Background: Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) often provokes dramatic consequences in terms of increased morbi-mortality. Two medications have mainly been worldwide used for OUD (MOUD), buprenorphine and methadone. Recently, however, some reports have highlighted the use of Morphine Sulfate (MS) mainly obtained without a prescription but used as MOUD by opioid users and especially People Who Inject Substances (PWIS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUncontrolled hyperglycemia leads to increased oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, and insulin resistance, rendering diabetes management harder to accomplish. To tackle these myriads of challenges, researchers strive to explore innovative multifaceted treatment strategies, including inhibiting carbohydrate hydrolases. Herein, we report alkyl-ether EGCG derivatives as potent α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitors that could simultaneously ameliorate oxidative stress and inflammation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLyme neuroborreliosis is a rare zoonosis which can be difficult to diagnose, in particular in low endemic areas. We here report the case of a 35-year-old man presenting with disabling back pain preceded by facial monoplegia, which was wrongly treated as Bell's palsy (paralysis a frigore) and then as post-traumatic lumbosciatica. The onset of facial diplegia allowed for a definitive diagnosis.
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