Pharmacology

Ivermectin Same As Placebo In Clinical Trial

If you buy TheraFlu or some other product and swear it helps, you may be right. The placebo effect is real and while OTC "remedies" and supplements can be sold with no proof needed, to be called actual medicine it can't simply work as poorly ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 22 2023 - 9:40am

Merck Appeals EMA Opinion On Cladribine Tablets In MS

Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced today that it has notified the European Medicines Agency (EMA) of its intention to request a re-examination of the opinion issued by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use ( ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 13 2023 - 8:34am

Hydrocortisone As Adjunctive Treatment For Septic Shock

Sepsis causes 11 million deaths annually so preventing that requires prompt recognition, source control, antibiotics, fluids and vasopressors. Sometimes adjunctive therapies such as orticosteroids help but the science is inconclusive. A recent study was de ...

Article - News Staff - May 22 2023 - 1:44pm

21%: Marijuana Addiction In Washington State, The First State To Make It Legal For Recreation

A recent analys if of primary care patients at Kaiser in Washington state, where recreational cannabis use is legal, found that addiction was common among patients who used it. Moderate and severe cases were more prevalent among patients who reported recre ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 5 2023 - 9:52am

Antidepressants May Also Improve Memory

A new study finds that while antidepressants reduce negative memories in individuals suffering from depression they may also be improving overall memory function. But don't go all Ozempic and rush to find a boutique physician willing to prescribe the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2023 - 12:07pm

Dual Treatment Drugs Have Increased Life Of Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer By 6 Months

Since the introduction of ‘dual treatment’ drugs, survival rates for men with metastatic prostate cancer have increased by an average of six months, according to National Prostate Cancer Register data of all Swedish men diagnosed between 2008 and 2020. Dua ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2023 - 11:49am

Treating Psilocybin With Anxiety, Depression And Emotional Distress

A recent ...

Article - Mark Pierce - Dec 7 2023 - 1:02pm

Kratom: Will This Supplement Kill Godzilla?

At the risk of missing out on a life experience, I Doubt I'll be trying this stuff anytime soon: ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Jan 11 2024 - 2:23pm

Karma-ceuticals: Valeant Gets A Dose

The fine gentlemen who run Quebec-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals are probably thanking some deity or other for Martin Shkreli, the vile little creep who is the founder and CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals.  In case you do not have a "vile little creep&quo ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Jan 11 2024 - 2:24pm

Environmental Working Group: 15,071 Straight Losses And Still Counting

This one had all the suspense of a Harlem Globetrotters – Washington Generals game. (1) ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Jan 11 2024 - 2:27pm