Drugs Stories
- A study suggests that smoking habits have a significant influence on an individual's ability to regain cognitive function when recovering from alcohol abuse.
- Treating hepatitis C-infected prison inmates with Sovaldi, which costs more than $84,000 for 12 weeks of treatment, is cost-effective compared with other FDA-approved treatments.
- An experimental Japanese flu drug that has hit the headlines because of its potential to fight Ebola may also work against norovirus.
- Dopamine receptor agonist drugs are linked to impulse control disorders, including gambling, hypersexuality, and compulsive shopping.
- Over 60,000 children experience an out-of-hospital medication error every year as a result of being given their medication twice, incorrect dosage, or receiving the wrong medication.
- MDMA is the drug of choice on college campuses because it gives a huge high and inhibits sleep. But that's not all it does.
- Interferon- and ribavirin-based treatments with their unpleasant side effects might soon become a thing of the past with two new pill-only regimens showing good prognosis for chronic HCV infection.
- Twelve workout and weight loss supplements contain an untested and possibly dangerous stimulant.
- The way our bodies function during the day could interfere with some cancer medicines, including lapatinib.
- The rate of companies withdrawing from new antibiotic development is double the rate of those entering the industry and a recent study has uncovered why.
- Researchers in Europe, once again studying the effects of LSD, suggest the drug may have potential use in the treatment of a variety of psychological disorders.
- A study found that the initial benefits of a stewardship program aimed at reducing pediatric antibiotic overprescription were lost after audits and feedback to clinicians stopped.