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Autor:
Paul Aveyard, Robert West
Publikováno v:
BMJ. 335:37-41
Cross sectional studies show that most smokers in countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States report that they want to stop and intend to stop at some point.1 The rate of attempts to stop is high—78 attempts per 100 smokers per year
Publikováno v:
BMJ. 331:321-327
Objectives Pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer's disease focuses on correcting the cholinergic deficiency in the central nervous system with cholinesterase inhibitors. Three cholinesterase inhibitors are currently recommended: donepezil, rivastigm
Autor:
Rebecca Stowe, Richard Gray, Robert Kerrin Hills, Carl E Clarke, Keith Wheatley, Adrian C. Williams
Publikováno v:
BMJ. 324:1508-1511
Keith Wheatley and colleagues make the case that most trials of drug treatment for Parkinson's disease have crucial methodological faults—and provide little reliable evidence on differences between classes of drugs Parkinson's disease is one of the
Publikováno v:
BMJ. 319:1534-1539
Objectives: To assess the efficacy and safety of hypericum extract (STEI 300, Steiner Arzneimittel, Berlin) compared with imipramine and placebo in patients in primary care with a current episode of moderate depression. Design: Randomised, double bli
Autor:
W B Emmerson, J McGrath
Publikováno v:
BMJ. 319:1045-1048
This selective review on the treatment of schizophrenia provides an update on two important issues. Firstly, new antipsychotic drugs have improved the quality of life for people with schizophrenia. This review outlines some practical issues surroundi
Publikováno v:
BMJ. 317:13-18
Objective: To evaluate an experimental heroin maintenance programme. Design: Randomised trial. Setting: Outpatient clinic in Geneva, Switzerland. Subjects: Heroin addicts recruited from the community who were socially marginalised and in poor health
Publikováno v:
BMJ. 332:1324-1326
Smoking was first introduced into the United Kingdom in the late 16th century. Shortly afterwards, King James I of England implemented the first tax on tobacco use. He also published his famous A Counterblaste to Tobacco in 1604, where he reflected o
Autor:
Soumitra Pathare, Carol Paton
Publikováno v:
Scopus-Elsevier
This article takes a broad view of the factors affecting the choice and effectiveness of common drugs in psychiatric use. Specific treatment issues are dealt with in earlier articles in this series. Decision tree for drug treatment of depression All
Autor:
Mark Ashworth, Claire Gerada
Publikováno v:
BMJ. 315:297-300
About 30% of adults in Britain have used illicit drugs at some time in their lives, but misuse of prescription drugs (such as benzodiazepines and barbiturates) is probably even more widespread. Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug. About 1
Publikováno v:
BMJ. 310:215-218
Objective: To estimate the rate and means of suicide among people taking 10 commonly prescribed antidepressant drugs: dothiepin, amitriptyline, clomipramine, imipramine, flupenthixol, lofepramine, mianserin, fluoxetine, doxepin, and trazodone. Design