Use this tag for medical drugs, medications, pharmaceuticals etc. For other questions about drugs, use [recreational-drugs].
Questions tagged [medications]
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Was very little or no new medication developed in the USSR?
Prof. Robert (Haim) Belmaker, head of the Israeli Psychiatric Association, spoke today (2018-01-05) on the סדר יום / Daily Agenda radio program (Note this is a program in Hebrew).
At some point in the conversation he claimed that "during the USSR's…
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Are antipsychotic drugs vastly overused in the US?
A recent opinion piece in Al Jazeera titled "Mass psychosis in the US" claims that antipsychotic drugs are overused in the US, mostly due to the influence of "Big Pharma" which is pushing new atypical antipsychotics.
Has America become a nation of…
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Does FDA not test anything in order to approve it?
I watched something a bit back and was thinking about one of the claims this morning as I listened to SGU on the way to work. I unfortunately can't recall the source anymore, but am fairly confident that it was either Food, Inc., Sweet Remedy, or…
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Is nicotine a relatively safe substance?
I've always thought that nicotine has really bad health effects.
Interestingly enough, I've found the following statement on the website of one of the major Nicotine Replacement Therapy products producers:
Myths: Nicotine is carcinogenic
Fact:…
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Do antibiotics weaken your immune system?
Recently, my friend told me that antibiotics will weaken your immune system. Their reasoning is that:
Antibiotics remove the harmful bacteria from you, but they also remove the natural disease fighting bacteria, leaving your immune system crippled.…
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Is there a correlation between mass-murder and use of psychoactive prescription drugs such as SSRIs?
It seems to be a commonly-held belief that there is a strong correlation between the use of prescription drugs such as SSRIs and mass-shooters. For instance, this claim:
Every mass shooting over last 20 years has one thing in common... and it's not…
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Has olanzapine (Zyprexa) caused 200,000 deaths?
In an editorial titled "Should journals stop publishing research funded by the drug industry?
" in the British Medical Journal the authors make the following claim:
Another dire example is antipsychotics. Many recent drug industry
crimes are…
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Does alcohol-free "essential oil" mouthwash kill bacteria in your mouth?
Case in point:
No other alcohol-free mouthwash has been proven more effective at
killing bad breath germs. Contains signature 4 Essential Oils found in
LISTERINE® Antiseptic for bad breath protection.
How many germs can it possibly kill with…
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Did Lance Armstrong use EPO?
Lance Armstrong has recently been "stripped" of his Tour de France titles by the USADA. They state, among other allegations:
(1) Use and/or attempted use of prohibited substances and/or methods including EPO, blood transfusions, testosterone,…
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Is hydroxychloroquine + zinc + antibiotics an effective treatment for COVID-19?
It's often claimed, for example, in this Spectrum News report that a drug combination of hydroxychloroquine and zinc and antibiotics is an effective early treatment for COVID-19.
Researchers at NYU's Grossman School of Medicine found patients given…
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Does abuse of 'study drugs' increase school performance or learning?
Study drugs, such as Adderall, are regularly abused in colleges due to the belief that they help with studying and/or learning. However this article suggests that the affect is primarily a placebo affect and adderall may not actually prove…
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Can drugs cause permanent neurological change?
Over the weekend I saw the movie Limitless.
In that, the main character takes a drug, and he says that because of his prolonged usage of the drug, his synapses changed permanently.
This is not the first time I have heard such a…
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Is fever (temperature) below 106° F harmful?
Parents and pediatricians rush to treat low grade fever with acetaminophen and other powerful pain killers. Medical researchers refer to the over zealous treatment of non hazardous fever as fever phobia.
In his book, How to Raise a Healthy Child in…
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Can honey help heal wounds?
Many sources claim that honey help healing wounds. Consider for example
DermNet New Zealand
consultant360
webmd
TF1 telejournal (in french)
From DermNet New Zealand, it seems that honey is most often used to heal
Leg ulcers
Pressure…
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Krokodil, new home brewed drug
I've been reading a lot of news reports online about a type of home brewed heroin used in Russia. Apparently, it makes your flesh literally fall from your body if this highly addictive substance is abused.
The drugs street name apparently is called…
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