Archive for 'Prescription Drugs'
Leukemia Drug Kills 4 Times More Patients Than No Medication At All
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is finally removing a leukemia drug in the market, Mylotarg, after studies showed that the drug actually caused four times more mortalities than having no treatment at all. In addition to a higher mortality rate for patients who trusted Mylotarg, it was also found that the drug produced very little or no [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under Cancer, Prescription Drugs.
Tags: leukemia, leukemia supplementation, leukemia treatment, Mylotarg, symptoms of leukemia
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Elderly Falls: Prescription Drugs to Blame?
Rise in Antidepressant, Sedative Use Linked to Elderly Falls Earlier this year, I wrote about a study from New Zealand that talked about how regular exercise among senior citizens worked wonders in preventing them from falling—the fifth leading cause of death in the developed world, believe it or not. Here’s a study that talks about [...]
Posted: November 29th, 2009 under Antidepressants, Prescription Drugs.
Tags: Antidepressants, causes of elderly falls, elderly falls, prescription drugs side effects, preventing falls
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Antibiotic Backlash
Consequences of Antibiotic Overuse Affecting Pregnant Women Just weeks away from ringing in the holiday season, it’s that time of year for cold and flu season as well. And just as people procrastinate on their Christmas purchases, a number of people procrastinate on arming themselves with the natural herbs they need to ward off illness. [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2009 under Antibiotics, Prescription Drugs.
Tags: Antibiotics, antibiotics and birth defects, antibiotics and pregnancy, antibiotics side effects, nitrofurantoins, sulfonamides
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Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me…
Yet Another Drug Deemed Ineffective, Only Side-Effective Stop me if you’ve heard this before: A drug’s been taken off the market because it’s been found ineffective. I know, I know, you’ve heard it before, but humor me. The latest ineffective drug is called interferon gamma-1b. This drug – with a rather appropriate name given its [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2009 under Prescription Drugs.
Tags: heart failure, hypertension, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, interferon gamma-1b, ipf, lung cancer
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Killer Painkillers
Did Painkiller Popping Kill King of Pop? Around 5:45 p.m. this past Thursday evening, people the world over received news so shocking, so earth shattering, it could very well could have registered on the Richter scale:Â Michael Jackson had died. Within hours, fans of the King of Pop descended on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, [...]
Posted: June 28th, 2009 under Pain Killers, Prescription Drugs.
Tags: demerol, demerol side effects, michael jackson, pain killer addiction
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Reglan Leaves ‘Em Wriggling
Twitching, Spasms Associated with Heartburn Drug Anyone who’s a regular reader of my columns knows I’m neither the president nor a member of the FDA Fan Club. The Food and Drug Administration and I disagree on a bevy of issues, and I don’t suspect that’s about to come to a conclusion any time soon. But [...]
Posted: March 4th, 2009 under Heartburn, Prescription Drugs.
Tags: black box warning, Reglan, Wyeth
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Controversy over Inactive Herb Usage
A psychiatric professional, Dr. Joseph Biederman and fellow colleagues have been working together to try and bring down the stature of the herb, St. John’s Wart. This herb has been used in a bogus study to discredit its ability to aid in children suffering from ADHD. Dr. Biederman and his cohorts have stated to the media that [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2008 under ADHD, Prescription Drugs.
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Could Heart Medications Have Contributed To Tim Russert’s Death?
Tim Russert was an NBC commentator who died on Friday, June 13th of a heart attack. At the time he was taking prescription medications for his heart condition. Although the media is constantly reporting the cause of his death, no one is reporting the cause of the heart attack. According to the American Medical Association [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2008 under Heart Disease, Heart Health, Prescription Drugs.
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Big Pharma Currently Working on a Smokeable Version of Drug
Folks, now I have seen it all! A California-based pharmaceutical company is currently developing smokeable drugs. In an effort to deliver fast results, they are producing drugs that that can be smoked like cigarettes. Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, chairman of psychiatry at Columbia University, says: “It’s a useful mode of delivery, though its desirability and frequency [...]
Posted: February 8th, 2007 under Prescription Drugs.
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Parkinson’s Drugs Hold Greater Risk of a Serious Side Effect Than Previously Thought…
The New England Journal of Medicine published information recently suggesting that two drugs prescribed for Parkinson’s Disease might have much greater risks for damage to heart valves that supposed “experts” previously thought. Two studies were performed. The first, included researchers from the Instituti Clinici di Perfezionamento in Milan analyzing echocardiogram images from 155 patients who [...]
Posted: January 16th, 2007 under Prescription Drugs.
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