Article: Sedative Withdrawal Made Rehnquist Delusional in ...
The Washington Post;  January 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... his pajamas when he stopped taking the drug in 1981, according to newly released FBI ... back pain and dependence on a prescription drug was previously known. Journalists had ... concluded that Rehnquist began taking the drug Placidyl for insomnia after back surgery ...

Article: Comorbid addiction and chronic pain.
Clinical Psychiatry News;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... the illusion that their drug use is legitimate. Prescribing ... their use, experience drug preoccupation or craving ... addicted pain patients use drugs to hide from life, rather ... Additionally, both opioid and sedative withdrawal commonly produce transient ... patients come to require ...

Article: Narcotics can't be blamed for withdrawal seizures
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 12, 1996 ;     328 words ... ... in the hospital was most likely due to sedative withdrawal. Alcohol is included in the class of sedative drugs. It is not at all uncommon for those ... seizures and/or delirium tremens when the drug is withdrawn. Obviously, hospitalization ...

Article: Physician CME Questions.
Emergency Medicine Reports;  June 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... relatively minimal sedation. E. All of the above. 127. Benzodiazepines are the drug of choice in treating patients suffering from alcohol and sedative withdrawal syndromes. A. True B. False 128. Which of the following risk factors may trigger ...

Article: Drug involvement, lifestyles, and criminal activities ...
Journal of Drug Issues;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... a significant numberof drug offenders were involved in both the use and sale of drugs, which, in essence ... deviant lifestyles. THE DRUG-CRIME CONNECTION Although ... positive correlation between drugs and crime, the extent ... relationship is unclear. Some drug users are regularly involved ...

Article: Drug Allergies/Sensitivities
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ... ... side effects of the drug itself. Some children ... allergic or sensitive to drugs that are not harmful ... allergic reactions to drugs usually are independent of the amount of drug that is administered ... similar drugs. These drugs cause 97 percent of all deaths from drug ...

Article: Drug makers raise prices before health care legislation ...
International Herald Tribune;  November 17, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... name prescription drugs by about 9 percent ... analysts. Although drug makers have promised ... name prescription drugs by about 9 percent ... billion to America's drug bill, which is on ... cost of many popular drugs has risen even faster ... blockbuster asthma drug, at a wholesale price ...