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US surge in vaginal reconstruction

...ing acceptable in mainstream America and was being marketed as a way to gain self-esteem or acceptability. Such procedures were gaining in popularity in part because they were being touted as a consumer product rather than as invasive — and potentially dangerous — surgery. ...

Drug Name Confusion Makes Imports Dangerous: FDA

...sing the wrong medicine. An FDA study of drugs marketed in 28 countries across the globe found many cases ... the world." However, "we did an analysis of drugs marketed in 28 countries and the U.S.," she said. The FDA review, which covered drugs marketed in 28 countri...

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Show Promise In Prevention

...ave to be further sorted before the vaccine can be marketed for commercial use....

Drug Firms To Produce Single Pill AIDS Treatment

... drugs to be combined into a single pill are being marketed under the Emtriva, Viread and Sustiva brand names separately as at present, and account for 20% of the AIDS drugs market. The combined Viread and Emtriva medicines are already in the market under the name of Truvada....

New fertility kit, analyzes the woman's ability to conceive

...ery difficulty to conceive naturally. The kit is marketed by Lifestyle Choices. It basically measures three hormone levels in the blood, two from the ovaries (inhibin B and anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH)) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) from the pituitary gland. Bill Ledger, Professor of Obstetrics a...

Drug Makers Banned From Providing Gifts To Doctors

...ctors associated with the concern prescribe highly marketed drugs in a much lower frequency compared to their counterparts, without compromise on the quality of the medical care....

Safety Of Heart Drug Questioned

...idney failure following use of the drug aprotinin, marketed as Trasylol, has prompted necessity for reconsidering the use of the drug in heart surgery patients.// The clotting drug is commonly used to prevent excessive bleeding in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. It has now been found from the present s...

More Study On Side Effects of ADHD Drug Needed: Shire Pharmaceuticals

...ack box warning for the drug. The drug Adderall, marketed by Shire already carries a black box warning, highlighting the possibility of sudden death or cardiovascular complications. More than 1 million ADHD prescriptions are being written for adults while children receive nearly 2 million prescriptions ever...

Medicare Drug Plans Are Onerous and Restrictive

...cribing certain drugs for Coventry Medicare plans, marketed under the name AdvantraRx. At the top of each form is a logo saying AdvantraRx: Medicare prescription drug plans made easy. But then he said that each drug has a unique clinical criterion that must be met. Hence these forms serve as a checklist of ne...

Fetal Development Face The Threat By Frequent Ultrasounds

...said quoting FDA. Besides, prenatal images being marketed for non-medical reasons are often done by less-experienced personnel and may expose a fetus to a longer period of imaging than one performed by a medical technician. --Edited IANS...

Farming Plays A Crucial Role In Reducing Global Warming

...le manage for food, fiber and fuel – these are all marketed products with a value attached to them. What we want to know is if we can also manage agriculture for things that people like and appreciate, but don't have markets, such as cleaner air, cleaner water, less global warming, wildlife habitat and aesthe...

Multiple Sclerosis Drug Trial Criteria to Be Redefined

...erimental drug is unknown. The drug natalizumab, marketed under the brand name was granted fast track status by the FDA in 2004. Soon after the approval, the drug use was found to be associated with a potentially fatal infection, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). The observation of infection...

New Cervical Cancer Vaccine to Be Launched By Glaxo Smithkline

...atory authority. If approved, the vaccine would be marketed for commercial use, by the end of next year. Gardasil, a similar vaccine produced by the US pharmaceuticals giant Merck has already been registered for use in the US. It has been proposed to register Cervarix in the US, end of this year. Following...

Smoking Is a Vital Cause among Impotent Men

...f ASH, said that, for decades, cigarettes had been marketed as a symbol of virility but the reality is that smoking is a primary cause of impotence, which may also be an early indicator of coronary heart disease....

New Drug For Treating Chronic Shoulder Pain

... a vital building block of normal cartilage. It is marketed under the name Hyalgan by Sanofi Aventis. All of the patients in the study had previously tried nonsurgical clinical interventions - including physical therapy, at least one steroid injection, and various oral pain medications - but the pain persis...

An Effective Drug Identified for Shoulder Pain

... vital building block of normal cartilage. It is marketed under the name Hyalgan by Sanofi Aventis. The participants of the study had previously tried nonsurgical clinical interventions like physical therapy, steroid injection, and oral pain medications but the pain persisted. The study patients received an...

Could Long Tern Vioxx Users Suffer From Heart Attacks?

... drugs or placebos. The drug Vioxx is produced and marketed by Merck & Co.'s. The doctor testified on Tuesday and told a jury that the studies, covering a total of about 28,000 patients, contained no evidence that Vioxx exposed users to a higher rate of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events than comp...

Skin Patch Offers Relief to Patients with Parkinson's disease

...upro skin patch which is offered the licence to be marketed in UK. It is said to offer relief to patients// in the early stages of Parkinson's disease. It delivers a drug that mimics the effects of a naturally occurring brain chemical, which is in short supply in people with Parkinson's. The Parkinson's Dis...

OTC sale for Xenical; Diet Drug; gets FDA approval

...e Food// and Drug Administration so that it can be marketed once the company addresses additional questions from regulators. An estimated arrival time for the sale is early next year. It would become the first F.D.A.-approved weight-loss product sold without a doctor's prescription. The diet drug has been c...

Single Dose Of Extended Release Metformin Found To Be Effective In Type 2 Diabetes

...iate-release metformin. The new drug, which is marketed under the brand name Glumetza, appears to improve the patient's tolerance for higher doses of the drug, according to Dr. Bret Berner, chief scientific officer and vice president of product development at Menlo Park, California-based Depomed, the make...

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