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Use Caution with All Pain Medications
• Drug News • • Pain • • Stroke • May 31 07
Not long ago, choosing a pain reliever meant finding one that eased your pain without being too hard on the stomach. Now, research suggests…
FDA wants sale of unapproved cold drugs stopped
• Drug News • May 28 07
Adams Respiratory Therapeutics Inc. said U.S. health regulators asked companies to stop manufacturing and distributing unapproved timed-release dosage forms containing guaifenesin, used for treating…
Commonly used drug offers promise for premature babies
• Children's Health • • Drug News • May 17 07
Scientists have found evidence that the cox-2 inhibitor celecoxib, a common pain reliever used to treat arthritis, may offer a new way to reduce…
Commonly Used Pain Medications Do Not Prevent Alzheimers Disease
• Drug News • • Neurology • • Pain • Apr 25 07
Over-the-counter pain medication naproxen and prescription pain reliever celecoxib do not prevent Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published April 25, 2007, in the…
Tamiflu best for bird flu, but avoid steroids
• Drug News • • Flu • Apr 23 07
Bird flu patients who get early treatment with the antiviral drug Tamiflu have the best chances of surviving, but steroid treatments can do more…
Antidepressant promising for tension headaches
• Drug News • • Headaches • Apr 13 07
For some patients seeking relief from frequent tension-type headaches, the antidepressant Effexor XR may reduce the number of days with headache, according to results…
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…
Drug reduces work productivity lost to migraines
• Drug News • • Migraine • Apr 05 07
Preventive treatment with topiramate (Topamax) is associated with a reduction in lost productivity due to migraines, researchers report.
Using data from two trials, Dr.…
FDA Approves Novartis Hypertension Drug
• Drug News • Mar 06 07
Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG said Tuesday it has received U.S. approval for the hypertension drug Tekturna - a potential blockbuster that has…
The A to Z of vitamins
• Drug News • Mar 06 07
More than £100m a year is spent on them and millions of people take them daily in the belief they boost health, but…
Drug may treat mental symptoms of Down syndrome
• Drug News • • Epilepsy • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 26 07
An old drug once used to study epilepsy can help improve learning in mice with a form of Down syndrome and also might help…
Putting an old drug to a new use
• Drug News • Feb 12 07
We all know that iron deficiencies are dangerous, but also too much iron is bad for our health. Our body stores excess iron in…
Keppra promising for newly diagnosed epilepsy
• Drug News • • Epilepsy • • Neurology • Feb 07 07
Treatment with low doses of levetiracetam, the active ingredient in the drug Keppra, appears to be effective by itself for controlling newly diagnosed epilepsy,…
Aspirin saves lives of cancer patients suffering heart attacks, despite fears of bleeding
• Cancer • • Drug News • • Heart • Jan 22 07
Many cancer patients who have heart attacks often are not treated with life saving aspirin given the belief in the medical community that they…
FDA clears next-generation schizophrenia pill
• Drug News • Dec 21 06
U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved a new once-a-day treatment for schizophrenia derived from the active ingredient in Johnson & Johnson’s blockbuster schizophrenia treatment Risperdal.
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Eli Lilly played down risks of top drug
• Drug News • Dec 18 06
Drug giant Eli Lilly has engaged in a decade-long effort to play down the health risks of its top-selling medication, the schizophrenia drug Zyprexa,…
Novartis says leukemia drug helps when Gleevec fails
• Drug News • Dec 11 06
Novartis AG said on Monday its experimental leukemia drug works in about half of all patients who develop resistance to Gleevec, the leading drug…
Merck, Vertex leukemia drug shows promise in trial
• Cancer • • Drug News • Dec 11 06
An experimental drug from Merck & Co. showed effectiveness in treating certain types of leukemia that have proven resistant to both Novartis AG’s Gleevec…
Pfizer stops all Torcetrapib trials
• Drug News • Dec 05 06
On December 2, 2006, FDA was notified that Pfizer will suspend a large, Phase 3 trial evaluating the investigational cardiovascular therapy torceptrapib/atorvastatin (T/A) due…
Pfizer provides opinion on European Lipitor patent
• Drug News • Oct 30 06
Pfizer has said that the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued an opinion upholding, in its entirety, the company’s calcium salt patent covering Lipitor.
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FDA advisory panel recommends adding warning label to Tamoxifen
• Drug News • Oct 19 06
An FDA advisory panel on Wednesday recommended that a warning label be added to tamoxifen, an agency-approved drug for treating and preventing breast cancer,…
FDA seen needing to fix post-market drug safety
• Drug News • Sep 25 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs more staff and funding to fix its monitoring of drug safety after medicines are on the market,…
Ibuprofen curbs aspirin’s anti-clotting action
• Drug News • Sep 20 06
There is a drug-drug interaction between ibuprofen and aspirin, with ibuprofen affecting aspirin’s ability to inhibit platelet clumping or aggregation that can lead to…
FDA approves Noxafil (posaconazole) to prevent invasive fungal infections
• Drug News • Sep 19 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Noxafil (posaconazole) to prevent fungal infections caused by certain molds and yeast-like fungus called Aspergillus and…
Caraco reports U.S. FDA approval to market generic glucotrol
• Drug News • Sep 18 06
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd., (CPD) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted final approval for the company’s Abbreviated New Drug…