MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'antihistamine'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:36:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280033&cid=t_90462_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F02%2F17%2Fthe-misuse-of-quetiapine%2F A lot of medication gets misused, as is the right expression, meaning not used for the intention or indication it was developed for in the first place. This reminded me of one of my first publications on the abuse of anticholinergics. From case reports it appears that quetiapine is sought after for recreational use and inappropriate use such as intranasal and intravenous administration. Quetiapine is also for sale on the street, symptom malingering to obtain the drug and higher dosage requests. It’s always important to recognize such misuse of medication because in the case of quetiapine it can induce weight gain, glucose intolerance, in rare cases movement disorders. Moreover, these drugs are very expensive and will cost society more money when misused. In a recent publication a ca... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280033 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:49:52 +0100 3280033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1225729&cid=t_90462_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fheath-ledger-celebrity-overdoses-and-the-danger-of-combining-prescriptions%2F What do Heath Ledger, Elvis Presley, Anna Nicole Smith, Judy Garland, and Marilyn Monroe have in common? They all died of accidental prescription drug overdoses. And those are just a few of the most famous cases. There are lots more cases involving lesser known stars and of course most tragic are the thousands of “average” people who die each year due to accidental prescription drug overdoses. Exact numbers are hard to come by because of the difficulty in separating out prescription drug overdoses from those involving street drug overdoses (e.g., heroin, cocaine, etc), but one study found that deaths involving prescription opioid analgesics increased from roughly 2900 in 1999 to 7500 in 2004, a 160% increase. That study was done by Dr. Leonard Paulozzi of the Centers for Disease Contr... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1225729 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:03:19 +0100 1225729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=554680&cid=t_90462_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F110371556%2Finteresting_finds_pharmarelate_4.html Last week, I got a new 3G cellphone. It has been 24 hours since my connectivity at home has reached decent speed (and reception) enough to publish an entry to this blog. [In all my blogs, Pharmagazette’s MT platform is one of the most difficult to load (and i don't mean that in a bad way!) and works best on a good broadband speed.] So, just for kicks, let’s see if I’ll be able to publish this post without me losing my temper. He he. Anyway, here’s some stuff I got from the blogosphere that I thought you might find interesting. Allergizer: What’s Your Favorite Antihistamine? Cancer Commentary: Cancer Drug Gleevec® Decreases Recurrence in Primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Patients Flu Patrol: Anti-viral Drug Found Effective for CFS/ME Suffer... PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=554680 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:00:16 +0100 554680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=395871&cid=t_90462_117_f&fid=34444&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.webmd.com%2Fallergies-and-asthma%2F2006%2F10%2Fantihistamines-arent-addictive.html%3Fsrc%3DRSS_BLOGGER Your body doesn't become addicted to antihistamines anymore than your car becomes addicted to having a windshield. Okay, let me explain this odd analogy: If you have nasal allergies, and you inhale some of the allergens to which you've become sensitized, white cells burst open, releasing histamine, which quickly begins inflammation in your nose and you get symptoms. If there was some antihistamine in your body at the time, this inflammation is blocked. Sort of like the windshield of your car keeping dust and bugs from hitting your face when you drive.If you remove the windshield of your car, bugs will again hit your face. If you then replace the windshield, it won't remove the bugs already in your eye. Does this mean that you or your car are "addicted" to the windshield?In medical terms, y... Allergies and Asthma blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=395871 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:00:00 +0100 395871