Monthly Archives: March 2013
Elderly Patients Likelier to Receive Dangerous Drugs
Seniors are likelier to get prescribed risky drugs, especially those living in Southern states according to a recent study at Brown University. Nearly one in five Southern seniors on Medicare has been prescribed potentially harmful drugs which have been advised … Read More
High-Potency Cholesterol Drugs Linked to Kidney Injury
The use of highly potent cholesterol lowering drugs called statins have been linked to an increase in a person’s risk of developing kidney failure, a new study suggests. The research suggests that high potency versions of statin pills as opposed … Read More
Diabetic Medication Linked to Pancreatic Cancer
Occasionally the dangers associated with taking a drug far outweigh the ailment that initially called for it to be prescribed. Drug-makers Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Novo Nordisk, major manufacturers of diabetes drugs, are now being scrutinized for their reported link … Read More
Federal Regulators Urge Supreme Court to Change Legislation Regarding Generic Drugs
In Washington there has been an increase in urgency regarding large drug corporations paying off their competitors to delay generic drugs from being released. President Obama, the American Medical Association, and other consumer groups stressed the importance of lowering costs … Read More
Navy Launches PSA Against Bath Salts
The US Navy has now joined the war on bath salts, launching their own PSA against the synthetic drug growing in popularity. The drug remains easily accessible in many areas of the country. Many packages of bath salts include the … Read More
Search Engines Offer Key Insights into Drug Side Effects and Interactions
The internet continues to play a key role in almost every aspect of our lives, now it has even began helping in the detection of drug side effects before the FDA. From analyzing the queries of popular search engines, it … Read More