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Inadequate Drug Treatment For Youth

...illion children 12-17 years old have problems with drugs and alcohol. Only about 122,000 of them got treatm... needs of the patient, and the number and types of drugs the person abuses. To close the treatment gap, the government, health-care providers and insurance c...

Senior drug card saves little

...tle -- see savings of 8.2 percent on 12 name-brand drugs bought with drug discount cards compared with buyi...llars per prescription. The cost of prescription drugs is crucial for many older people. Medicare, which provides health insurance to all Americans over ag...

Mutation connected to Osteoporosis

...ch might pave the way for development of "designer drugs that really target this mutation." But Langman cautioned it is premature to suggest this new finding will quickly lead to development of osteoporosis treatments. He predicted that it would have more value in finding ways to "treat this particular ge...

Scios Inc. targets drug giants in arthritis war

...t that would displace injectable anti-inflammatory drugs and set a new standard in arthritis treatment. Sci...ize an oral version of today's dominant injectable drugs could gain the lion's share of a market. // Scios' drug has shown promise in early trials. But the ...

Fresh approach to TB treatment

...e gene opens up opportunities for the use of azole drugs which are already available for ht etreatment of f...creasingly in internal fungal infections.New azole drugs are being developed against fungi as the incidence of infection has increased dramatically in recent...

AIDS drugs linked to heart attack risk

...e three or more medicines, including a category of drugs called protease inhibitors that are a key ingredie...earch raises the possibility that life saving AIDS drugs may also increase the risk of heart trouble, though experts say the medicines' benefits outweigh any...

Safeguarding anti-inflammatory users from ulcers

...erium makes the long-term use of anti-inflammatory drugs safer. Many people would benefit from chronic usage// of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin and diclofenac. Not only do these drugs relieve the symptoms of arthritis, the...

Drug Combo Works Better for children with ADHD, Tics

... that mixing// two of the most commonly prescribed drugs for ADHD is the most effective therapy for kids who struggle with a combination of ADHD and muscular control disorders. Various studies have shown that between 21 percent and 90 percent of children with a tic disorder also have ADHD. This combinati...

Blood Pressure Drugs maintain muscle strength

...enzyme that causes blood vessels to constrict. The drugs also help to preserve muscle strength in patients ... heart failure (CHF). Researchers said the drugs could also help elderly people who do not suffer from heart problems. In a study of 850 elderly wome...

Influenza drug delayed

...d to do so. // Tamiflu is one of two FDA approved drugs in a new class of medications, which attack the virus that causes the flu and stops it from spreading. The other medication, Relenza, is equally effective but can cause more side effects and is more difficult to use since it is inhaled twice a day. B...

High Cholesterol linked to Alzheimer’s diseas

...ises the possibility that the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins can also ward off mental decline....sease. But it also found that older women who took drugs called statins had less mental impairment than non-users. However, the study was not designed to te...

The earlier the treatment, the more the benefit

Speeding up delivery of anti-clotting drugs to stroke victims could greatly improve their chan...tients who make it to the hospital on time get the drugs within the last half hour before that deadline. Now, a new report finds that earlier treatment - in...

Drugs may fog memory

...tudies carried out into the impact of recreational drugs on psychological function. However, it is not representative of all drug takers and involved more than 600 people taking part in an online questionnaire. The survey looked at drug-taking habits and whether they affected people's ability to remember ...

A new recovery for heart attacks

... a finding that could provide the basis for future drugs to help in recovery from stroke and heart attack./...He said his findings could be used to help develop drugs that enhance cells' adaptation to low-oxygen conditions. These drugs would prevent the binding of hy...

Stent shows promise in keeping arteries open

...medicines that gradually ooze into the artery. The drugs keep cells from growing. At least 6 different varieties - coated with different growth-inhibiting medicines - are now in testing, and many more are under development....

Statins reduce risks for angioplasty patients

Cholesterol-lowering drugs that help prevent heart disease also appear to cut... 12 countries, has found that cholesterol-lowering drugs could reduce the risk of these complications by 30%, compared with patients taking a placebo. The ri...

Nicholas buys ICI’s drug business for Rs 70 c

...ritical care segment. The niche or speciality bulk drugs that are exported by the business have no competition from India and limited international competition.” ICI’s pharma business has about 357 employees, including a field force of 200. ...

Periodontal disease may amass the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

...eriodontal disease. "Low fat diets, lipid lowering drugs and exercise are vitally important for diabetics who want to improve their quality of life, as well as their oral health," Dr. Iacopino noted....

Cholesterol Drug Helps After Angioplasty

...so said treatment with cholesterol-lowering statin drugs has been shown to have additional benefits to pati... patients would be expected to continue taking the drugs for many years, possible for a lifetime. He said other statins, including more potent cholesterol-lo...

Researchers trick Alzheimer's Enzyme

... Enzyme active sites are also highly specific, so drugs react only with the sites and nowhere else. A major problem of current drugs is that they are 'dirty', that is, they have side effects -- often untoward -- because they interact...

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