Sentences with phrase «increased use of a drug»

For men, symptoms can also include anger, loss of libido, engaging in risk taking behaviour, increased hours at work as part of withdrawal from family and increased use of drugs or alcohol instead of seeing treatment for depression.

But if legalized marijuana resulted in increased use of both drugs, costs to society could increase dramatically, particularly since those who use both substances tend to use them at the same time.

While increased use of a drug usually is implicated in speeding the development of resistance in target parasites or pathogens, the canine heartworm may be different.

This new emphasis has increased the use of drug therapy to help with behavior problems, including use of some of the same antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications used in human medicine.

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But before his arrest, he said he'd use KaloBios as a vehicle to nab another niche drug, this time for treatment of the parasitic infection Chagas disease, and dramatically increase its price to the $ 60,000 to $ 100,000 range after helping it win FDA approval (the drug is approved in other countries and is provided to patients in the U.S. on a special and selective basis).

The Canadian drugmaker has faced intense political and investor scrutiny in the past year for its steep drug price increases and unorthodox use of a specialty pharmacy.

Taking dangerous quantities of the otherwise safe loperamide is one strategy being used by people addicted to opioid painkillers and other drugs since it can increase opioid absorption in the gut; the FDA says it is now working with loperamide manufacturers to change its packaging so that it comes with fewer doses and is thus harder to abuse.

It's also unclear that the increased marijuana use by pregnant women represents drug abuse; for instance, nausea and anxiety (both common among pregnancy) are among the most common symptoms of medical marijuana users, which may in part explain the increase in usage.

According to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, it's actually the use of fertility drugs that's responsible for most of the increase in multiple births.

The increase in use disorders may be partially explained by an increase in the potency of cannabis products, said Beatriz Carlini, of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Previous research that focused on adolescents» use of the drug in the wake of medical marijuana laws didn't find an increase in that age group, she said.

She said that employers» increased use of high - deductible plans, one of the side - effects of the law, has resulted in patients paying more out of pocket for the drug, and that's «where you're seeing a lot of noise around EpiPen.»

The number of patients treated with nitroglycerin, a drug used for chest pain and heart failure, increased by 89 percent.

Health insurer Aetna Inc expects approval of the Portola drug to gradually increase use of Xarelto and Eliquis, said Edmund Pezalla, Aetna's national medical director for pharmaceutical policy and strategy.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP)-- CVS Health Corp. reported better - than - expected third - quarter earnings Tuesday as increased use of specialty drugs helped offset missing sales of tobacco products, which the company stopped selling this fall.

Instead of ignoring reporters» questions about the price increase of the drug, which is used to treat people with toxoplasmosis, Shkreli embraced the publicity, speaking with The New York Times and other media outlets, and arguing that the price of $ 750 per pill was necessary and good business.

Avandia, a controversial diabetes drug that was thought to increase patients» risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems, has been cleared for widespread use by the Food and Drug Administratdrug that was thought to increase patients» risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems, has been cleared for widespread use by the Food and Drug AdministratDrug Administration.

Users of the social network are notoriously brutal, and alongside the outpourings of grief were criticisms of Hoffman's drug use, questions of why this story got top news billing above far more worthy tragedies, and then, in increasing waves, attempts by people to place themselves in the story.

The worst prospect of legalization is that it might lead to a short - term increase in the use of drugs, due to availability, lower prices and the sudden freedom from prosecution.

Hormone changes due to induced abortion may indeed be related to breast cancer, but there are other known causes of hormone changes that we should worry about, including the widespread use of chemical contraceptives, fertility drugs that cause hormone surges, increased obesity and fat content in the diet that change the body's estrogen metabolism, and last but not least, chemical contaminants in the environment that mimic estrogen....

About five percent are used for teaching purposes, another five percent for diagnosis of disease, twenty percent for production of biological substances («biologicals») and for toxicity testing, thirty percent in development of drugs and their testing, and forty percent for other research activities such as the present work in genetic engineering to increase the size of sheep and pigs.

Based on the experience of Prohibition and various studies, drug use would not increase significantly.

Using data compiled from records of the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service and the US Food and Drug Administration, the ERS reports food product recalls increased significantly from 2004...

The increasing use of performance enhancing drugs makes these risks unacceptable.

This is mainly because more people are using fertility treatments, like drugs that spur the release of multiple eggs or in vitro fertilization, in which more than one embryo is implanted in order to increase the chance of a successful pregnancy.

The majority of the reason for this rise is the increased use of fertility drugs.

Besides alcohol, using other drugs can be associated with increased risk of both miscarriage and of stillbirth.

Negative ways can include but are not limited to use of drugs including alcohol, and expression of anger, which are likely to lead to complicated social interactions, thus causing increased distress.

In response to reports that women may be using this unapproved drug, to increase milk production (lactation), the WHO and FDA are warning breastfeeding women of safety concerns as «there have been several published reports and case studies of cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac arrest and sudden death in patients receiving an intravenous form of domperidone that has been withdrawn from the market in a number of countries.»

The rate of twins and multiple babies has increased over the past few years, mostly because of the use of fertility drugs and other assisted reproduction techniques.

And the increased risk of death for babies sharing beds with drug - using mothers was «unquantifiably large» (Carpenter et al 2013).

These include the infant with galactosemia, 53,54 the infant whose mother uses illegal drugs, 55 the infant whose mother has untreated active tuberculosis, and the infant in the United States whose mother has been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.56, 57 In countries with populations at increased risk for other infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies resulting in infant death, the mortality risks associated with not breastfeeding may outweigh the possible risks of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection.58 Although most prescribed and over-the-counter medications are safe for the breastfed infant, there are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breastfeeding temporarily.

That necessitates the use of additional labor drugs to increase contractions or the possibility of forceps or vacuum extraction.

Studies are showing that, not only do antibacterial soaps lack any benefits over using regular old soap and water, but that they could be harmful in that they potentially increase the risk of drug - resistance.

Smoking and drug use — smoking through pregnancy can affect your baby's development in a number of ways and increases your chances of having a premature baby

Hormone therapy is rarely used, and hormone stimulating drugs may do no more than increase the medical acceptability of the process in the eyes of health workers or the community.

The risk of SIDS while bed sharing went down as the infant grew older, but other factors including if the parents were smokers or if the mother drank two or more units of alcohol within 24 hours or used illegal drugs, increased the risk.

The Food and Drug Administration has long permitted its use, but in recent years concerns about the chemical have grown as studies have indicated low doses of the substance can disrupt hormone systems in laboratory animals and possibly increase the risk of cancer or other serious illness.

These drugs can be used to induce hyperovulation hence increasing the chances of the conception of twins.

Smoking and the use of substances, such as drugs or alcohol, that may impair parents» ability to awaken, greatly increase the risk of SIDS and suffocation with bed sharing.

Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

While this fertility treatment does not necessarily increase the chances of multiple births, more and more parents resort to the use of this procedures and take fertility drugs to get conceive twins.

Choose an obstetrician or health care provider Interview potential doctors Contact health insurance company about coverage Start and pregnancy and birth budget Discuss financial effects of pregnancy and baby with partner Stop smoking Stop drinking Stop using street drugs Talk to your physician about any prescription medications Drink at least 8 glasses of water every day Visit the doctor at least once per month or every 4 weeks Do not dye or perm hair Stop drinking coffee and other caffeinated beverages Exercise daily Start taking prenatal vitamins Eat foods rich in folic acid Eat iron rich foods Increase daily intake of whole grains, fruits and vegetables Nap as much as possible as fatigue is common Eat fish with low levels of mercury no more than 2 days per week Do not eat undercooked meats Do not eat unpasteurized dairy producs Do not eat cold cut deli meats Allow someone else to clean out the kitty litter, if applicable Limit exposure to chemicals Try to limit stress and tension Complete all prenatal tests — HIV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Anemia, Blood Typing, Sickle Cell Anemia, Urine Screening and Rubella.

Often used as a natural alternative before pursuing expensive and intrusive fertility drugs and treatments, FertilAid for Women helps to balance your hormones, promote regular ovulation, improve your overall reproductive health and increase your chances of conceiving naturally.

All parents should be provided with information regarding a) factors known to increase the risk of SIDS in the bed - sharing environment, including parental smoking (particularly maternal smoking in pregnancy), young maternal age, infant prematurity; and b) aspects of adult beds that should be modified with infant safety in mind: e.g. gaps between bed and wall or other furniture, proximity of baby to pillows, type of bedding used, parental behaviour prior to bed - sharing such as consumption of alcohol, drugs or medication affecting arousal.

The country is currently paying twice the price: of militarised anti-narcotics strategies and increasing medical problems related to drug use.

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.

He claims that decades of neglect are responsible for an increase in crime and drug use, and led to the 2011 riots.

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.