What Doctors Don't Tell YouIn the heady world of the pharmaceutical industry, the most profitable industry in the world - where world sales doubled in the last five years - the pressure is always intense to develop new product.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) refers to the slow deterioration of the cells in the macula, a tiny yellowish area near the centre of the retina, which contains light-sensitive cells that send visual signals to the brain.
THE COX-2s: Oh well, back to the drawing board
Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) applied to the skin as a cream to reduce pain and swelling may cause potentially lethal kidney damage. ...
America's drug 'watchdog', the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), had a nice Christmas present for the pharmaceuticals. On Christmas Eve it told all doctors in the USA to treat with extreme caution the entire family of NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti...
The nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) - ‘morning sickness’ - is common in early pregnancy. Thought to affect 70-85 per cent of pregnant women (Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2003; 4: CD000145), and often accompanied by tiredness and lethargy...
Ibuprofen, the grandfather of all non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), was considered so safe that it was made an over-the-counter drug. This class of drugs (Nurofen, Brufen, Motrin, Rufen, Advil, Nuprin, Medipren) is used to treat fever...
Dosing yourself up with aspirin and other non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs is good for you, researchers from Nottingham would have us believe. ...
Another anti-inflammatory bites the dust. Another COX-2 inhibitor has been shot down by the FDA. Having spent the last two months reviewing the safety of the COX-2-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), the US regulatory agency...
While small doses of aspirin may protect women from stroke, higher amounts raise the risk, suggests a large, long term study in the US. ...
