Myth: Holland and Portugal have legalized marijuana. NATHALIE MAGNIEZ/AFP/Getty Images. Fact: The Dutch have never formally legalized marijuana. They have an official policy, since 1976, of not enforcing existing laws against possession of small amounts or coffee shops, about 700 of them, selling small amounts. But growing, distributing and importing pot is still a crime in the Netherlands.
Lyrica (pregabalin) is an FDA-approved drug treatment for fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder that causes long-term, widespread muscle pain and tenderness, trouble sleeping, and overwhelming tiredness.Lyrica is not an antidepressant. Rather, it is a drug that targets nerve signals.ibromyalgia is a perplexing and often debilitating disorder, but treatment can help. Lyrica, a medicine used to treat patients with seizures, pain from shingles, and nerve pain from diabetes and spinal cord injuries, is offering new hope to those living with the pain of fibromyalgia.
Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, which means that it slows down your reaction times, reduces pain, and eventually cools your body. This has very little to do with mood or fatigue except in excess. However, its effects are much, much wider than that, and calling alcohol a depressant is incomplete to the point of incorrectness. Alcohol is best classified as a disinhibitor, with stimulant and depressant properties. For instance, unlike a depressant, alcohol will increase your heart rate and blood pressure, dilate your blood vessels, cause a release of epinephrine (adrenaline), and make you hot and flushed, as stimulants do.