Withdrawal

Withdrawal Notice Issued For Older Pacemakers Due To Malfunctioning of the Device

Health professionals have been recently notified that some older pacemakers manufactured by Guidant Corporation may malfunction due to a build-up of moisture //in the device. The products include early generation designs that have not been sold or implanted in the past 4 years, some of the names of the affected models include the Pulsar Max, Pulsar, Discovery, Meridian, Pulsar Max II, Discovery I...

Morphine Withdrawal Complicates Hepatitis C Infection in Drug Abusers

Hepatitis C, a condition that leads to inflammation of the liver is common among intravenous drug users. There are nearly 70-80 % of abusers are suffering from // the disease in the United States. This high association has generated interest in determining the effects of drug abuse, specifically opiates, on progression of the disease. The discovery of such an association would impact...

Hospital Services Still Paralysed Inspite Of The Withdrawal Of The Strike

Despite the withdrawal of strike by junior doctors the agitation launched by pro-quota medical students continued to hit health services in Bihar//. The emergency ward at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) remained badly hit with no new patient being admitted with the pro-quota medicos continuing their dharna on Monday. The government seemed to be still at loss for a soluti...

Risk Of Death Increases With Sudden Withdrawal Of Medications

Journal of the American Heart Association reported that patients who had heart attack, and stopped taking antiplatelet drugs within 30 days of having //a drug-coated with stent have 7 times more risk of death than others. "An alarming one in seven patients in our study stopped taking their antiplatelet medication within the first 30 days of receiving a drug-eluting stent (DES), even tho...

Sudden Opioid Withdrawal Results in ‘Broken Heart Syndrome

Two new studies published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings revealed a link existing between sudden opioid withdrawal and cocaine use with the onset of cardiac syndromes.// ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’, which was characterized by chest pain, shortness of breath mimics heart attack. The findings shed light on ‘broken heart syndrome,’ a still somewhat uncommon disorder first described i...

Cadbury Dismisses Rumors of Withdrawal of More Products

Following their withdrawal of seven lines of their products Cadbury Schweppes PLC has dismissed rumors of suggestions of withdrawal //of more products because of salmonella contamination. Cadbury, the confectionery and soft drinks manufacturer, was forced to withdraw seven lines of chocolates last month after admitting they may have contained 'minute traces of salmonella'....

Andhra Wants Withdrawal of Warning Signal from ‘Beedi’ Packes

Andhra Pradesh state legislative assembly Monday unanimously passed a resolution urging the central government to withdraw an order that makes it mandatory// for 50 percent of the 'beedi' packet wrapper to be covered with a statutory warning signal. On the first day of the winter session, the house passed the resolution appealing to the centre to withdraw the order as it could affect...

HIV Testing Improves After Withdrawal of Consent Letter

A change in the procedure for HIV testing is reported to increase the rate of HIV testing. This was disclosed by a study conducted// by Dr. Nicola M. Zetola from the University of California, San Francisco. Zetola and his team compared the HIV testing rates before and after the withdrawal of a procedure which insisted on the consent letter for AIDS testing. The monthly rate of HIV testi...

FDA Announces Voluntary Withdrawal of Pergolide Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that manufacturers of pergolide drug products, which are used to treat Parkinson’s disease, will voluntarily remove// these drugs from the market because of the risk of serious damage to patients’ heart valves. The products being withdrawn are Permax, the trade name for pergolide marketed by Valeant Pharmaceuticals, and two g...

Vaccines That Kick Drug Habits, Minimize Withdrawal Symptoms Developed

Researchers have designed a pair of new vaccines that not only fight cocaine and methamphetamine addiction but also minimize its withdrawal symptoms. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Dr. Thomas Kosten and Jay H. Waggoner at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). As part of the study, researchers examined the effect of the vaccines on subjects adminis...