Pharmacology

SSRIs- Depression Drugs Linked To Dental Implant Failure

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), the most widely used drugs for the treatment of depression, have been reported to reduce bone formation and increase the risk of bone fracture. Since osseointegration is influenced by bone metabolism, a new ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 3 2014 - 9:00pm

Phase III Trial Of REVLIMID In Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

Data from FIRST (MM-020/IFM 07-01), an open-label phase III randomized study of continuous REVLIMID (lenalidomide) in combination with dexamethasone in patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma (NDMM) who are not candidates for stem cell transplant, ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 4 2014 - 10:00am

Herbal Dietary Supplement Sales Rose 7.9% In 2013

While use of well-established medicine has declined among rich, liberal elites in America's wealthiest, most educated states, untested and sometimes dangerous herbal dietary supplement sales in the United States rose to $6,000,000,000- an increase of ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2014 - 8:30am

Mepolizumab: Antibody-Based Treatment Improves Asthma

A team of researchers have evaluated mepolizumab, a new antibody-based drug for certain patients with severe asthma, and found it can replace traditional, steroid-based treatments for a specific subset of patients, resulting in improved outcomes and reduc ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2014 - 6:30pm

Xenon Gas Reduces Brain Damage After Head Injury

Treatment with xenon gas reduces the extent of brain damage after a head injury reduces the extent of brain damage, according to a new study. Head injury is the leading cause of death and disability in people under 45 in developed countries- due primarily ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2014 - 10:00am

Obama Administration Expediting Biosimilars To Save Money Could Be Putting People At Risk

Generic drugs and biosimilar drugs are conceptually equivalent, though a biosimilar drug is not a generic drug. Generics drugs are equivalent copycats- exact copies of molecules that were developed at great cost by companies that are now outside the paten ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2014 - 10:30am

Nrf2 Protein Finding Could Mean New Superfoods

A protein called Nrf2,continually moves in and out of the nuclei of human cells to sense the cell's health and vitality and when Nrf2 is exposed to threats to the cell's health, it oscillates faster and activates an increase in the cell's d ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2014 - 10:02am

High-Dose Opioid Use Continues To Climb In Canada

Between 2006 and 2011, high-dose opioid prescribing in Canada increased by 23 percent despite clinical guidelines recommending that most patients should avoid high-doses of these drugs, according to new research.  Researchers at St. Michael's Hospita ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 17 2014 - 8:28pm

FDA Panels: Conflict Of Interest Vs. Competent Advice

Recently a study was published in the Milbank Quarterly analyzing the voting patterns of FDA Advisory Committee members with apparent conflicts of interest. ...

Article - David Shlaes - Sep 13 2014 - 12:29pm

Epigenetic Drugs?

We inherit certain traits that are predetermined but the field of epigenetics postulates that we might be able to change genes play by taking certain drugs or changing diets.   ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2014 - 3:46pm