Sentences with phrase «current drug use»

Overall, 29 % of people with a current alcohol use disorder and 48 % of people with a current drug use disorder had at least one personality disorder (see http://www.ebmentalhealth.com/supplemental for table).

Drug testing (random or not) was not justifiable because the method of testing could not show current drug use or future use.

Not exact matches

Current illegal drug use is not protected.

«Even if it remains a Schedule I substance, the DEA will continue to allocate its resources and time to the biggest and most violent drug traffickers,» he says, explaining most of the agency's resources are being used to deal with the current opioid epidemic, which kills more people each year than auto accidents.

Another current article describes the illegal use of drugs such as hydrocodone, fentanyl, duragesic, and morphine (opiods); taken in combination by a breastfeeding mother, resulting in her infant's death.

Medications and Mothers» Milk is the worldwide - bestselling drug reference on the use of medications in breastfeeding mothers, providing you the most current, complete, and evidence - based information.

Related links Rapid advice: antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in adults and adolescents Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant women and preventing HIV infection in infants HIV transmission through breastfeeding (2008) A review of available evidence - update 2007 Authors: WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNFPA, Pages: 54, Publication date: 2008 (English - update version), 2005 (French), 2004 (Spanish), Languages: English, French, Spanish, ISBN: 978 92 4 159659 6 This publication is an update of the review of current knowledge on HIV transmission through breastfeeding, with a focus on information made available between 2001 and 2007.

For further and current information about the use of medicines / drugs (including galactagogues) during breastfeeding (or pregnancy), contact the Medicines Information Centres in your state or the NPS Medicines Line.

Breech Twins and higher order multiples Previous CS Pre-Eclampsia Placenta praevia Cervical incompetence Previous late stillbirth Previous premature birth Grand multiparty Age under 18 Age over 35 Smoking Drug use Severe mental health issue Epilepsy Type 1 diabetes Type 2 diabetes Gestational diabetes Asthma GBS positive Abnormal antibodies Transplant recipient Congenital heart disease Known foetal abnormality Immunosuppressive medication MS Physical disability Intellectual disability Hypothyroidism Hyperthyroidism Previous shoulder dystocia Previous 3rd or 4th degree tear Sickle Cell anaemia BMI under 18 or over 35 at conception Previous massive PPH APH in current pregnancy HIV / AIDS Hepatitis B or C Active TB IUGR Oligohydramnios Polyhydramnios Child previously removed from custody because of abuse Uterine abnormalities such as uterine septum or double uterus Previous uterine surgery for fibroids Chronic renal problems Hypertension Auto immune condition Previous stroke or blod clot Cancer Domestic violence or abusive home Prisoners Homeless women

(borrowed from Dr Kitty) Breech Twins and higher order multiples Previous CS Pre-Eclampsia Placenta praevia Cervical incompetence Previous late stillbirth Previous premature birth Grand multiparty Age under 18 Age over 35 Smoking Drug use Severe mental health issue Epilepsy Type 1 diabetes Type 2 diabetes Gestational diabetes Asthma GBS positive Abnormal antibodies Transplant recipient Congenital heart disease Known foetal abnormality Immunosuppressive medication MS Physical disability Intellectual disability Hypothyroidism Hyperthyroidism Previous shoulder dystocia Previous 3rd or 4th degree tear Sickle Cell anaemia BMI under 18 or over 35 at conception Previous massive PPH APH in current pregnancy HIV / AIDS Hepatitis B or C Active TB IUGR Oligohydramnios Polyhydramnios Child previously removed from custody because of abuse Uterine abnormalities such as uterine septum or double uterus Previous uterine surgery for fibroids Chronic renal problems Hypertension Auto immune condition Previous stroke or blod clot Cancer Domestic violence or abusive home Prisoners Homeless women

Below you will find current trends in teen behavior regarding the use of alcohol and other drugs — and strategies for you to use to counteract the beliefs and practices that your teen is likely to encounter.

In addition to examining press coverage of the issue dating from 1979 - 2014, Maziyar Ghiabi has conducted extensive interviews with current and former drug users, and has visited methadone clinics, drug - using and homeless shelters, as well as licensed and unlicensed treatment camps.

MPs heard evidence from the National AIDS Trust and others, that the ban on poppers which are widely used by gay men, could increase the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, as well as forcing current users into the hands of drug dealers.

If successful, Iran could become a model for other countries, especially in the Middle East and North Africa, which given the current levels of trauma and distress, are having or will probably witness increasing levels of drug use.

I was going to use drugs as an example for # 1, but that's way too hairy given the current federal vs. state tag of war on the topic.

Amid a growing international consensus that the war on drugs has failed, the home affairs committee called for the prime minister to set up a royal commission on current policy and to pay particular attention to experiments in Portugal decriminalising drug use.

David Cameron and home secretary Theresa May have cited falling rates of illicit drug use as proof the current government strategy is working.

The sacks could be used as a new way to deliver drugs, say the researchers, whose study appears in the current issue of Science.

While blood, urine, and saliva are often adequate for assessing current intoxication or very recent use, many drugs — including new substances — can be detected in hair months after use,» noted Dr. Alberto Salomone, coauthor and affiliated researcher at the Centro Regionale Antidoping e di Tossicologia «A. Bertinaria,» Orbassano, Turin, Italy.

In a paper published in the current online issue of the journal Small, titled «Immune Cell - Mediated Biodegradable Theranostic Nanoparticles for Melanoma Targeting,» the researchers report the use of a novel biodegradable and photoluminescent poly (lactic acid) nanoparticle, loaded with melanoma - specific drugs with immune cells as the nanoparticle carriers.

Developing therapies and testing drugs using current preclinical models have limitations in reliability and predictability.

Asst Prof Lin added, «The current findings not only provide a more complete picture of how artemisinin and its derivatives work, but also suggest new ways of using the drug.

Diamond is also quick to point out that while the current study shows that COXEN could have been used to predict the most useful drug in many of these cases of advanced ovarian cancer, the actual use of the model will be possible only after validation with a prospective clinical trial.

Current chemotherapy treatments cure the disease in fewer than 10 % of patients who have a FLT3 mutation — partly because toxic chemotherapy drugs can be used for only a few days at a time, not killing as many cancer cells as they might.

They are primarily being used to package and deliver the current generation of cancer cell killing drugs and progress is being made in that effort.

Kidnapped, drugged, and left abandoned in a field, bees can still find their way home using mental maps of their surroundings, according to a new study that could pose a major challenge to current thinking about human memory and cognition.

Among shelter users in Toronto, 40 per cent reported current drug problems, with marijuana, cocaine and opiates the three most frequently used substances.

His current specific interest is the elucidation of novel mechanisms of drug resistance through the discovery / identification of novel gene function (s) and phenotypes using RNAi - mediated gene silencing or cDNA overexpression.

«Instead of targeting mGluR5, which is a very widespread molecule with many different functions, now we can target the persistent sodium current directly, using already approved drugs that are more specific and less likely to cause side effects,» Klyachko said.

For the current study, Jessica Childs, a graduate student in Kroener's lab, applied VNS to a test group of rats used in the study in a process called «extinction learning» to determine whether the procedure could help the animals learn different behaviors and reduce their drug cravings.

The beneficial effects of psychiatric drugs are so small, he says, that it would be possible to stop current use almost completely without causing harm.

An antibiotic discovered using a method that coaxes «unculturable» bacteria to grow in the lab could have a longer lifespan than current drugs

The current study recruited teens in shopping malls across the United States, asking them to complete a web - based questionnaire on their use of substances including alcohol, tobacco, and both legal and illegal drugs.

The study, «Modulating Behavior in C.elegans Using Electroshock and Antiepileptic Drugs,» just published in PLOS One, has led the researchers to build on the current animal models for inducing seizures via electroconvulsion in the genetically modifiable C.elegans that only has 302 brain cells called neurons.

«At Exeter we are already developing specific psychological therapies, running clinical trials of novel drug approaches and using - cutting edge genetic techniques to identify new targets for safe and effective therapies and to allow us to use current treatments in a more focussed way.»

«Despite current drugs and use of bone marrow transplantation, multiple myeloma is still incurable, and almost all patients eventually relapse,» says co-principal investigator and multiple myeloma specialist Craig Hofmeister, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine and a member of the OSUCCC — James Translational Therapeutics Program.

«Current therapies take advantage of this by using targeted drugs such as Trastuzumab or Lapatinib to specifically inhibit ERBB2, but eventually they become ineffective as the cancer develops resistance to those drugs.»

The current study differs from previous investigations in that — instead of relying only on participants» answers to survey questions about their use of stimulants and other drugs, alcohol consumption and other factors including quality of life — it relied on structured interviews that have been validated for the diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disorders, including substance - use disorders.

Writing in the current online issue of the journal Scientific Reports, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues in Brazil and elsewhere, say their findings support further investigation of using the repurposed drug as a potential treatment for Zika - infected adults, including pregnant women.

When used individually, current antifungal drugs can have significant toxicities that are markedly enhanced when the drugs are used in combination.

Across four studies, the authors asked for donations to various charities benefiting people who donors may believe are responsible for their current situation (for example, a community health center that treats people who can not hold a steady job due to drug or alcohol use).

They found that the defect is highly sensitive to an existing FDA - approved drug used to treat ovarian cancer — a discovery that challenges current practice for treatment of brain tumors and other cancers with the same genetic defect, said the scientists.

In addition, cLBP patients with a history of illicit drug use are more likely to have a current prescription for opioid analgesic (pain - relieving) drugs, according to the new research by Dr. Anna Shmagel of University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and colleagues.

The nationwide data show that people with cLBP have higher rates of illicit drug use, and those with a past history of illicit drug use are more likely to be current users of opioid analgesics.

Rates of current illicit drug use (within the past 30 days) were also higher in the cLBP group: 14 percent versus nine percent.

It may also lead to improved therapies to fight sleeping sickness; current medications used to combat the disease have improved over the past decade but still include an old arsenic - based drug that kills between 5 and 10 percent of the people receiving treatment, said the study's senior author Stephen Hajduk, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

«Current trends in the neuroscience field, particularly in alcohol research, indicate that drugs which are used to treat various types of cancer, such as HDAC inhibitors, appear to be very important in regulating brain function,» said Subhash C. Pandey, Ph.D., professor and director of the Alcohol Research Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

«Many current approaches use nanoparticles to deliver RNAi drugs into cells,» said Steven F. Dowdy, PhD, professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the study's principal investigator.

Current treatment for Alzheimer's focuses on alleviating the symptoms of Alzheimer's, including cognitive, behavioral, and emotional concerns, by using drug therapy and non-drug approaches.

Current clinical management by cardiologists like me has been to use drugs or interventions, such as stents in the arteries of heart.