ByHealthy MangoAnother story about over the counter drugs. Obviously the most dangerous drugs are OxyContin, Vicodin and Hydrocodone. The number of addicts from drugs is on the rise. Joseph Troncale, medical director for Caron Treatment Centers based in Wernersville, Pa is saying that OxyContin, Percocet and other drugs are sold on the streets like candy. Most…
I could not believe, when I read this article. Amazing stuff. And still some doctors are forcing meds and even say they do not have major side effects. Isn’t stillbirth a major side effect? SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) increase the level of serotonin in the brain. Prozac is well known drug that fits it…
Another trial win against Vioxx. John McDarby and his wife got $4.5 million in a lawsuit against Merck company. John McDarby got a heart attack. He took Vioxx for 4 years. But the other victim Cona got only $45, because he took Vioxx only for 7 months. The result of this trial is better awareness…
In 2001, the American Journal of Kidney Diseases published an article that touted the use of synthetic vitamin D. Its author was listed as Alex J. Brown, an associate professor at Washington University in St. Louis. But recently, that same article was featured as a work sample by a different person: Michael Anello, a free-lance…
News of a comprehensive medical industry marketing report called the U.S. Market for Pain Management Drugs and Devices was circulated on the internet this week coincidentally just prior to the verdict in the first of the over 4,200 lawsuits against the makers of Vioxx, the popular but deadly pain killer. Yes, not withstanding the Vioxx…
According to the United States ‘ Food and Drug Administration, 1.5 million Americans were hospitalized in 1978 alone, as a consequence of pharmaceutical drugs administered to “cure” them. It was also found that some 30% of all hospitalized people suffered further damage from the therapy prescribed them. In the 1990s, studies show that 180,000 medically-induced…
Scandal of scientists who take money for papers ghostwritten by drug companies. Doctors named as authors may not have seen raw data Scientists are accepting large sums of money from drug companies to put their names to articles endorsing new medicines that they have not written – a growing practice that some fear is putting…
WASHINGTON – The rate of serious muscle damage reported in patients who took AstraZeneca Plc’s cholesterol drug Crestor was six times higher than with similar medicines, a consumer group said on Thursday. The findings by consumer group Public Citizen contradicted a statement by the Food and Drug Administration last week that the risks of muscle…
Now That an FDA Official Has Voiced Concerns About A Group of Popular Medications, Some Patients Who Take Them Are Seeking Safer Options. It’s been a tough couple of weeks for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and pharmaceutical companies. But it’s also been difficult for the millions of people who are taking any…
Dr. Graveline began his medical odyssey at the famed Walter Reed Army Hospital during the time when America’s space pioneers were just beginning to study the medical effects of space flight. After becoming a flight surgeon and participating in that space medical research, Dr. Graveline received international recognition for his research on zero gravity deconditioning,…
THURSDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDayNews) — Confidential company documents obtained by a well known medical journal suggest that drug company Eli Lilly & Co. was aware that its antidepressant medicine Prozac was linked to bad side effects as far back as 1988, the same year the drug was introduced to the U.S. market. The discovery is…