medication
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What Do the New Rules About Psychedelic Medicine Mean for Patients?
Many people in Australia, including psychiatrists, were surprised when earlier this year the medicines regulator down-scheduled MDMA, known colloquially as ecstasy, and psilocybin, from magic mushrooms. This means that under certain circumstances from July 1, authorised psychiatrists will be able to prescribe MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and psilocybin to treat depression that has…
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5 Ways to Improve Your Heart Health From a Young Age
The news of Shane Warne’s untimely death of a suspected heart attack at the age of only 52 years has left many cricket fans reeling. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Australia – and worldwide, including in the United States, where two in ten people who die of heart disease are aged…
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How To Know If You’re Relying Too Much On Sleep And Anxiety Medications
We are all dealing with enormous amounts of stress right now, which is resulting in a lot of anxious, sleepless nights. For many, this has meant turning to anti-anxiety medications or prescription sleep aids. In the past few months, prescriptions for anti-anxiety and sleep medications have increased, to a point that doctors are starting to…
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What To Do When Your Allergy Meds Stop Working
I’ve tried it all: Zyrtec, Allegra, Claritin, Xyzal, Benadryl, Nasacort, Flonase — even a neti pot — and still, I struggle to find one single, effective tool that’ll rid my bloodshot eyes and mucus-lined nose once and for all.