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The Medicalization of Cannabis [PDF]
, 2010 Annotated and edited transcript of a Witness Seminar held on 24 March 2009. Introduction by Professor Leslie Iversen.First published by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2010.©The Trustee of the Wellcome Trust, London, 2010 ...
Crowther, SM, Reynolds, LA, Tansey, EM
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British Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.A basic overview of medical grifting for haematologists with practical guidance in identification and tips for management. Summary Medical scams or grifting has long been a societal issue, though in recent years, the problem has become increasingly mainstream, especially as it relates to transfusion medicine, apheresis and biotherapies.
Brian D. Adkins +7 more
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Drug-drug interactions in repeat prescriptions at village dispensaries (bereg) in Malta [PDF]
, 2013 Inappropriate treatments and drug-drug interactions (DDIs) are known to occur in settings where repeat prescriptions are issued. In view of this, a study was carried out to document any such problematic drug prescribing and propose changes that would
Bugeja, Anton
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Single high-dose buprenorphine for opioid craving during withdrawal. [PDF]
, 2018 BackgroundOpioid use disorder is one of the most prevalent addiction problems worldwide. Buprenorphine is used as a medication to treat this disorder, but in countries where buprenorphine is unavailable in combination with naloxone, diversion can be a ...
Ahmadi, Jamshid +3 more
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Endocrine Functions of Bone Are Suppressed by Orally Administered Glucose Regardless of Bodyweight
Clinical Endocrinology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Bone is a target for diabetic complications, but the impact of metabolic changes on bone metabolism is less understood. Bones participate in energy metabolism by via secreted osteokines. Glucose ingestion reduces bone resorption, but the effects on osteokines remain unknown. Further, it is not known whether the response is altered in
Niki Jalava +4 more
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Errores de medicación: estudio descriptivo de las clases de los medicamentos y medicamentos de alto riesgo [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: The study aims to present the medication classes involved in medication errors occurred at an Intensive Care Unit and to identify which are classified as high-alert medication classes.
Bohomol, Elena
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Pharmacological interactions of anti-inflammatory-analgesics in odontology [PDF]
, 2009 In this second article we describe the more interesting pharmacological interactions in dental practice based on the prescription of analgesic narcotics, paracetamol and non-selective non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAI) (which inhibit ...
Calvo Guirado, José Luis +3 more
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Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.Abstract In their 2022 study, ‘The Effects of Naloxone Access Laws on Opioid Abuse, Mortality, and Crime,’ Doleac and Mukherjee conclude that broadening access to a life‐saving drug—naloxone—does not reduce opioid‐related mortality as the drug simultaneously encourages riskier drug use. I show issues with their data, design, and estimation methods. For
Sergey Alexeev
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A Theory of Natural Addiction [PDF]
Economic theories of rational addiction aim to describe consumer behavior in the presence of habit-forming goods. We provide a biological foundation for this body of work by formally specifying conditions under which it is optimal to form a habit.
Attila Tasnádi, Trenton G. Smith
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Uneven Product Diversification: Explaining the Lag of Agricultural Economies
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper documents that agricultural sectors diversify less than other manufacturing activities. A simple model shows that this difference can contribute to welfare divergence in a way that is qualitatively different to what results when uneven growth happens in the intensive margin.
Guzmán Ourens
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