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Antidepressants is risky for pregnancies

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Do you use antidepressants during pregnancy? Or your relative using it during pregnancy? There’s a study that it is not good to use it during that period. The antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors(SSRIs) should only be prescribed must be guiding by an expeert.
The study published from Human Reproduction journal that shows SSRIs that could risk of miscarriage, neonatal health complication, preterm birth and longer term neurobehavioral abnormalities including autism. The study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center review of other published studies that evaluate women with depressive symptoms who took SSRIs while pregnant.
From the study, it found that the usage has increased 400% over the past 20 years especially for those between 18 -44 ages. There’s no evidence of improved pregnancy outcomes using the antidepressant use for women undergoing fertility treatments. Chairman of OB/GYN at MetroWest Medical Center said that there a clear evidence of risk with the use of the SSRI antidepressants by pregnant women. The drugs may lead to worsened pregnancy outcomes and no evidence that these drugs could lead to better outcomes for their babies.

Source :- Webpronews

Ketamine, The Street Drug for Depression

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Do you think the street drug are working? Maybe some of us don’t really believe about the medicine we can get at the street. There’s a new study in the journal Science found that a single dose of ketamine can quash suicidal thoughts and relieve depression within 40 minutes. It is more reliable than any anti depressant drug. Eventhough the drug not a solution now but the researchers insight that it could become a new treatments for debilitating disease.
Ketamine works by increasing the connection in the brain. According to Ronald S.Duman from Yale University, it could connect the cells in the brain. Carlos A.Zarate from National Institute of Mental Health said that ketamine will blocks hormones that attack the cell connection. It also allow brain to re-grow its broken branches.
Patients from their researched give result that they felt happy for up to 2 weeks and fewer suicidal thoughts occur to their brain. It is good invention because current anti-depressants can’t rebuild our brain. The current drug were designed to boost the level of chemicals body that associated with happines. The method not really work for all case.
In meantime, ketamine is illegal and the side effects could mimic schizophrenia but reseach has been made and maybe it could become a useful to fight depression. Don’t buy the ketamine without any advice from your health expertise.

Source :- News MenHealth

Five year old girl dies after took cough syrup

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It is a notification to parent after heard about this Kimber Michelle Brown of Durango, Colorado was death after took a little bit too much cough syrup. The children staying with her grandmother when he took overdose syrup. According to Kimber’s father, the children started to get leg pain, cramps and muscle spasms after took the syrup. Not long after she collapsed and passed away. A toxiology report that children took 96 nanograms per mililiter of dextromethorphan, the active ingredient in most cough medicine in her blood. The limit of this drug for adults is 40 ng/mil. Kimber also had 490 ng/ml of cetirizine, the active ingredient in the allergy medication Zyrtec in her blood. The limit for cetirizine in body is between 271 and 352 ng/ml.

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Sad. A cute young children die in young age

The Sixth Judicial District Attorney’s Office has investigate this case to see whether it is criminal or not. The dosage of drug in Kimberly blood probably means it is accidentally overdose take.
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Source :- NaturalNews

Condolence to Kimberly family. Hopefully this case will show how important educate children about drug.

What is Opiate

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Introduction
Opiates or narcotics are effective painkillers. It is similar to the effects of endorphins, a natural chemical in the brain that affect the ‘feel comfortable / happy’. These drugs stimulate the emotions and create a comfortable and quiet conditions. Dependence and addiction happens if it is frequently used. If this drug can not be obtained, the person will begin to show signs of withdrawal.
The types of drugs in this group include:

heroin
opium
morphine
codeine
fentanyl
This drug can be swallowed, smoked or injected.

Signs and symptoms
The effects and signs of abuse include: relief from pain, feelings of floating (Euphoria), calming feeling, and drowsiness, confusion, dizziness, breathing slowly and depression. When a person stops using the drug abruptly, withdrawal symptoms include:

taste bristle ‘hairs up’
perspire
flu
cold
diarrhea
stomach ache
joint and muscle pain
Although narcotics are not dangerous, to take over and when the drug is injected in the body in excessive amounts, it can kill.

Complication
There are a lot of consequences from taking opiates and narcotics. They include:

Infections – Problems can arise as a result of sharing needles. You can be infected with diseases such as HIV or AIDS, inflammation of the liver (hepatitis), Myocarditis (an infection of the heart), brain abscess, and more.
Died of excessive drug use.
Malnutrition
Mental disorders
The effects of social problems such as dismissal, involvement in criminal activities including prostitution, domestic violence, divorce and disputes within the family and more.
Problems such as loss of sexual desire and impotence.
For pregnant women, it can cause birth outside the mature, low birth weight infants, signs of withdrawal in babies and infant mortality.

Treatment
There are various treatments available if you want to stop drug addiction. There are rehabilitation centers conducted by government agencies, NGOs, charities or religious institutions and rehabilitation centers run by the private sector.
Any inconvenience caused as a result of psychiatric diseases and health problems should be treated with an appropriate way.