Giving Your Cat Medication With a Minimum of Stress Partnering with your veterinarian is the key to keeping your cat healthy, and that goes beyond the occasional check-up and immunization. Be sure to schedule veterinary visits at least every six months and to give your cat tender, loving care. If you do find that your… Continue reading
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Only for teens: all about drugs – part three
Continued Ketamine Ketamine hydrochloride is a quick-acting anesthetic that is legally used in both humans (as a sedative for minor surgery) and animals (as a tranquilizer). At high doses, it causes intoxication and hallucinations similar to LSD. Street Names: K, Special K, vitamin K, bump, cat Valium How It’s Used: Ketamine usually comes in powder… Continue reading
Only for teens: all about drugs – part two
Continued Depressants Depressants, such as tranquilizers and barbiturates, calm nerves and relax muscles. Many are legally available by prescription (such as Valium and Xanax) and are bright-colored capsules or tablets. Street Names: downers, goof balls, barbs, ludes How They’re Used: Depressants are swallowed. Effects & Dangers: When used as prescribed by a doctor and taken… Continue reading
Only for teens: all about drugs – part one
These days, drugs can be found everywhere, and it may seem like everyone’s doing them. Lots of people are tempted by the excitement or escape that drugs seem to offer. But learning the facts about drugs can help you see the risks of chasing this excitement or escape. Here’s what you need to know. The Deal… Continue reading
Drugs for treatment of addiction from medication and food
Some of the same brain mechanisms that fuel drug addiction in humans accompany the emergence of compulsive eating behaviors and the development of obesity in animals, according to research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health. The study, conducted by researchers at the Scripps Research… Continue reading
New insight on how exactly the mental doctors prescribe drugs
A new study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) outlines the conditions that physicians around the country reported treating with psychiatric drugs such as antipsychotics, antidepressants, and anti-anxiety drugs. Psychiatric medications are one of the most widely prescribed categories of drugs in the nation; yet few studies have comprehensively examined… Continue reading
HPV Vaccine for the boys
The FDA has approved the vaccine Gardasil to help prevent genital warts in boys and young men. Gardasil is now approved for males ages 9 to 26 for the prevention of genital warts caused by two human papillomavirus (HPV) strains: HPV 6 and HPV 11.Those are two of the four HPV strains that Gardasil targets.… Continue reading
Access in Canadian public hospitals to private drugs
Governments are under increasing pressure to provide access to expensive new drugs. Canadian patients who want access to drugs that are not publicly insured are seeking to pay for these drugs within public hospitals, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) This analysis by Colleen M. Flood, Canada Research Chair in Health Law… Continue reading