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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

And sometimes, you know, to pelvic floor physical therapists, to nurses or practice assistants who have training and teaching these techniques and guiding patients and practices them, then great. Most of the trials that have been conducted are conducted by the manufacturers of those medications. Eric 28:48 Yeah. Alison 29:08 Yes.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

And one of the parts of that was actually doing physicals for the students and putting them in job placements. Hearing aids, you had six big manufacturers of hearing aids. Five big manufacturers. I don’t see myself in that world.” Nick: And we saw hearing loss in a significant number of our kids.

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Joint Basis for FDA/HHS Marijuana Rescheduling Recommendation Unveiled

FDA Law Blog

Controlled substances that have an accepted medical use are classified in schedules II-V based on their relative potential for abuse and physical and psychological dependence. or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions; and The drug’s relative safety or ability to produce physical dependence compared to other drugs.

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DEA Concurs: Marijuana Meets Schedule III Criteria

FDA Law Blog

and their abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence. FDA further noted that clinical studies demonstrate that marijuana produces physical and psychological dependence, and abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence depending on frequency and degree of marijuana exposure.

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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

GeriPal

Alex 06:03 Is psilocybin that’s used for medicinal purposes in your studies, for example, is that manufactured or is it derived directly from mushrooms? This hypothesis Played itself out in an interesting way, Ali John 11:15 Thinking about total pain and addressing physical, emotional, social, and spiritual issues.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

And for that reason, there was actually an enormous lawsuit, and the manufacturer was fined, now I think 20 years ago, in the millions and millions of dollars for off-label prescribing. I think gabapentin first came on my radar as a psychiatrist because it was marketed off-label as a treatment for bipolar disorder.

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Buckle Up: DOJ Initiates Rulemaking to Reschedule Marijuana

FDA Law Blog

and its abuse may lead to only moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence. Marijuana’s Psychic or Physiological Dependence Liability HHS concluded that “experimental data and clinical reports demonstrate that chronic, but not acute, use of marijuana can produce both psychic and physical dependence in humans.”