Drugs Stories
- Prescription drug abuse falls into children's and teens' hands even when the drugs are anti-addiction medications.
- Despite criticism regarding the exorbitant cost of hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, drugmaker Gilead said that its next generation version of the drug will be even more expensive.
- Researchers have located bacteria that kill only harmful pathogens, which they hope can be developed into an antibiotic alternative.
- High-dose opioid prescribing increased by 23 percent between 2006 and 2011 in Canada, second highest opioid user in the world.
- Pharmaceutical drugs are being sold illegally on eBay, according to a Tennessee IT manager. However, the online company’s response has been inadequate.
- A Columbia study observed that one in five men will likely be unable to purchase Plan B emergency contraception from pharmacies, but the reason may be to protect the absent female.
- Although rumors of magic mushrooms' ability to help cut nicotine craving have circulated for years, this study set the record straight once and for all, and it seems the rumors are correct.
- People who have drug addict parents, individuals with higher IQs, and white people are all more likely to be drug addicts.
- Three weight loss pills have been released into the market within two years, but we want to see if they actually help with the obesity epidemic.
- The use of medication with impairment potentials, such as antihistamines, among pilots who were involved in a fatal aircraft accident has nearly doubled in the past 20 years.
- In teens with a disposition to psychosis, marijuana can trigger or even worsen symptoms.
- Men may not want to hear this, but some of the most common medications for the most common diseases may affect their sexual health. These are five of them.