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  Tags: Amphetamines (3), drugs, Erectile Dysfunction (2), hypertensives, sedatives, tranquilizers   

  Erectile Dysfunction and Drugs (English) 

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  some drugs such as hypertensives, sedatives, tranquilizers, and amphetamines may cause Erectile Dysfunction ?.

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  Tags: Antipsychotic, drugs, neurological changes, Pregnancy (4)   

  Antipsychotic drugs and Pregnancy (English) 

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  Anti-psychotic drugs taken by women during pregnancy, especially during the 3rd. trimester, produce neurological and behavioral changes in neonates ?.

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  Tags: choreiform movements, drugs, Phenothiazines (3), Tardive Dyskinesia   

  Tardive Dyskinesia and Phenothiazines (English) 

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  the Phenothiazines may produce Tardive Dyskinesia ?.

  This adverse effect is characterized by choreiform movements of the buccal, lingual and fascial muscles. Sometimes may be also choreiform movements in the extremities.

  Tardive Dyskinesia may be caused by high doses of Phenothiazines given over a long time.

  Phenothiazines produce Tardive Dyskinesia in older patients, having normal doses.

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  Tags: Amphetamines (3), anorexia (11), depression (5), drugs, Hallucinations (3), paranoid psychosis, Psychic Dependence, suicide (2), tolerance (5)   

  Amphetamines (English) 

  The effects of Amphetamines are alertness, anorexia, elevated mood, increased wakefulness and concentration.

  Amphetamines produce also a feeling of well-being, but they induce Psychic Dependence and Tolerance.

  Continued high doses may produce hallucinations, delusions, anxiety reaction, paranoid psychosis and depression during a which suicide is a possibility.

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  Tags: anorexia (11), drugs, Heroin Withdrawal Syndrome, lacrimation, muscle twitching, mydriasis, perspiration, piloerection, rhinorrhea, tremors (3), yawning   

  Heroin Withdrawal Syndrome (English) 

  The Heroin Withdrawal Syndrome is characterized by perspiration, rhinorrhea, lacrimation, yawning, mydriasis, tremors, piloerection, muscle twitching, anorexia, and hot or cold flashes.

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  Tags: drugs, Drugs dependence (3), Heroin (3), heroin withdrawal, methadone (3), Naloxone (2), opioid addiction   

  Methadone (English) 

  Methadone is a synthetic drug used extensively for

  • short-term treatment of heroin withdrawal,
  • long-term maintenance therapy of opioid addiction
  • analgesia

  The methadone duration of action is long and has excellent activity when given orally.

  The adverse effects of methadone are reversible by opioid antagonists (eg, Naloxone).

  Nowadays some opioid addicts are treated with methadone in our country, that is because they function better socially than when taking heroin, although controversy surrounds such maintenance therapy.

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  Tags: acute intoxication, drugs, Heroin (3), methadone (3), Naloxone (2), opioid (3), opioid antagonist   

  Naloxone (English) 

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  Naloxone is a pure opioid antagonist that can reverse the effects of all other opioid  ( heroin, methadone,etc ) ?.

  Noloxone given IV is the drug of choice in opioid acute intoxication, because it possesses no respiratory depressant properties and the recovery may occurs immediately following the administration.

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  Tags: ataxic, Barbiturates (2), drugs, dull, sleepy, tremoulous   

  Barbiturates (English) 

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  Barbiturates, when taken to excess, produce that the patient becames sleepy, tremoulous, dull and ataxic ?.

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  Tags: controlled studies, drugs, Placebos   

  Placebos (English) 

  Placebos are inactive substancesused in controlled studies for comparison with presumed active drugs or prescribed with the intent to relieve symptoms.

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  Tags: anxiety (11), Benzodiazepines (7), confusión (7), delirium (6), drugs, elderly, oversedation, paradoxical excitement   

  Anxiety Drugs and Elderly (English) 

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  in the elderly the use of anxiety drugs, particularly benzodiazepines, may increase the risk of oversedation, paradoxical excitement, confusion and delirium ?.

  These responses may be explained by age-dependent changes in drug pharmacokinetics and increased target organ sensitivity. The elderly have dismished hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes and drugs elimination capacity.

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