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Severe muscle pain and stiffness due to dexmethylphenidate

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2020
Dexmethylphenidate, and potentially other methylphenidates used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), may cause severe muscle pain and stiffness.
Jacob J. Kon, Alexander A. Kon
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Caffeine – An Enigma [PDF]

open access: yesHealthline, 2023
Considering the growing public health significance of some forms of caffeine use, such as the consumption of energy drinks with high caffeine content that are currently largely unregulated or combinations of caffeine and methamphetamine, the ...
Hetal Rathod
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Use of Cognitive Enhancers by Portuguese Medical Students: Do Academic Challenges Matter?

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2022
Introduction: Nonmedical use of prescription drugs and other substances for cognitive enhancement in the academic environment has been documented in several studies. However, the prevalence among Portuguese university students is unknown.
Miguel Miranda, Miguel Barbosa
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Repetitive stimulation in the central nervous system [PDF]

open access: yesSpinal Cord, 1983
There has been a considerable change in ideas about the effect of a lesion in the central nervous system (CNS) and the view of a fixed neurological deficit following a lesion in the CNS is no longer tenable. The clinical picture seen after a partial lesion in the CNS depends in part on the destruction or partial destruction of nerve pathways and cells,
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Functionality Effect of Acrylic Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Formulations on Release Performance and Adhesion Properties of Stimulants in an Adhesive Patch [PDF]

open access: yesعلوم و تکنولوژی پلیمر, 2013
Drug-in-adhesive transdermal drug delivery systems  )TDDSs) containing stimulants, termed as energetic substances, such as caffeine and pantothenic acid, were studied.
S. Mojtaba Taghizadeh   +1 more
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Treatment of Hypothalamic Obesity with Dextroamphetamine: A Case Series

open access: yesObesity Facts, 2019
Background: A limited number of published case reports suggest a positive effect of dextroamphetamine, an adrenergic agonist affecting both the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system, on physical activity and weight in patients with ...
Christian Denzer   +5 more
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnoses and prescriptions in UK primary care, 2000–2018: population-based cohort study

open access: yesBJPsych Open, 2023
Background Rates of diagnosed attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be increasing in the UK. Aims Estimate incidence and prevalence of ADHD diagnoses and ADHD prescriptions in UK adults and children in primary care.
Douglas G. J. McKechnie   +3 more
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Efficacy and safety of psychostimulants for amphetamine and methamphetamine use disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2016
Background Amphetamine and methamphetamine use disorders are associated with severe health and social consequences. No pharmacological therapy has been approved for the treatment of these disorders.
Meha Bhatt   +8 more
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Polysubstance use poisoning deaths in Canada: an analysis of trends from 2014 to 2017 using mortality data

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background Over the past decade, rates of drug poisoning deaths have increased dramatically in Canada. Current evidence suggests that the non-medical use of synthetic opioids, stimulants and patterns of polysubstance use are major factors contributing to
Sarah Konefal   +5 more
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Nitric oxide and cytokine production by glial cells exposed in vitro to neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2016
Background Helminth neuroinfections represent a serious health problem, but host immune mechanisms in the nervous tissue often remain undiscovered. This study aims at in vitro characterization of the response of murine astrocytes and microglia exposed to
Tomáš Macháček   +3 more
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