Pharmaceuticals
Big Pharma Influencing Med Students and Doctors
You attend your first day of medical school. You anxiously carry your mountain of books, take out your laptop and start vigorously typing notes on every word your professor says.After sleepless nights and chugging gallons of coffee, the semester comes to a...
The Other Kind of Drug Dealing
Direct to Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising
While you are watching television, browsing through the Internet or simply listening to the radio on your way to work, chances are you will be bombarded by drug advertisements. The level of pharmaceutical advertis...
Everything You Need to Know About Prescription Drugs in Less Than 500 Words.
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Prescription medications are drugs that are created to make patients feel better, either by preventing or curing a disease, or by treating the ailment that one suffers from.
OverviewPharmaceutical companies spend billi...
Robin Williams’ Death A Side Effect Of Prescription Drugs?
Prior to his death, Robin Williams was put on medication to treat early stage Parkinson's disease. Actor and friend, Rob Schneider, believes it was that medication that lead to Williams' death.
Now that we can talk about it. #RobinWilliams was on a drug treat...
The Drug Patent System Is Killing Patients
The intricacies of patent law are hurting patients in need of ground-breaking pharmaceuticals.A patent must be filed once a new drug is discovered. That patent will protect against competition for 20 years. The problem is a new drug cannot go to market unt...
Testosterone Drug Overrun By Lawsuits
The number of lawsuits against AndroGel, filed by patients that have suffered heart attacks and strokes, was so high that a panel of judges decided to consolidate all the cases under one courthouse's roof.The judicial panel's decision to have all the cases...
The New Way To Fight Low T
Men suffering from "Low T" have been rubbing testosterone onto their armpits, injecting it into their muscles, and now, with FDA approval, men seeking the fountain of youth can take the prescription drug through their nose.
A New Testosterone Drug
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Recall Alert For A Common Pain Killer
The world's 6th largest drug manufacturer is recalling one of their drugs over concerns to children's health.The recall, which affects residents of Puerto Rico, is being made to protect children from a non-childproof container. Panadol Advanced, the drug i...
Who’s Responsbile For Prescription Drug Side Effects?
If you've been injured by a prescription drug, the pharmaceutical company holds no liability as long as they've adequately warned your prescribing doctor.That is the verdict of a recent case involving Roche, the manufacturer of Accutane. In 2011, a New Jer...
An End To Animal Testing?
A bizarre, new technique may forever change the way heart medications are tested.Up until now, the only way to test the efficacy and side effects of heart medicines was to experiment on animals and human patients. A British doctor, Dr. Helen Maddock, has p...