Insulin Usage and Practices in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes.

Context: Data on insulin usage and practices in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) is sparse in India.

Aims: To analyze the various insulin types and regimens used by children and adolescents with T1D, the techniques and the devices used for insulin administration, and the storage and disposal methods of delivery devices.

Settings And Design: Observational cross-sectional study.

Cardiac and mood-related changes during short-term abstinence from crack cocaine: the identification of possible withdrawal phenomena.

Studies assessing withdrawal phenomenon during short-term abstinence from chronic cocaine use have been limited. Although cocaine abusers are reported to be at increased risk for cardiac disorders, little research has assessed cardiac parameters in cocaine abusers and subsequent changes in these parameters that may be associated with the discontinuation of cocaine use. In this study, we categorize 441 chronic cocaine abusers into three groups based on self-reported length of abstinence from cocaine use at entry into a trial approved by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) assessing the use of pergolide mesylate in treating relapse and craving in crack cocaine abuse.

Analgesic effects of serotonin and receptor-selective serotonin agonists in the rat spinal cord.

1. Serotonin (5-HT) and selective 5-HT receptor agonists were administered intrathecally (i.t.