Drugs Stories
- Neuropathic, nerve, pain is among the hardest pains to treat. A research team looked at four commonly used medications.
- The FDA warns women 20 weeks pregnant or further along should not take NSAIDs as they may cause pregnancy-related complications.
- Despite persistent and ongoing dexamethasone shortages, President Trump received the drug while undergoing treatment for COVID-19. Will you be able to if you need it?
- Eli Lilly has had to halt its government-sponsored phase 3 trial of an antibody treatment for COVID-19.
- Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC received a warning letter from the FDA regarding a misleading ad on Google for Contrave, a weight loss drug.
- More than 50% of older adults hospitalized with heart failure go home with double the number of medications. Polypharmacy can cause adverse interactions.
- Johnson and Johnson is the second pharmaceutical company to have to pause a phase 3 clinical trial for a COVID vaccine.
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company applied to the US government to open up their treatments to the public.
- Prescription instructions may be confusing - is there a difference between taking a pill three times a day or every 8 hours?
- Vaccines take time to develop and there really is no short-cut.
- Health care was one of many topics that the two candidates for vice-president did not agree on.
- A new trial looking into COVID-19 treatments has begun, taking place in 59 sites across the globe.