Inappropriate use of psychostimulants

Use of psychostimulants in patients with dementia.

OBJECTIVE To review the efficacy and safety of psychostimulants for negative behavioral symptoms (ie, apathy, excessive daytime sedation) and cognition in patients with dementia. DATA SOURCES Literature was accessed through PubMed and MEDLINE (1966-June 2010), using the terms stimulant, psychostimulant, methylphenidate, dexmethylphenidate, amphetamine, dextroamphetamine, lisdexamfetamine, ato...

Inappropriate use of casualty departments.

Sir, A survey of 100 attenders was undertaken at a north London casualty department which was experiencing problems owing to increasing numbers of attenders. Nineteen per cent of the patients had no knowledge of their doctor's surgery hours and 32% had no understanding of the emergency cover provided by the practice. Fifty per cent of the patients had made no prior attempt to contact their gene...

[Asthenia in advanced cancer and the use of psychostimulants].

Asthenia is the most frequent symptom in patients with advanced cancer and is probably what most affects the quality of life of oncology patients since it interferes in their physical and social activity. Treatment in the majority of cases is symptomatic. There is growing interest in the use of psychostimulants for treating asthenia. Methylphenidate and modafinil are two psychostimulants that h...

Complex determinants of inappropriate use of antibiotics

Complex determinants of inappropriate use of antibiotics Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Sunicha Chanvatik & Angkana Sommanustweechai a International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand. Correspondence to Viroj Tangcharoensathien (email: [email protected]) (Submitted: 30 June 2017 – Revised version received: 22 October 2017 – Accepted: 14 November 2017 – ...

The inappropriate use of carotid endarterectomy.