Drugs Taken During Pregnancy Found To Affect Unborn Babies
... so most doctors believe these drugs can be safely prescribed for pregnant women. However, most of these studies have only compared major outcomes, such as physical growth and complications evident on the medical record. In a recent study researchers found that women who use a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSR...Cholesterol-lowering drug Found To greatly Reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack
...less likely to die during the year after they were prescribed the drugs than patients who did not get them .Specialists said they were surprised by the magnitude of the additional benefits of statins in patients who were already on standard medications to treat heart failure. Researchers analyzed the medical ...Does Your Prescription Have An Inappropriate Medicine?
...e dangerous. The most common inappropriate drugs prescribed in the study were painkillers and drugs that act on the central nervous system, such as sedatives, antidepressants, and drugs used to treat anxiety. Researchers say, “One possibility is that physicians are used to prescribing the older drugs and inap...A Word Of Caution For Tampon Users
... becoming immune to the antibiotics that are being prescribed to treat TSS....Blocking Pain Found To Slow Down The Healing Process
...ay standard post-operative pain medications widely prescribed for rotator cuff surgery may actually delay healing .// The rotator cuff is composed of the muscles and tendons that surround the top of the upper arm bone and hold it to the shoulder joint. The research involved 180 rats that received acute rotato...Risky Drugs To Be Avoided In The Elderly
...ter awareness is needed about the risks of certain prescribed drugs in elderly patients . As people age, they often have // multiple chronic conditions and take several drugs concurrently many drugs which have increased risks for people as they age. Researchers conducted a study to look at medication prescript...Drug Found To Bring Relief For Individuals With Early Parkinson’
...that compared MAOBIs to a placebo and the commonly prescribed Parkinson’s drug levodopa (Dopar or Larodopa). Results show MAOBIs, like selegiline, reduced disability and movement problems without posing significant side effects. Patients who took MAOBIs also required less levodopa than those on placebo. This is...Side Effects Of Some Common Drugs
Drugs commonly prescribed to treat high blood pressure and other conditions, such as congestive heart failure and diabetes, may cause // angioedema, a condition characterized by the swelling of the lip and tongue say researchers based on findings of a recent study. AE is not ...Heart Drug Also Effective In Preventing Specific Causes Of Death
A drug commonly prescribed for people with high blood pressure and heart failure may also benefit those with other conditions that put them at higher risk for heart attacks and stroke. Researchers conducted a study among // about 9,000 men and women from the Heart Outcomes ...Hormone therapy may affect heart attack severity in women
... postmenopausal women." Hormone therapy had been prescribed for several years as a way to prevent heart vessel...ompared the protestin in Prempro?, the most widely prescribed hormone therapy, with the progestin in Femhrt. One group of monkeys where given estrogen and the F...Treating Depression In Children Could Lead To Poor Bone Development
A common class of drugs prescribed to children with depression may have an adverse effect on bone growth, // according to a new study. Researchers say they found a reduction in bone mass and size in mice given fluoxetine, more commonly known as Prozac. Fluoxetine is the only prescript...Reducing The Frequency Of Angina Attacks While Exercising
...d that when added to a standard dose of frequently prescribed antianginal drugs, ranolazine can reduce both the angina frequency and nitroglycerin consumption. When compared to the placebo results, the decrease in angina attacks were slightly less than one per week for those in the 750 mg group and somewhat mor...Avoiding Drugs During Pregnancy
... so most doctors believe these drugs can be safely prescribed for pregnant women. However, most studies have only compared major outcomes, such as physical growth and complications evident on the medical record. In a more recent study researchers found that women who use a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) t...Prostate Cancer Treatment Can Increase The Risk For Osteoporosis
...ineral density tests to assess for osteoporosis or prescribed drugs to treat the disease. Results showed only about 15 percent of the men underwent any kind of medical management for osteoporosis, and only about 5 percent received a drug to treat the condition. Thus researchers say a lack of formal guidelines ...What's up Doc? You are wanted abroad.
...st for small surgeries, say doctors. The NHS has a prescribed doctor-patient ratio. But recently, it has undergone an expansion, as a result of which the number of people being covered has gone up. Also, a recent EU directive has brought down the number of hours per week a doctor ought to work. All this has led...The Effectiveness Of Inhaled Corticosteroids Studied
...tudied more than 2,650 patients with COPD who were prescribed inhaled corticosteroids for at least 80 percent of a 90-day period. Nearly 5,400 patients who had never used inhaled corticosteroids served as the comparing group. Results of the study showed patients who used inhaled corticosteroids did not have a...The Effectiveness Of Inhaled Corticosteroids Studied
...tudied more than 2,650 patients with COPD who were prescribed inhaled corticosteroids for at least 80 percent of a 90-day period. Nearly 5,400 patients who had never used inhaled corticosteroids served as the comparing group. Results of the study showed patients who used inhaled corticosteroids did not have a...Preventing Strokes With Aspirin
...ers suggest stroke survivors who stop taking their prescribed daily aspirin // are three-times more likely to have another stroke within the month. Researchers studied more than 300 stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients who were on long-term aspirin therapy for preventing subsequent strokes or hea...Canada withdraws ADHD drug Adderall XR
...r their children. Adderall XR is a stimulant drug prescribed for children diagnosed with ADHD. The drug has been linked with about 20 deaths and ten cases of strokes, some of those affected being children. Although none of the deaths have taken place in Canada, the popular drug has been taken off the markets i...... High concentrations of fluoride dosage are often prescribed to patients to check caries, especially those suffering from mouth cancer. In the recent issue of JADA, authors Frederick C. Eichmiller, Naomi Eidelman, and Clifton M. Carey have pointed out that topical application of fluoride gel also may lead to f...