Medication News

Two Merck blood pressure drugs given to diabetics to prevent worsening kidney problems do not work in that way but may prevent diabetes-related eye problems, researchers reported on Wednesday.

The New York Times: A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the world, because of their effects on the liver.

Counseling patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on how to increase physical activity leads to health benefits that are independent of changes in weight.

Next > Health Canada is still in discussions with Pfizer Inc., about whether to add safety warnings to packages containing anti-smoking drugs that may have psychiatric side effects, including suicidal thoughts.

POZEN Submits New Drug Application For VIMOVO Main Category: Arthritis / Rheumatology Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 02 Jul 2009 - 4:00 PDT POZEN Inc.

Malaysia Sun Sunday 5th July, 2009 Kuala Lumpur, July 5 : A Malaysian company in Gombak has been raided for marketing coffee mixture with a secret ingredient that guaranteed to "perk up" drinkers - later identified as Viagra.

By Microsoft Subnet on Wed, 07/01/09 - 8:28pm. In the past week, Microsoft has unleashed five service packs for its enterprise class security software.

Banning the popular painkillers Percocet and Vicodin, which a U.S. health advisory panel has urged, would not be as drastic as it sounds, some medical experts contend.

Treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor agents is recognized as a risk factor for tuberculosis in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis.

An attorney claimed in a statement Wednesday that an inmate who died here in June was denied the use of his asthma pump.

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Diets high in protein and cholesterol are associated with a higher risk of hospitalization or death due to cirrhosis or liver cancer, while diets high in carbohydrates are associated with a lower risk.

Six people have been arrested after a turf war over what is known as Nepal's `herbal Viagra' erupted in a remote northern district, resulting in the death of seven villagers, police said yesterday.

HONG Kong yesterday detected a strain of swine flu that was resistant to Tamiflu, the main anti-viral flu drug, the health department reported on its website.

Washington, July 3: Two drugs that are commonly used to treat Parkinson's disease have been found to be effective in treating extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego.

Methadone was reportedly found in Michael Jackson's home. The heroin substitute and 19 other types of drugs, including potentially lethal painkillers and anaesthetics, were recovered from the pop legend's Los Angeles mansion by police investigating his death last week.

Britain warned it could face more than 100,000 daily cases of swine flu and the United States called a meeting of top officials as governments grappled on Friday with a resurgent swine flu pandemic.

If Vicodin, Percocet banned, what next? UPDATED 2009-07-02 Experts say that if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration chooses to ban Vicodin and Percocet as its advisory panel suggests, the move won't be too drastic because alternatives exist.

DENVER - A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.

TOKYO - Japan has confirmed its first case of a genetic mutation of the new H1N1 flu virus that shows resistance to Tamiflu , the main antiviral flu drug, a health ministry official said on Thursday.