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FDA says heartburn drugs can interfere with Plavix

Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular variety of heartburn medications can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of heart attack ...

New Anti-Clotting Medication Not More Effective than Standard Care; Hint of Other Clinical Benefits

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Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two large studies confirmed that an investigational, reversible anti-clotting medication failed to show greater effectiveness than clopidogrel or a placebo for patients undergoing a procedure to open blocked ...

FDA reviews update to Pfizer vaccine for kids

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Nov 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(AP) -- Federal health officials on Monday questioned whether to approve an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine for children, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.

Viagra for women? Drug developed as antidepressant effective in treating low libido

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Nov 16, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 4

The drug flibanserin, which was originally created as an antidepressant, is effective in treating women with low libido, pooled results from three separate clinical trials have found.

Study raises new questions about Merck pill Zetia

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Nov 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

(AP) -- A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin - drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.

FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

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Nov 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.

Review: Reports on Pfizer drug studies misleading

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Nov 11, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 5

(AP) -- Analysis of a dozen published studies testing possible new uses for a Pfizer Inc. epilepsy drug found that reporting of the results was often fudged, indicating the medicine worked better than internal company documents ...

Drug industry presses FDA to allow more online ads

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Nov 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(AP) -- As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical companies are pressing their case to market drugs via Google, Twitter ...

GSK swine flu drug approved in US: company

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Nov 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has announced that US regulators have approved its swine flu vaccine for adults in the United States.

1930s drug slows tumor growth

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Nov 06, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (10) | 1

Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects. A glaucoma treatment causes luscious eyelashes. A blood pressure drug also aids those with a rare genetic disease. The newest surprise discovered by researchers at the Johns ...

Perceived parent-pressure causes excessive antibiotic prescription

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Nov 06, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Antibiotic over-prescription is promoted by pediatricians' perception of parents' expectations. Research published in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics shows that pediatricians are more likely to inappropriately prescr ...

'All-natural' sex pill contains Viagra chemical: FDA

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Nov 05, 2009 | 2.5 / 5 (4) | 4

The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup got swine flu vaccine

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Nov 05, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Some of New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine ...

Miracle Aussie baby beats rare condition in world first

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Nov 05, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 3

A "miracle" Australian baby has become the first person cured of a rare and deadly brain-melting condition after doctors gambled on an experimental drug tested only on mice, they said Thursday.

FDA launches plan to curb accidental overdoses

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Nov 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is launching a program to try and prevent millions of accidental drug overdoses that occur each year due to medication errors, misuse and other problems.