safe injection facilities offer clean syringes, bandages and antiseptics to people who use drugs.
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How much more suffering and death will people who use drugs have to endure?
No drug is 100% safe.
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A person’s drug experience can be influenced by many different things, such as heat, access to water and dosage.
Syringe and cooked heroin.
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Most Kenyan women were introduced into drug use by male sexual partners in their teenage years.
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The idea that we can sit down calmly and rationally and explain to our children how they can take drugs safely overlooks a bundle of emotional issues.
When people went to their GP asking for painkillers, they weren’t prescribed higher doses of codeine or stronger opioids, as some feared.
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When codeine became a prescription only drug in 2018, the number of overdoses dropped, our new research shows. But restricting sales of codeine is only one way to reduce harm from opioids.