Dexamethasone is a generic drug that’s prescribed for treating many conditions, including multiple sclerosis and allergic reactions. As with other drugs, dexamethasone can cause side effects ...

Let’s look specifically at dexamethasone, a common corticosteroid in emergency medicine, and use current research to describe what the drug does and look at select situations in prehospital care ...

“The result is that sugar is in everything.” We like sugar so much that we often call foods steeped in it "addictive" or "like crack," despite this comparison having little to do with ...

Sexual addiction, sexual compulsivity, hypersexuality, and sexual impulsivity are all terms people commonly use to describe compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD). This is a psychological ...

I have an advantage, or maybe a disadvantage, compared with some scientists and psychologists who work on addiction. I was addicted to booze and benzos for 20 years on and off, from the late 1970s ...

Corticosteroid therapy must be tapered because of its interactions with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis. The hypothalamus secretes corticotropin releasing factor, which acts ...

Dec. 30, 2024 — The hormone estrogen regulates binge drinking in females, causing them to 'pregame' -- consume large quantities of alcohol in the first 30 minutes after it's offered, according ...

Toxic epidermal necrolysis possible with thalidomide. Concomitant indomethacin: may get false-negative on dexamethasone suppression test. May suppress reactions to skin tests.

Drug addiction manifests as a compulsive drive to take a drug despite serious adverse consequences. This aberrant behaviour has traditionally been viewed as bad 'choices' that are made voluntarily ...