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Patients More Willing To Use Self-Injectable HIV Therapy Than Anticipated

...in reasons why many physicians may be reluctant to prescribe a treatment of proven efficacy and safety. The reasons include; the physicians' perception that patients would be reluctant to use a self-injectable therapy, the physicians' opinion that the patient would not be able to incorporate FUZEON into their ...

Law ensuring safety and quality of Herbal drugs

...as several doctors are confident and interested to prescribe herbal medicines to their patients suffering from back pain and stress as these herbal drugs were found to have less toxic and side effects compared to synthetic drugs. The Patients Associations wanted the doctors to provide information and access to...

Top Pharmaceuticals Influence Doctors Prescriptions

...icians who make the general rules on which drug to prescribe enjoy heavy financial connections and incentives from the benefiting pharmaceutical industry. Currently it is the norm of publication of a scientific article in a peer reviewed journal to compulsorily declare any financial aid or link. The survey un...

Common, cheaper drugs could be used to treat hypertension

...pertension. It is a general clinical practice to prescribe higher doses of the medicine already being used, or add in a new blood pressure drug that could be expensive to patients who demonstrate resistance to treatment or in whom standard therapy does not restore a normal blood pressure. The new studies t...

Nurse wins her case over use of Herceptin for her Breast cancer

... to be used and threathened to use Human Rights to prescribe drug for her. The court version leads to use of Herceptin on Ms Clark, which costs ￡ 40,000. Ms Clark said, "Because I've got exceptional needs, because I've got a child with a life-limiting condition, they felt it was extremely difficult for me an...

Women may not be tested often after stroke

...es. The results of such tests can guide doctors to prescribe preventive treatment and help patients understand what they must do to prevent a second stroke. The new paper is based on detailed analysis of records from a random sample of 381 patients, 220 of them female and half of them Mexican-American. It ...

Immunosuppressive drug shows promise in treatment of eye disorder

It is a routine practice to prescribe drugs called immunosuppressant to transplant patients to prevent the transplanted organs from being rejected. The medical community has only been interested in worrying about the problems caused due to immunosuppression. Looking at the other side of ...

New Treatment For Anxiety Disorders

...d of recommending drug therapy, practitioners will prescribe nutritional treatments, changes in diet, and even the elimination of substances that can affect or disturb brain function, such as caffeine, alcohol and products containing processed sugar. Orthomolecular medicine does not simply take into account t...

Government Organisation Proposes Strict Guidelines For SubStandard Medical Devices

...iagnostic kits etc. The guidelines drawn out would prescribe the exact procedures to be followed and action to be taken against the manufacturers by every state drug controller. Officials say the current move is to make the existing system more comprehensive by including all kinds of drugs and medical device...

Sepsis Death Reported With Mifepristone – FDA Issues Warnin

... In the meantime the FDA has advised doctors to prescribe antibiotics immediately to women who have taken mifepristone and who have symptoms of Clostridium sordelli infection, including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and weakness. Danco a drug manufacturing company has said that it will revise the label of Mi...

Advent of New, More Effective and Personalized Medicines

...be able to analyze a patient's genetic profile and prescribe the best available drug therapyand dose from the start. FDA also approved the first laboratory test, the Amplichip Cytochrome P450 Genotyping Test, which will enable physicians to use genetic information to select the right doses of certain medicati...

Justifying the use of letrozole for inducing ovulation

...ver it is said that doctors cannot be asked not to prescribe it , instead ask the drug store owners not to honor any prescriptions violating existing norms stipulated by the Drugs Controller's office. A doctor specializing in oncology and women's diseases from a city based hospital 'A cure for incurable ‘, sa...

Late sleeping may lead to diabetes

... feel that this probably also explains why doctors prescribe seven to eight hours of sleep in the night for maximum health benefits....

FDA asks the doctors to take the patients’ dietary history before prescribing medication

...ors identifying the patient’s genetic patterns and prescribe drugs that will give the best-suited results for the patients. As a part of this intervention, FDA has approved the first laboratory test called the Amplichip Cytochrome P450 Genotyping Test. This will provide the medical practitioners with the pat...

Ginger to reduce nausea for pregnant women

...tiveness of ginger on morning sickness in order to prescribe ginger as a treatment, the initial study is positive enough to carry out more clinical testing. The study was published in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Reference: Journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, April 2005...

The Use Of Colistin To Treat Cystic Fibrosis Questioned

...ic fibrosis. To treat the infection, doctors often prescribe an inhaled drug called colistin (Coly-Mycin S Otic).// However, use of this drug is controversial because some patients experience chest tightness and spasms of the bronchi, which causes severe coughing and reduced lung function. However a new resea...

The Link Between HRT And Recurrence of Breast Cancer

...halted on December 17, 2003. Noting some doctors prescribe HRT for their breast cancer patients with severe menopausal symptoms because observational studies have suggested no harm from the treatment, specialists say , “This study will no doubt change that. It is large enough and clear enough to show that HR...

Effective Management Of Heart Patients

...k only when these health professionals are able to prescribe cholesterol-lowering drugs. Researchers looked at a program in which patients received their medications from their physicians and were only “coached” by nurses and dieticians on factors aimed at improving their cardiovascular health. The research i...

The Dangers Of Prescribing Antibiotics

...s say there are alternative drugs that doctors can prescribe without putting patients at a higher risk for sudden death....

New Drug Found To Benefit Patients With Osteoarthritis

...ith other treatments. It is common for doctors to prescribe non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce pain in patients with osteoarthritis . However, the side effects of these drugs can cause gastrointestinal ulcer complications that can be fatal. A recent study evaluated gastrointestinal ...

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