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Drug addiction treatment sees drop in success rate
The proportion of drug users who completed treatment for drug addiction decreased between 1998 and 2002, although the overall number of drug users who entered treatment increased.   view more (2006-08-11)

Not all 'drug-related deaths' are 'drug-related'
UK estimates of 'drug-related deaths' (DRDs) include mortalities of drug abusers and non-drug abusers. So these figures may not be the best way of monitoring the performance of Drug and Alcohol Action Teams.   view more (2007-08-09)

Drug treatment likely to be based on biased evidence
Drug treatment is likely to be founded on biased evidence because drug companies tend to publish studies with more favourable results, suggest researchers in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2003-05-28)

New European Drugs Research Project
The University of Kent at Canterbury (UKC) is launching a major European drugs research project at the Drugs and Society Conference at Ashford International Hotel, Kent on 24th October. The £500,000 EU-funded project will investigate the use of court-ordered drug treatment in the UK, the... view more (2002-10-11)

Concern that research sponsored by drug companies is biased
Research funded by drug companies is more likely to produce results that favour the sponsor’s product than research funded by other sources, claim researchers in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2003-05-28)

Male Injecting-drug Users At Greater Risk Of Drug-related Death (p 941)
A study of injecting-drug users in Scotland in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how men-and all injectors over 34 years of age-have the highest drug-related mortality risk. The study also focuses on the need for drug-related deaths to be assessed in relation to the estimated number of... view more (2003-09-17)

Cognitive behavioural psychotherapy is effective in treating social phobia
In the past decade there has been increasing interest in social phobia, as a disability condition with little spontaneous improvement. Several psychotherapeutic techniques have been shown to be effective. Does the type of psychotherapy matter? It does. For the first time, a sophisticated... view more (2000-05-18)

CLASSIFICATION OF DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IS MISLEADING
The traditional clinical classification of types of drug-resistant tuberculosis may be misleading, and could lead to delayed diagnosis and treatment of patients with multidrug-resistant disease, according to a study in this week's issue of The Lancet. Traditionally, patients with drug-resistant... view more (2000-06-28)

Weekly contact with drug reps linked to unnecessary prescribing
General practitioners who see drug industry representatives at least once a week are more likely to express views that will lead to unnecessary prescribing then those who report less frequent contact, finds a study in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2003-05-28)

Nanoparticles carry chemotherapy drug deeper into solid tumors
A new drug delivery method using nano-sized molecules to carry the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin to tumors improves the effectiveness of the drug in mice and increases their survival time.   view more (2007-06-27)

World-wide warning of highly drug-resistant tuberculosis
New forms of highly drug-resistant tuberculosis are emerging and action must be taken soon before they become widespread globally.   view more (2006-09-15)

Study shows parental alcoholism creates risk factors for substance abuse in emerging adults
The impacts of parental alcoholism in children are well known, particularly the alcohol consumption habits of children of alcoholics (COA's).   view more (2006-01-24)

HIV drug resistance is increasing in the UK
The prevalence of transmitted HIV drug resistance in the United Kingdom is increasing, according to a study in this week's BMJ. This finding emphasises the urgent need for new approaches to encourage safer sexual behaviour. A total of 69 patients infected with HIV between June 1994 and August 2000... view more (2001-05-02)

Drug users unaware of memory problems
Ecstasy and cannabis do impair memory - but regular users don't think so.   view more (1999-03-26)

Prescription opioids the predominant choice among illicit opioid users
For almost a century, heroin addiction has been a core element of the illicit drug use problem in Canada. Recently, however, isolated reports have pointed to substantial increases in prescription opioid abuse.   view more (2006-11-21)

Random drug testing in schools is unworkable
Random drug testing in schools is unworkable because schools could not satisfy government criteria for introducing new screening programmes, claims a public health expert in this week's BMJ. The Department of Health has 19 criteria for introducing new screening programmes. At least 18 of these are... view more (2004-03-10)

U of M researchers discover new method to combat HIV
Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Center for Drug Design have developed a new method to combat HIV/AIDS, potentially replacing the traditional cocktail drug approach.   view more (2007-07-24)

When antidepressant drugs stop working: A novel approach
Tolerance to antidepressant drug treatment is an important clinical problem (one third of cases). It may manifest as loss of clinical effect (an antidepressant drug which was working stops doing so) or resistance (a patient, after a drug-free period, fails to respond to an antidepressant drug which... view more (2003-05-06)

Abrupt withdrawal of drugs to prepare for surgery can be dangerous
(Editorial: The risks of interrupting drug treatment before surgery) Abruptly stopping drug treatments before surgery can be dangerous and increase the risk of postoperative complications, suggests an editorial in this week?s BMJ. Surgery, particularly major abdominal surgery, affects the rate at... view more (2000-09-19)

Developing better methods of 'blinding' doctors and patients in clinical trials
When trials are carried out to assess the effectiveness of a drug, it is an important to have a control group of patients who are not given the drug.   view more (2006-10-31)

Disease activity increases after MS patients stop drug
People with multiple sclerosis who stop taking the drug natalizumab may experience a rebound increase in disease activity.   view more (2007-09-13)

Illegal drug use could account for 1 million visits a year to emergency care in England
Illegal drug use could account for up to 1 million visits a year to emergency care departments and 400,000 admissions to hospital in England, suggests research in Emergency Medicine Journal.   view more (2005-11-17)

XDR TB in South Africa traced to lack of drug susceptibility testing
In South Africa, the 2001 implementation of the World Health Organization's anti-tuberculosis program may have inadvertently helped to create a new strain of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB).   view more (2007-10-23)

Doubts raised about illegal drug use surveys
A scientific study reported in two related articles in the Journal of Drug Issues raises serious doubts about the nation's illegal drug use surveillance programs.   view more (2006-03-03)

One in four hospital prescribing errors “potentially serious”
Around one in four hospital drug errors is “potentially serious,” and likely to harm patients, suggests a pilot study from one major teaching hospital, reported in Quality and Safety in Health Care.   view more (2002-12-03)
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