The areas of the body most commonly affected by diabetic peripheral neuropathy are the feet and legs. Nerve damage in the feet can result in a loss of foot sensation, increasing your risk of foot problems. Injuries and sores on the feet may go unrecognized due to lack...

  Peripheral nerves are a collection of nerve fibers that originate from many different kinds of neurons. Motor fibers originate from motor neurons that are located in the spinal cord. Sensory axons originate from neurons that are located outside the spinal cord in ...

Lots of people often have false impressions about what antidepressants are capable of. First of all, they are not perky pills; they don't artificially bring on a feeling of pleasure, euphoria, or unrealistic well-being. Neither do antidepressants insulate you fr...

Lots of people undergo from depression, and it's not something that anyone need be embarrassed of. This is an essential starting point for those who are in need of treatment. Depression should be treated like any other physical illness, and like other physical illness...

Many times after a car accident people will have initial neck pain, are seen in the emergency room and treated. If the injuries are not life threatening they are sent home with some medication and told to rest. Unfortunately, many will start to have headaches, even if...

Depression is a disorder which affects mind and body in a number of ways. It has many symptoms. They include loss of energy and lack of concentration. Other symptoms include sadness, anger and frustration. Extreme cases can lead the victim to attempt suicide. Depressi...

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints. RA is a systemic disease, often affecting extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and muscles. Rheumatoid arthritis can a...

Chronic headache treatment is possible as there are a variety of preventive medications available. Here are the medications your doctor may recommend.AntidepressantsAntidepressants such as Amitriptyline (Aventyl), nortriptyline (Pamelor) and other tricyclic antidepres...

The currently available classes of Antidepressants include monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), novel Antidepressants, and tetracy...

Many people often have misunderstandings about what antidepressants are capable of.First of all, they are not pick me up pills; they don't artificially bring on a feeling of happiness, euphoria, or unrealistic well-being. Nor do antidepressants insulate you from life,...

A tough day at work, loss of money in the stock market or an injured self-esteem often leaves a person in the doldrums. This feeling normally lasts a day or two after which the person is back to his normal self. At times this feeling persists for a much longer period ...

Depression can affect any one of us at any time of our lives and is more than just feeling a bit fed up or down in the dumps. When you cannot just snap out of it and the symptoms of depression persist for more than a couple of weeks, and interfere with your ability to...

Lots of people endure from depression, and it's not something that anyone need be embarrassed of. This is an important starting point for those who are in need of treatment. Depression should be treated like any other bodily illness, and like other physical illnesses ...

If you are suffering from depression, it is important that you get help before your problem worsens. Ignoring depression will not make it go away - You need to see a therapist or a psychiatrist to find out what the best treatment for you is. Consuming depression medic...

Once it has been established that a person is suffering from clinical depression, help for the condition is fairly easy to get. Even "regular" physicians are so informed about depression that they can prescribe treatment for it. It's no longer necessary (in most cas...

Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition categorized as a form of arthritis. Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Common symptoms of fibromyalgia include fatigue, headaches, painful menstrual periods, tingling or numbne...

Treating depression is a priority of modern medical science, as new revelations continue showing that depression is far more common and widespread problem than previously understood. Many new developments in depression medicine have brought much more successful depres...

JERUSALEM, Israel, May 31, 1995--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (Nasdaq:TEVIY), Israel's largest pharmaceutical company, announced today it has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market both Flurbiprofen...

Chronic pelvic pain refers to pain in the region between your hips, below your bellybutton. In order to be considered chronic, the pain must last for at least six months or longer.Chronic pelvic pain refers to pain in the region between your hips, below your bellybutt...

Peripheral nerves are a collection of nerve fibers that originate from many different kinds of neurons. Motor fibers originate from motor neurons that are located in the spinal cord. Sensory axons originate from neurons that are located outside the spinal cord in larg...

If you want to know why migraine abdominal migraine  that in which abdominal symptoms are predominant. basilar migraine , basilar artery migraine a type of ophthalmic migraine whose aura fills both visual fields and which may be accompanied by dysarthria and distur...

by Joseph Yeager, Ph.D. Abstract: The author compares the advantages of the qualitative forensic interview with qualitative market research techniques. Parallels and differences are shown, leading to the conclusion that marketing research has not exploited ...

Toward a more cautious approach, as per OBRAAll drugs prescribed for the nursing home patient may be considered to be psychoactive, in that they may affect the central nervous system (CNS) (Table 1). Nurses may ascribe most of these CNS effects to underlying diseas...

Key Words: Diabetes, Pain, Peripheral neuropathy, Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. Diabetes mellitus is caused by an insufficient insulin-mediated response to blood glucose. People with the disorder are classified as being insulin dependent (ie, having t...

Patients who could benefit from additional education about treatments for erectile dysfunction (ED) may prematurely discontinue or switch ED medications, resulting in unnecessary resource utilization. In a retrospective cohort study using a large, aggregated heal...

To Sondra Fine *, 48, depression feels like this: "I have been immobilized, unable to formulate thought or action. Can't get out of bed most of the time. I feel terrible--hopeless, joyless, exhausted, lost."To Terry Wise, 39, depression feels like this: "A world of...

According to the American Camping Association (ACA, 2002), there are virtually thousands of camps across the United States hosting an estimated 10 million children and adolescents each year. Of these children and adolescents attending camp, many will display mental he...

TABLE Comparative dosages and costs of antidepressant drugs Initial target Maximum effective Agents dose dose Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors Citalopram (Celexa) 20 ...

da Costa CL, Younes RN, Lourenco MT. Stopping smoking: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study comparing nortriptyline to placebo. Chest 2002; 122:403-8. ...

TABLE 1 Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Daily Headache Primary headaches Secondary headaches Headache duration > 4 hours (with Headache associated with vascular or without medication overuse) disorders Chronic (transformed) migra...

Strength of Recommendations Key clinical recommendation Label References Tricyclic antidepressants may be used for A 5, 8, 11, 21 treatment of chronic neuropathic and non-neuropathic pain syndromes. Tricyclic antidepressants are more ...

TABLE 1 Geriatric Depression Scale Are you basically satisfied with your life? (no) Have you dropped many of your activities/interests? (yes) Do you feel that your life is empty? (yes) Do you often get bored? (yes) Are you hopeful about the future? (no) Are you bothere...

The drug Topamax (topiramate), which is approved for epilepsy, also can prevent migraines and reduce the need for "emergency" pain medication, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. And unlike some other migraine-p...

(SORT: KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRACTICE Evidence Clinical recommendation rating References Antidepressants improve depression symptoms A 7,16 in adults compared with placebo. Amon...

The first new antipsychotic to be released in the United States since 2003 is Janssen's Invega Extended-Release. Like some earlier psychotropic medicines (e.g., nortriptyline or Pamelor is a metabolite of amitryptyline or Elavil), paliperidone is the principal acti...

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Allopurinol (Zyloprim) Ethanol ingestion, acute Amiodarone (Cordarone) Fluconazole (Diflucan) Androgens Fluoxetine (Prozac) Chloramphenicol Fluvoxamine (Luvox) Chloromycetin) Imipramine (Tofranil) Chlorpromazine ...

How Antidepressant Drugs Work & Effect Us? While not necessarily addictive, antidepressant drugs can cause serious side effects that lead to erratic behavior. Such side effects create a dangerous situation in the workplace, the home, while driving and...

Depression can affect any one of us at any time of our lives and is more than just feeling a bit fed up or down in the dumps. When you cannot just snap out of it and the symptoms of depression persist for more than a couple of weeks, and interfere with your abilit...

Copyright © 2008 Kristy Haugen Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition categorized as a form of arthritis. Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Common symptoms of fibromyalgia include fatigue, headaches, painfu...