Pharmacology
- Kratom: Will This Supplement Kill Godzilla?
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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
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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
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This one had all the suspense of a Harlem Globetrotters – Washington Generals game. (1) ...
Article - Josh Bloom - Jan 11 2024 - 2:27pm
- Not Your Father's Heroin
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In 1985 Michael Hovey, an organic chemist at duPont in Wilmington, Delaware cooked up in his lab a batch of 3-methylfentanyl—a narcotic that is more than 6,000-times stronger than morphine — thus ushering in the era of designer drugs. Hovey's drug ...
Article - Josh Bloom - Jan 11 2024 - 2:28pm
- HCV Drugs: Rational Rationing?
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In the July 24th New York Times, there is a featured article about a new, thorny issue—what to do about the millions of Americans who are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). What makes this particular issue especially tricky is that it involves rati ...
Article - Josh Bloom - Jan 11 2024 - 2:29pm
- When And How To Treat Hep C: No Simple Answer.
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In the July 24th New York Times, there is a featured article about a new, thorny issue—what to do about the millions of Americans who are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). This article is a perfect example of the law of unintended consequences. U ...
Article - Josh Bloom - Jan 11 2024 - 2:29pm
- FDA Study Concludes The Supplement Kratom Is An Opioid
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Though unusually ethically suspect supplement merchants have been marketing kratom, an analgesic made from the leaves of a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia, to treat opioid withdrawal symptoms, significant safety concerns exist. And it turns out krat ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2024 - 8:11am
- Bipartisan House Group Tells DEA To Delay Ban On Kratom Supplement
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51 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed a letter to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) urging the federal agency to halt an emergency push to ban the analgesic herb kratom by as early as tomorrow. ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2024 - 8:26am
- Kratom Is Unsafe As An Herbal Supplement, Finds New Review Of Poison Centers Data
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Kratom, derived from the leaves of the southeast Asian tree Mitragyna speciosa, is a supplement that is not useless, it actually does something. It contains psychoactive compounds and users also like it as an analgesic, but because it is a plant users and ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2024 - 8:27am
- Association Of Remdesivir Treatment With Survival, Length Of Hospital Stay Among US Veterans Hospitalized With COVID-19
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In an observational study using data from the Veterans Health Administration for 2,344 U.S. veterans hospitalized with COVID-19, remdesivir treatment was associated with prolonged hospitalization but wasn't associated with improved survival. ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2024 - 4:17pm
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