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Effects of Marijuana helps Tailor new Anxiety Treatments

By Jerry Kennard Health Expert

Tailoring medication to the needs of the individual has always been something of a hit-and-miss affair when it comes to anxiety. The prescribing doctor has no way of predicting whether a patient will respond positively to the prescription they are about to write. Almost inevitably this leads to a series of repeat visits where the patient attempts to describe the effects of their medication and the doctor tries to modify their prescription or dosage accordingly.

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Marijuana Use and Quitting Smoking: Do Risks Outweigh Benefits?

By Carol Southard , Health Expert

...cigarettes?” Whether marijuana will relieve side effects or withdrawal symptoms is... Read more »

Can Zantac deplete a man's sex drive? Find that out and more

By Todd Eisner , Health Expert

...mouth sores? While there are many reported side effects of Tagamet, mouth sores is not one of... Read more »

Synthetic Cannabis for Fibromyalgia Pain?

By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...when treatment is discontinued. The reported side effects of Nabilone were generally mild, and... Read more »

Smoking and Marijuana: How to Fight Multiple Addictions, Part III

By Anne Mitchell , Health Expert

...For more information on marijuana and its negative effects, please see Carol Southard’s recent... Read more »

Lettuce and Diabetes

By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

Can insulin produced in lettuce cure type 1 diabetes some day? Possibly. In mice, it seems to... Read more »

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Glaucoma: Medications

...metipranolol (OptiPranolol). A few studies suggest some are more beneficial than timolol with similar side effects.Selective beta1-adrenoceptor blockers. Betaxolol (Betoptic) and levobetaxolol... Read more »

Parkinson's Disease: Levadopa (L-dopa)

...combine levodopa with carbidopa, which improves the action of levodopa and reduces some of its side effects, particularly nausea. Levodopa can also be combined with benserazide (Madopar) with... Read more »

Allergic Rhinitis: Corticosteroids

...allergic attack.Steroids do not relieve symptoms immediately. Itmay take several hours before their effects are felt. Nasal spray steroids benefits include:Reducinginflammation and mucus... Read more »

Asthma in Children and Adolescents: Quick-Relief Medications

...administered with a nebulizer, and studies have indicated that it is as effective as albuterol with fewer side effects. The original formulation of Xopenex was administered with a nebulizer. A new... Read more »

Urinary Tract Infection: Treatment

...should not be taken for more than2 days and should be discontinued when symptoms are relieved.Side effects include headache and stomach distress. The drug turns urine a red or orange color, which... Read more »

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Protonix Oral Drug Interactions

...tests (e.g., urine test for tetrahydrocannabinol-THC). Make sure laboratory personnel and your... Read more »

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