The role of detoxification using methadone reduction in a drug treatment service

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 252-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed Day ◽  
Kaye Fisher ◽  
Jacqueline Watson ◽  
Omar Al‐Gommer ◽  
Thomas McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Treatment Service

Antihypertensive Drug Treatment and Circadian Blood Pressure Rhythm: A Review of the Role of Chronotherapy in Hypertension

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 756-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Schillaci ◽  
Francesca Battista ◽  
Laura Settimi ◽  
Luca Schillaci ◽  
Giacomo Pucci
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Antihypertensive Drug ◽  
Circadian Blood Pressure ◽  
Antihypertensive Drug Treatment

Characteristics of clients using a community-based drug treatment service (‘CAPS-AD’) in Brazil: An exploratory study

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 99-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Donatti Gallassi ◽  
Eduardo Yoshio Nakano ◽  
Gabriela Arantes Wagner ◽  
Maria de Nazareth Rodrigues Malcher de Oliveira Silva ◽  
Benedikt Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Treatment Service ◽  
Community Based

scholarly journals The role of herpesviruses 6 and 7 in the development of chronic fatigue syndrome: a review of literature and description of clinical cases

2018 ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
V. V. Tsaryk ◽  
A. K. Novoskoltsev
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Fibromyalgia Syndrome ◽  
Immune Dysfunction ◽  
Chronic Fatigue ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Herpesvirus Infection ◽  
Fatigue Syndrome

At the issue represented the etiopathogenesis of the chronic fatigue syndrome of (CFS) with immune dysfunction. Many doctors consider this problem only from the point of view of non-psychological disorders requiring only psycho-correction and non-drug treatment. However, syndromocomplex of CFS includes not only neuropsychiatric disorders, but also fibromyalgia syndrome, unexplained genesis, lymphadenopathy, non-specific polyarthralgias. It is also controversial about the feasibility of treating type 6 herpesviruses and type 7 viruses. Some authors consider the need for antiviral therapy only when reactivating the herpesvirus infection, in the transplantation of organs and tissues. However, for frequent HHV-7 and HHV-6 viremia remains resistant to ganciclovir, unlike CMV and EBV, which is successfully controlled by viremia.

scholarly journals No Evidence of a Causal Role of Antiepileptic Drug Treatment with Regard to the Development of Dementia

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (9) ◽  
pp. 1850-1852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Helmstaedter ◽  
Ettore Beghi ◽  
Christian E. Elger ◽  
Reetta Kälviäinen ◽  
Kristina Malmgren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Antiepileptic Drug ◽  
Causal Role ◽  
Antiepileptic Drug Treatment

Beyond Symptoms

2018 ◽  
pp. 217-221
Author(s):  
S. Nassir Ghaemi
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Treatment Response ◽  
Biological Markers ◽  
Genetic Diseases ◽  
Clinical Psychopharmacology ◽  
Primary Target ◽  
Course Of Illness ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Hippocratic Tradition

The four classic diagnostic validators of psychiatry are appraised: symptoms, course, genetics, and treatment response/biological markers. Of these, course of illness is seen as the most important and the most neglected. The non-specificity of treatment response and the inadequacy of symptoms is emphasized. If symptoms are not the primary target for drug treatment, as the Hippocratic tradition teaches, then diagnosis becomes extremely important for the practice of clinical psychopharmacology. The role of genetics is important, but it is limited to highly genetic diseases. Related to DSM-5 and its predecessors, the application of these diagnostic validators demonstrates that most DSM diagnoses are not valid.

scholarly journals Treatment of epilepsy – towards precision

F1000Research ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1932 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Paul Leach
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Antiepileptic Drug ◽  
Precision Medicine ◽  
Treatment Of Epilepsy ◽  
Antiepileptic Drug Treatment

Epilepsy was among the first disease areas to begin to apply principles of precision medicine to its treatment. This review looks at the role of investigation in ensuring the safety and effectiveness of antiepileptic drug treatment. Using sound principles, we can see that the use of genetic testing will advance treatment of epilepsy in reducing harm and adverse effects and enhancing efficacy.

Hypertension: Genes, Environment, or Both ?

Physiology ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 174-177
Author(s):  
R Di Nicolantonio ◽  
T Imai ◽  
K Murakami ◽  
Y Yamori
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Drug Treatment ◽  
High Blood Pressure ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Targeted Drug

Nearly one in five adults in acculturated societies has abnormally high blood pressure. Newly emerging techniques in molecular biology offer the possibility of not only determining the role of genetic factors in its etiology but also identifying early predisposed individuals. A more targeted drug treatment may also follow.

The Role of Legal Coercion in the Treatment of Offenders with Alcohol and Heroin Problems

1997 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne Hall
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Drug Dependence ◽  
Legal Coercion ◽  
Coerced Treatment ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Dependent Property ◽  
Drug Dependent ◽  
Drug Problems ◽  
Prison Populations

This article discusses the ethical justification for, and reviews the American evidence on the effectiveness of, treatment for alcohol and heroin dependence that is provided under legal coercion to offenders whose alcohol and drug dependence has contributed to the commission of the offence with which they have been charged or convicted. The article focuses on legally coerced treatment for drink-driving offenders and heroin-dependent property offenders. It outlines the various arguments that have been made for providing such treatment under legal coercion, namely: the over-representation of alcohol and drug dependent persons in prison populations; the contributory causal role of alcohol and other drug problems in the offences that lead to their imprisonment; the high rates of relapse to drug use and criminal involvement after incarceration; the desirability of keeping injecting heroin users out of prisons as a way of reducing the transmission of infectious diseases such as HIV and hepatitis; and the putatively greater cost-effectiveness of treatment compared with incarceration. The ethical objections to legally coerced drug treatment are briefly discussed before the evidence on the effectiveness of legally coerced treatment for alcohol and other drug dependence is reviewed. The evidence, which is primarily from the USA, gives qualified support for some forms of legally coerced drug treatment, provided that these programs are well resourced, carefully implemented, and their performance is monitored to ensure that they provide a humane and effective alternative to imprisonment. Expectations about what these programs can achieve also need to be realistic.

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