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Tips for Troublesome Medications
• Drug Abuse • • Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 27 08
Bad reactions to a prescribed medication send more than 175,000 older Americans to the emergency room each year. Just 10 commonly used medications -…
Popular Arthritis Drug May Disrupt Heart Rhythm, UB Research Finds
• Arthritis • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • Jan 24 08
Celebrex, a popular arthritis drug that blocks pain by inhibiting an enzyme known as COX-2, has been shown in laboratory studies to induce arrhythmia,…
Celecoxib Can Adversely Affect Heart Rhythm
• Drug Abuse • • Heart • Jan 15 08
COX-2 inhibitors like Celecoxib have come under scrutiny lately due to adverse cardiovascular side-effects stemming from COX-2 reduction. In both fruit fly and rat…
Be aware if counterfeit medicine
• Drug Abuse • Dec 01 07
Counterfeit drugs are fake or copycat medicines that can be difficult to identify. The deliberate and fraudulent practice of counterfeiting can apply to both…
The Possible Dangers of Buying Medicine Online
• Drug Abuse • Dec 01 07
The Food and Drug Administration cannot warn people enough about the possible dangers of buying medications online. Some Web sites sell medicine, such as…
Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online FAQs
• Drug Abuse • Dec 01 07
Why is FDA concerned about unlawful drug sales on the Internet?
Patients who buy prescription drugs from Websites operating outside the law are…
Strong Drugs without the Addiction
• Drug Abuse • • Drug News • Nov 19 07
Two University of Adelaide pharmacologists working with one the world’s leading neuroscientists have helped pave the way for the development of new pain-killing drugs…
‘Tweens’ double use of diabetes drugs
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Drug Abuse • • Obesity • Nov 07 07
America’s tweens more than doubled their use of type-2 diabetes medications between 2002 and 2005, with girls between 10 and 14 years of age…
U.S. veterans dept to limit diabetes drug Avandia
• Diabetes • • Drug Abuse • Oct 19 07
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to “severely limit” the use of the diabetes drug Avandia over safety concerns, the New York…
It Is Easy to Purchase Prescription Drugs and Controlled Substances Through Spam Messages
• Drug Abuse • • Public Health • Sep 18 07
It Is Easy to Purchase Prescription Drugs and Controlled Substances Through Spam Messages on the Internet
A new study in PLoS Medicine has…
Teens Often Take Prescription Drugs Prescribed for Peers
• Children's Health • • Drug Abuse • Jun 27 07
Caregivers have been prescribing psychotropic medication for adolescents in increasing numbers. Although the prescriptions may be appropriate, sometimes the medication ends up in the…
UK ‘has worst drug problem in Europe’
• Drug Abuse • • Public Health • Apr 18 07
The UK has the highest level of problem drug use and the second highest level of drug-related deaths in Europe, according to a…
J&J recalls drug after glass found in bottle
• Drug Abuse • • Drug News • Apr 10 07
A Johnson & Johnson unit said on Tuesday it is recalling liquid versions of a prescription medicine used to treat ringworm and other fungal…
Ibuprofen puts high risk cardiac patients at risk
• Arthritis • • Drug Abuse • • Heart • • Pain • Apr 05 07
Doctors who treat the painful condition of osteoarthritis in patients with increased cardiovascular risk need to be cautious. A team lead by researchers…
Opioid use at end of life does not hasten death
• Drug Abuse • • Pain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 29 07
Effective use of opioids to control pain around the time of death does not appear to hasten death, contrary to general beliefs.
“Hospice providers,…
Drug Prescribed for Migraines and Seizures Increases Risk of Kidney Stones
• Drug Abuse • Oct 31 06
Topiramate (Topamax), a drug commonly prescribed to treat seizures and migraine headaches, can increase the propensity of calcium phosphate kidney stones, researchers at UT…
Parkinson’s drug may raise risk of valve trouble
• Drug Abuse • Oct 19 06
In some cases, patients taking a Parkinson’s drug called cabergoline may experience damage to heart valves, a study suggests. High cumulative doses of and…
Abuse of caffeine pills can land you in intensive care
• Drug Abuse • Oct 17 06
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) says many young Americans are ending up in hospital because of an abuse of caffeine medications.
It…
Bayer forgot to tell risks of heart surgery drug
• Drug Abuse • Oct 03 06
According to the German drug giant Bayer AG, the reason the company failed to inform U.S. regulators about a study on the risks of…
Parents too often unaware of child’s drug abuse
• Drug Abuse • Sep 26 06
According to the latest research parents do not provide valuable information about their children’s use of alcohol and drugs because they are often unaware…
Report says FDA not up to scratch
• Drug Abuse • Sep 26 06
According to a new report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), despite the debacle following the drug Vioxx which was withdrawn from the market…
Acne drug Roaccutane linked to depression
• Drug Abuse • Sep 19 06
A drug commonly used to treat severe acne can lead to depressive behaviour in mice, according to research published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.
Since…
New warnings on ADHD drugs
• Drug Abuse • Aug 22 06
Several drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder must include new warning information about the risk of heart problems and psychotic behavior, U.S. health…
Glaxo warns of birth defect from antiepileptic drug
• Drug Abuse • Aug 08 06
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc. warned on Tuesday that there is an increased risk of cleft lip or cleft palate when the company’s antiepileptic drug Lamictal…
China recalls drug that has sickened dozens
• Drug Abuse • Aug 04 06
China has banned an antibiotic treatment and ordered a recall of the drug after patients in five provinces developed symptoms ranging from nausea to…