Articles in Drugs
The US Justice Department has ordered Eli Lilly and Company to pay penalties totaling $1.415 billion for off-label marketing of its drug, Zyprexa. The company pleaded guilty on January 30 to a misdemeanor charge of …
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a list of dozens of drugs for which it is conducting safety reviews after concerns over their side effects and potential complications have been raised. Some …
For generations, Vicks VapoRub has been considered a medicine-cabinet staple but a report published in the medical journal, ‘Chest,’ says the youngest children in the household should not use this popular cold remedy. In fact, …
1999 was a good year for Merck. In its 64-page annual report it predicted arthritis medicine Vioxx–Our Biggest, Fastest and Best Launch Ever!–would prevent Alzheimer’s disease and colon cancer.
In June, people on three continents will know if the pills they’ve been taking to prevent HIV infection were the real thing or placebos. As the test of tenofovir, said to be an HIV prevention …
No doubt, 2008 has been a rough year just about everywhere, with slings and arrows targeting everybody from an ambitious plumber to the president. Somewhere in the middle is the US Food and Drug Administration …
Tamoxifen is often administered to women after surgery for breast cancer in the hope it will diminish the chance of recurrence but, other than the test of time, there has been little opportunity to know …
For many people, confronting a colonoscopy is a test of both will and modesty but there is no doubt it is a life-saving procedure. Preparation for this procedure starts early and involves both the body …
Recent issue of ‘JAMA,’ the ‘Journal of the American Medical Association,’ says abuse and deadly overdoses attributed to prescription painkillers is on the rise, with rural America leading the way. The study behind this alarming …
It has been well understood that women with type 2 diabetes who take Avandia or Actos to control the disease are at a higher risk of bone fractures than diabetic men taking the same medications. …
