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Antidepressants increase gastric bleeding

...y widely prescribed. They are preferred over older drugs because they are relatively free of side effects. But, as Researchers at Ottawa Hospital in Canada have just shown, they are not risk-free.// Almost 314,000 patients aged 65 and over who had been prescribed antidepressants between 1992 and 1998 w...

Treatment for pre-menstrual syndrome is ineffective

...t commonly prescribed pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) drugs are ineffective, research suggests. The majority o...who suffer from the condition did not need to take drugs at all. 90% of women suffer from mild symptoms such as irritability. The team examined 14 studies on...

Therapy for stopping the spread of cancer cells

...ial for blocking this enzyme, known as GnT-V, with drugs and this may form the basis of a new therapy for stopping the spread of cancer cells. Test tube experiments do seem to suggest that inhibiting the enzyme blocks the invasion of cancer cells into neighbouring tissues....

Medications to Prevent Relapse to Cocaine Use

... could open up a new avenue for the development of drugs to prevent relapse to cocaine use induced by environmental cues. Treatment of cocaine addiction has always been hampered by high rates of relapse, even after prolonged drug abstinence, and this research could be the first step in the development of a...

Physicians Consider Self-Prescribing Ethical

...ording to the survey, the most commonly prescribed drugs were antibiotics, followed by antidepressants and cardiovascular disease medications. About 75% of the urban physicians considered self-prescription ethical compared with only 58% of rural physicians. About half of all physicians considered self-pres...

Dopamine helps stroke survivors

...en for stroke-induced disability. The discovery of drugs that can enhance the recovery process is a very encouraging advance for stroke survivors and their carers....

Statins reduce heart attacks

... be advised to take one of a class of prescription drugs called statins. The recommendations of the Nationa... statins. The panel hopes that expanded use of the drugs -- with improved diets and more exercise -- will help reduce the close to 1.1 million heart attacks ...

Acupuncture can ease cancer

...ncture. Nausea and vomiting caused by the powerful drugs used to fight cancer can prove extremely debilitat... Doctors offer an arsenal of various anti-emetic drugs to lessen the reaction, but in recent years acupuncture has been joining mainstream medicine as a po...

Cost-effective antibiotics for sinusitis treatment

...eaper antibiotics by the latest and most expensive drugs when treating acute, uncomplicated sinusitis, according to US researchers. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine set out to determine whether the symptoms could be treated with older and less expensive (first-line) antibiotics o...

Relating heart protection and antihypertensive drugs

...the pharmacological properties of antihypertensive drugs or the reduction of blood pressure that accounts f...ents from 27 studies. When comparing the different drugs used in treatment they found that calcium-channel blockers and ACE inhibitors provided the same over...

Pharma majors gear to supply anti-anthrax drug

...nthrax and belongs to the fluoroquinolone class of drugs which has a global market of $3.85 billion and is reportedly growing at 16 percent per annum. In India, Ciprofloxacin is the second largest molecule after Amoxycillin....

Inadequate epilepsy treatment

...two years. UK doctors are reluctant to prescribe drugs to patients who have had one seizure, the research...out 15 per cent of the patients monitored received drugs after their first epileptic seizure, although high rates of recurring seizures meant that more than ...

Generic drug costs remain shackled

Price controls for generic drugs in primary care are likely to remain unchanged for...12.5 per cent increase in the cost of prescription drugs for the NHS, significantly higher than the 8 per cent average increase in previous years. // Pharm...

Nobel laureates in chemistry

... for academic research, for the development of new drugs and materials, and are being used in many industri...are of great importance for the development of new drugs and materials....

Drugs to stop burgeon of HIV

...ained. At present there are two types of anti-HIV drugs available – reverse transcriptase inhibitors such ... cell."The problem is HIV can mutate to escape the drugs you are using to treat it," said Professor Gage. "If this occurs, the drug will kill off all non-mut...

Spreading its wings

...oining the campaign. The efforts are meant to turn drugs trade more accountable, respectable and ethical. ...tions from the regulatory authorities. The sale of drugs whose expiry dates are over can be minimised as the computer will be programmed not to accept such d...

Snoring could be a warning

... blood pressure by resting or with medication. But drugs may put the foetus at risk, and sometimes even the maximum dose fails to get blood pressure down. New Scientist magazine reports that a team from Umea University in Sweden have discovered that breathing problems that cause snoring may be a risk facto...

Misleading Advertisements for Prescription Drugs

..." Dr. Woloshin noted. Sixty-three percent were for drugs that relieve symptoms, 26% for drugs to treat disease and 11% for drugs to prevent disease. He pointed out that proponents of direct-to...

Anthrax drug doxycycline could stunt fetal growth

...ited States. But doxycycline is part of a class of drugs that can endanger fetuses, including staining primary teeth, weakening tooth enamel and stunting bone growth, the CDC warned. No formal studies have been conducted on how Cipro affects pregnancy, but the CDC said the drug is unlikely to pose a sub...

Deep Sleep Doesn't Increase Memory

...gel further asserts that studied subjects who took drugs that induced REM sleep deprivation did not necessarily have a lessened memory capacity....

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