Plavix and Aspirin reduce stroke
For many years health the debate was should we prescribe aspirin or the more expensive Plavix, now it seems patients should receive both.
For many years health the debate was should we prescribe aspirin or the more expensive Plavix, now it seems patients should receive both.
Problem is worsening; time to include pregnant women in drug trials, says DTB. The lack of hard data on the safety and effectiveness of a wide range of… read more.
The drug erythropoietin, often called EPO, is banned from sports because it is believed to enhance an athlete’s performance and give people who use it an unfair advantage… read more.
Significant benefit also seen in men. The proportion of young women diagnosed with genital warts in Australia has seen a significant decline thanks to the HPV vaccine, say… read more.
EMA Highlights by Gary Finnegan – The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the granting of marketing authorisations for several new products.
EMA Highlights by Gary Finnegan – The number of clinical trials taking place in Europe and North America continues to fall as research activity in Africa, Asia and… read more.
Abuse of common anesthetic has ‘rapid downhill course’, reports Journal of Addiction Medicine. Abuse of the anaesthesia drug propofol is a “rapidly progressive form of substance dependence” that… read more.
Advocates and pain management groups aired concerns recently over a citizen petition to change opioid labeling during the first of a 2-day FDA hearing.
Taken from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) – by Bruce Sylvester – Deaths and liver transplants related to paracetamol overdoses have decreased significantly due to UK legislation which… read more.
In a recent Clinical Crossroads article Dr. Dan Alford from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) suggests that prescription opioid abuse can be… read more.
EMA Highlights by Gary Finnegan – Pharmaceutical companies will have to pay more to have their new medicines evaluated, if the European Medicines Agency is to balance its… read more.
EMA Highlights by Gary Finnegan – Several new medicines have been approved by the EMA’s influential Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), including the first non-surgical… read more.
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