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FDA to Study Safety of Drugs Taken During Pregnancy.
U.S. health officials plan to study the safety of medications taken during pregnancy with an eye toward using the data in future regulations and medical practice, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday.
Tylenol for Psychological Pain?
Over-the-counter pain relieving drugs have long been used to alleviate physical pain, while many other medications have been employed in the treatment of depression and anxiety. But is it possible that a common painkiller could serve double duty, easing...
New Selective Anabolic Drugs Used for Sports Doping
New non-steroidal and tissue-selective anabolic drugs such as Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs) are being sold on the black market for their performance enhancing qualities, according to researchers from the German Sport University Cologne...
Award in Hormone Suit.
A jury awarded $28 million in punitive damages in Pennsylvania state court Monday to a plaintiff who claimed her use of Pfizer Inc.’s hormone-therapy drugs caused breast cancer.
Ciprofloxacin And Tetracycline – Adverse Drug Interaction
Harvard.edu – Combination drug therapy has become a staple for treating many infections. For instance, doctors treat extensively drug resistant forms of tuberculosis with one drug that breaks down the pathogen’s protective barriers and opens...
Old Medication Acriflavine Fights Cancer Tumor Growth
HopkinsMedicine.org – Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects, and old medications can sometimes find new uses. The newest surprise discovered by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is a gonorrhea medication –...
Common Herbicide Blocks Human T1R3 Receptor – May Affect Metabolism, Sugar Regulation
Monell.org – According to new research, certain common herbicides and lipid-lowering fibrate drugs act in humans to block T1R3, a nutrient-sensing taste receptor present in intestine and pancreas that influences metabolism. The research was carried...
Addictive Opiate Drugs Ineffective for Arthritis Pain
CFAH.org – Should you take opiate drugs for hip and knee pain caused by osteoarthritis? Probably not, suggests a new evidence-based, Cochrane review of the best research on the subject. “We found that pain reduction with opioid treatment was small...
Memory-boosting, Neuroenhancement Drugs in Healthy Adults – Neurologists’ Report
Virginia.edu – Is the use of neuroenhancement drugs in healthy older adults a treatment option that should be encouraged? Many aging adults are becoming interested in the possibility of memory-boosting medications or other cognitive enhancers, or...