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Promethazine is a drug used to treat allergies, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. Doctors sometimes prescribe it to help people relax or fall asleep in hospital settings. Doctors may also prescribe it off-label to treat anxiety. This article explores how promethazine works, as well as current research into its safety and effectiveness in treating anxiety. Promethazine is an antihistamine. That means it blocks the effects of histamine, a chemical involved in allergic reactions. Your immune system makes and releases histamine when it detects an allergen like pollen or pet dander. By blocking the effects of histamine, promethazine helps relieve allergy symptoms such as nasal congestion and itchy eyes. Promethazine also has several other effects throughout the body. For example, it helps with motion sickness by blocking specific receptors in the medulla oblongata, a part of the brain involved in nausea and vomiting. It also targets other brain receptors involved in blood pressure, sleep, an...

Opioids are a group of chemicals that act on your brain's opioid receptors. They're categorized as analgesics, meaning they cause numbness and relieve pain. Opioids can be naturally derived (from opium poppies), synthetic (made in a lab), or semi-synthetic. Naturally derived opioids are sometimes called opiates. Natural opioids include: morphine opium codeine Your body also produces its own kind of opioids, known as endogenous opioid peptides, that can have effects similar to those of other opioids. Here's a closer look at where natural opioids come from, how your body makes endogenous opioids, and natural alternatives to opioids. Natural opioids come from the opium poppy ( Papaver somniferum ). Specifically, they're present in the latex, or milky sap found in the poppy's stem and leaves. Natural opioids also come from the poppy's seeds. Most often, natural opioids are harvested using the poppy straw process, which involves extracting the alkaloids, or organic c...

I can vividly remember the first time I had a yeast infection. I was in my mid-teens at school and my vulva was extremely itchy. I would excuse myself to go to the bathroom and do the very normal thing of taking photos of my vagina to find out what was wrong. I was alarmed when I saw redness around my vagina and vulva, as well as a cottage cheese-looking discharge. Naturally, as most teenagers do, I asked the internet for advice and the first thing that came up was that it was an STI. I didn't tell anybody because I was so ashamed. The first thing I did was book myself into my local sexual health clinic and pleaded for the nurse to help me. I remember the nurse examining me and then slowly chuckling to herself. She told me that thrush was not necessarily passed on from sex. She asked me if I wore tight clothing or had changed my laundry powder. I told her that I wore tights at school, and would often wear tightly fitted jeans, and it hurt when I peed. She sent me home with a prescr...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatments    Healthgrades

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to "revoke the exempted prescription product status for all butalbital products previously granted exemptions." If finalized as proposed, the significant impact of this change will be felt throughout the pharmaceutical supply chain. The Controlled Substances Act and DEA's regulations provide the agency with authority to exempt a prescription drug product containing a controlled substance from regulatory requirements and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions. DEA is authorized, among other reasons, to exempt nonnarcotic prescription drug products from application of all or any part of the CSA if the product also contains one or more active ingredients which are not controlled substances and in such quantities "as to vitiate the potential for abuse." The current list of Exempt Prescription Products ("EPP") can be found here. Butalbital prescrip...

The best anti-itch creams have the right active ingredients to target your symptoms. Image Credit: LIVESTRONG.com Creative In This Article Is there anything more annoying than an itch that won't go away? You know you shouldn't scratch it because it can lead to scarring or make the healing process longer, but it's difficult to resist when you're sunburned and peeling or your sensitive skin has a flare-up. Video of the Day To the rescue are anti-itch creams that serve various purposes, including soothing sunburns, mosquito bites and conditions like eczema. Some formulas work better than others, depending on your symptoms and the cause behind your itch. What you want is relief — and you want it fast — so choosing the best option is key. From our research, these are the best, dermatologist-recommended anti-itch creams. The Best Anti-Itch Creams How We Chose Not all anti-itch creams are created equally, and the...

Fluconazole oral tablet is available as both a generic and a brand-name drug. Brand name: Diflucan. Fluconazole comes as a tablet or suspension you take by mouth. It also comes in an injectable form that can only be given to you by a healthcare professional. Fluconazole oral tablet is used to prevent and treat candidiasis, a fungal infection. It's also used to treat meningitis (infection of the brain or spinal cord, or both) . Liver failure warning. This drug may cause you to develop liver failure. Your doctor may check your liver function with blood tests while you take this drug. If you develop liver failure from taking this drug, it's usually reversible once you stop taking it. Skin rashes warning. This drug can cause a severe rash that can cause death. You should stop taking the drug if you develop any rashes. Irregular heart rhythm warning. This drug can change how your heart beats. This change puts you at risk for a life-threatening heart rhythm condition called torsades ...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] UCB's anti-seizure drug suspended by Chinese regulators    FiercePharma

Abstract Women are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) throughout life. In addition to their high prevalence in women, STIs have debilitating effects on female reproductive health due to female urogenital anatomy, socio-cultural and economic factors. In this Review, we discuss the prevalence and impact of non-HIV bacterial, viral and parasitic STIs on the reproductive and sexual health of cisgender women worldwide. We analyse factors affecting STI prevalence among transgender women and women in low-income settings, and describe the specific challenges and barriers to improved sexual health faced by these population groups. We also synthesize the latest advances in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of STIs. Main Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) cause reproductive morbidity worldwide. In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there were 376 million new episodes of...