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CONCLUSION: While the development of novel treatments evolves, current management approaches can focus on improving identification and defining optimal use of available therapies for GAD.
PMID: 20694114 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry)

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摘要
目的  观察针刺配合水针治疗焦虑症的临床疗效.
方法  针刺董氏奇穴上三皇为主治疗焦虑症 186 例, 与单纯西药丁螺环酮 (Buspirone)治疗的 139 例作疗效对比观察.
结果  治疗组总有效率为 91.4%, 对照组为 93.5%, 两组患者汉密尔顿焦虑量表(hamilto…

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Updated Date: Jul 6, 2010 EST (Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST))

Opinion statement  Irritability is a common neuropsychiatric feature of Huntington’s disease (HD), with prevalences varying from 38% to 73%.
Similar prevalences of irritability are reported in other neurodegenerative disorders and traumatic brain injury, especially
when the frontal lobe is involved. Before therapeutic interventions are initiated, the clinician should analyze the severity
and frequency of the irritable behavior. By examining irritability in a broader spectrum, a tailor-made treatment can be provided.
In general, I recommend as a first step a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), such as sertraline, or the mood stabilizer
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Conclusion
This interesting research was only conducted on two patients but has important implications for the treatment of this devastating disease. It is important to take into account a few features of the research that affect how rapidly the technique might be approved for use again.
Few patients who have had neural transplants in the UK could be studied. Of the five patients who recieved transplants in the UK, two had died and one was bedridden and unable to participate in the research. More patients are needed if longer-term effects, …

Updated Date: Jun 21, 2010 EST (Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST))

We have recently reported that the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 antagonist 2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)-pyridine (MPEP) potentiates acquisition of conditioned place preference (CPP) induced by heroin and ketamine. The present study investigated to what extent this effect of MPEP can be generalized to other classes of drugs, such as the stimulants nicotine and cocaine, and to drugs that produce CPP in the rat despite a lack of abuse potential in humans, such as Buspirone and clonidine. Adult male Sprague Dawley rats were subjected to a standard unbiased CPP protocol (six conditioning sessions lasting …