A new review paper examined non-opioid medications for pain relief in emergency departments at San Francisco general hospital. The study provides recommendations for abdominal pain, back pain, chest pain, fracture pain, headache and back pain. Ketamine, an anaesthetic, showed promise for chest pain; a serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) antidepressant, antipsychotics for back pain and headache, and gabapentin for neuropathic pain were also recommended.
Zurich halved the number of drug users and drove the scene out of the parks in the 90s. The city created fixers' rooms, emergency shelters, jobs and tough police operations at the same time as new prisons. Read with BILDplus.
Drug addiction is emerging as a growing problem among Ukrainian troops as the conflict with Russia enters the fifth year. Physical pain and months on the front line without rest are fueling the use of psycho-stimulants and opioids among servicemen. More than half of Ukrainian soldiers have used drugs, alcohol or a combination of both.
"We Children from Bahnhof Zoo" shocked all of Germany 50 years ago. Now the drug scene is visible in the big cities and it is growing. Experts assess the new reality and discuss which drugs are causing the most destruction and where the aid system is too slow.
Heroin is openly sold and consumed on Neumarkt in the middle of Cologne city center. A gram of heroin costs 35 euros and larger quantities are subject to haggling. The city has already set up a drug consumption room, but the situation is escalating.
Frankfurt's train station district is sinking into drug chaos. Brothel and arcade operators are raising the alarm and sending an incendiary letter to the mayor. The Hessian Interior Minister speaks of an “alarming finding” and attacks Frankfurt's drug policy. The city politicians are even bringing up a separate zone for severely addicted people.
Louisiana is trying to block the distribution of mifepristone, a drug used to induce abortion, through the mail anywhere in the United States. Since Dobbs v. Jackson overturned Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion activists and their allies on the high court are never going to be satisfied with that. The FDA has asked the court to hold off on a ruling for now.
When Avi was feeling burned out, her neck hurt so much she couldn't move and she was depressed. Before she had a kid, before she was clear about who and what she cared about, there was a lot more room for cutting out things that didn't serve her. Now her life was filled with things she deemed important and she had to cut them out.
Since Görlitzer Park in Berlin was closed at night, the drug trade has moved to a residential building on Reichenberger Strasse. Families, students and pensioners report doors being kicked in, noise at night and threats. The CDU and the Greens argue about the consequences of the park closure.