Because the FDA does not require any understanding of the mechanism by which a drug acts, it could be tempting to move into clinical trials without this knowledge. However, this may set the stage ...

Question: What do hot flashes, migraine headaches, and restless legs have in common? Answer: Clonidine (generic and Catapres), a drug that's been used off-label to treat those and numerous other ...

In biology we can also find examples of this linkage, as in the human knee joint, where the mechanism allows rotation and keeps the two legs bones attached to each other. It is also present in ...

The world is literally kept from coming apart by screws and bolts, and yet we don’t often give a thought to these mechanisms. Part of that is probably because we’ve gotten so good at making ...

Historically, the centrally acting alpha-agonist hypotensive agent, prescription-based clonidine, has primarily treated ...

The earliest studies of clonidine in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal were limited by the use of concomitant medications. Bjorkqvist et al. evaluated the efficacy of a clonidine taper ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new mechanism that controls a specialized group of T-cells, known as regulatory T-cells, and may serve as potential therapeutic targets to treat ...

Defense mechanisms are rooted in Freud’s theory of personality.According to his model, the mind has three dueling forces: the id (unconscious and primitive urges for food, comfort, and sex), the ...

Opens in a new tab or window Length of treatment and neurobehavioral scores did not significantly differ between infants with prenatal opioid exposure randomized to either clonidine or morphine ...

Defense mechanisms are rooted in Freud’s theory of personality.According to his model, the mind has three dueling forces: the id (unconscious and primitive urges for food, comfort, and sex), the ...

A mechanism is a set of moving parts that work together to make something happen. A slider is a kind of mechanism that has a bar or rod that moves forwards and backwards, or side to side ...