The government’s licit drug watchdog is set to warn doctors against prescribing Ritalin to people who they suspect will sell it on as a recreational drug. Alert over Ritalin ‘diversion’ (PDF)
Tag Archive for prescription drugs
Druglink article 2005 – Keep taking the pills by Marcus Roberts
As more people abuse prescription drugs, the drugs war is moving to new ground. Dr Marcus Roberts on the blurring of the lines between society’s cures and kicks. Keep taking the pills (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – Mothers’ little helpers by Sam Hart
Housewives are turning to cocaine and Prozac as a way of getting through the day. But, says Sam Hart, although the drugs may have changed, women have been using legal and illegal substances as a daytime pick-me-up for centuries. Mothers’…
Druglink news item 2002 – Prozac addiction warning
The makers of a leading antidepressant of the Prozac type (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs) have been forced to issue a new warning acknowledging that some patients may become dependent and duffer side effects on withdrawal. Prozac addiction warning…
Druglink factsheet 1999 – Viagra
What is Viagra? How does it work? What are the side effects? What are the consequences of mixing with other drugs? How is it used non-medically? Factsheet – Viagra (PDF)
Druglink article 2014 – Smack is back… but not here by Max Daly
The recent death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman has shed light on what appears to be a new heroin epidemic in America. Heroin use is on the wane in Britain. The battle against a drug that blighted many impoverished areas in the 1980s and 1990s…
The depressing truth about antidepressants
By Harry Shapiro The brain has a whole fleet of chemical couriers called neurotransmitters (NTs) which it uses to send messages to different parts of the body. They are released across a synaptic gap to engage with receptors on the…
Druglink factsheet 1995 – Prozac
How does it work? What is it prescribed for? What are the risks? What is its non-medical use? Druglink factsheet – Prozac (PDF)
Benzodiazepines
Tranquillisers, minor tranquillisers, tranx, downers, benzos Diazepam (Valium), vallies, blues Alprazolam (Xanax) Lorazepam Temazepam, jellies, eggs Flunitrazepam (rohypnol), roofies, R2 Phenazepam, kronic, bonsai Nitrazepam, Oxazepam, Chlordiazepoxide (Librium), Lorprazolam What are Benzodiazepines? Benzodiazepines are the most commonly prescribed sedative drugs. They may…
Prozac (Fluoxetine)
Please see the DrugSearch page on antidepressants