research Alopecia and Amphetamine Use-Reply
This article discusses reported cases of diffuse scalp hair thinning in women using amphetamines and suggests no clear cause-effect relationship with amphetamine use based on available evidence.
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30 / 1000+ results research Amphetamine and N-Acetylamphetamine Incorporation into Hair: An Investigation of the Potential Role of Drug Basicity in Hair Color Bias*
This study found that amphetamine was preferentially incorporated into black hair compared to white hair in Long-Evans rats, suggesting a role for drug basicity in hair color-based drug incorporation.
research Hair analysis for cannabinoids and amphetamines in a psychosis incidence study
The researchers found that using hair analysis to detect past use of cannabinoids or amphetamines in individuals with psychosis was limited by individual variations in hair growth rates, affecting the method's reliability.
research Effects of Restraint Stress and Allopregnanolone Inhibition on Amphetamine Locomotor Sensitivity
This study hypothesized that finasteride administration may increase stress-induced amphetamine locomotor sensitization due to its impact on brain reward systems involving the neurosteroid allopregnanolone.
research Psychotropic Medication and Drug-Related Alopecia
This review examines alopecia as a side effect of psychotropic medications, noting that it is typically reversible after stopping the drug, but it reports no new results.
research [Drug-induced alopecia: review of the literature].
This review discusses the wide range of drugs potentially causing reversible or irreversible hair loss and emphasizes the difficulty of diagnosing drug-induced alopecia without withdrawal of the suspected medication; it reports no new clinical findings.
research Improved forensic hair evidence for drugs of abuse by mass spectrometry
This paper discusses advancements in forensic hair analysis, emphasizing a novel DART–HRMS method that improves the accuracy and efficiency of detecting drug use timelines.
research The Assessment and Treatment of Geezers
This letter humorously reflects on aging and disputes the notion of "Geezer syndrome" linked to the Great Depression, emphasizing resilience and growth in knowledge over time.
research The Assessment and Treatment of Geezers
This article responds to "The Assessment and Treatment of Geezers" by highlighting that some individuals protest against perceived self-importance and verbosity despite fitting the geezer definition.
research Redefining the Future of Hair Loss
This article examines the use of legal amphetamines by French political figures from the Liberation to the 1960s, highlighting their impact on health and their prevalence among Communist activists, influenced by habits from the Resistance.
research Hair
This study underscores the use of hair analysis in forensic toxicology, highlighting its ability to detect drugs such as opioids and amphetamines, while noting limitations related to hair growth cycles, result interpretation, and cost of techniques.
research Pneumonitis Caused by Metronidazole
This report describes a case of pneumonitis caused by metronidazole in a 42-year-old woman hospitalized with no known drug hypersensitivity.
research Skin Lesions in Drug Addicts
Drug addicts often have scars, skin color changes, blocked veins, and bruising, with severe ulcers from barbiturate injections.
research Workplace Drug Testing Using Hair Samples
Hair testing is a reliable method for detecting workplace drug use when done with proper sample preparation and confirmation.
research Drug-induced changes in hair growth
Some drugs can cause hair loss or growth, but hair usually returns to normal after stopping the drug.
research HAIR DIAMETER IN FEMALE BALDNESS
Women with thinning hair have thinner hair strands than women without hair loss.
research HAIR LOSS IN WOMEN
Hair loss in women often doesn't follow a pattern, isn't linked to age, may be genetic, and can be related to thyroid issues or other health factors.
research Topical minoxidil reduces blood pressure
Minoxidil can lower blood pressure in some people.
research Human Hair as a Testing Substrate in the Era of Precision Medicine: Potential Role of ‘Omics-Based Approaches
This review discusses the potential of using human hair proteomics for non-invasive diagnostic and forensic applications but reports no new results; the authors highlight areas needing further research.
research Raltegravir-Induced Alopecia in an HIV+ Patient
Raltegravir may cause hair loss in some patients.
research Assessing the Efficacy of Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) in Beard and Moustache Transplants: A Comprehensive Analysis of 300 Cases
In this observational study, researchers at a dental and craniofacial hospital found that the FUE technique for beard and moustache transplants is effective and safe, with minimal complications such as pinpoint white scars in some patients but no significant issues like infection or numbness.
research A Review on Drug Induced Alopecia
This article reviews drug-induced alopecia, its diagnosis, and treatments, but presents no new clinical findings.
research Electric Hair Follicular Stimulation
This article reviews the phases of hair growth and differences between androgenetic alopecia and telogen effluvium but provides no new clinical findings on Electric Follicle Stimulation.
research Characteristics of Cut Head Hair: An Evidence in Criminal Investigations
This study used in-lab hair samples to show that cut hairs found at a crime scene and on a suspect can be matched to confirm they were from the same individual.
research Telogen effluvium
Telogen effluvium is a common hair loss condition where many hairs enter the resting phase, often not noticeable until significant loss occurs, and treatment focuses on the underlying cause.
research Hair loss
The article concludes that hair loss has many causes and treatments, with medication options like finasteride and minoxidil for men, and minoxidil, hormones, or iron for women, while warning against unproven remedies.
research Food Deprivation-induced Expression of Minoxidil Sulfotransferase in the Hypothalamus Uncovered by Microarray Analysis
Food deprivation increases MST enzyme in the brain, possibly affecting energy balance.
research HAIR-ROOT ADAPTATION TO MARASMUS IN ANDEAN INDIAN CHILDREN
This study found a significant shift to the telogen phase in the hair growth of children with classical marasmus compared to normal children, suggesting a connection to the chronicity of the condition.
research Hedonic sensitivity to natural rewards is affected by prenatal stress in a sex-dependent manner
This study found that early life stress significantly affects hedonic sensitivity to high-palatable food by altering gonadal hormones in prenatally-stressed male and female rats, with sex-dependent changes in reward-related behaviors and neurochemistry.
research Minoxidil prevents 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-induced serotonin depletions: role of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels, Akt and ERK
This study found that minoxidil prevents long-term serotonergic toxicity induced by MDMA in rats, primarily by opening mitochondrial KATP channels and involving Akt and MAP kinases in its neuroprotective mechanism.