Drugs Stories
- 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.
- Nitric oxide is often used to treat prematurely born infants with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). New research suggests it could help COVID-19 patients.
- Someday, you might need a compounding pharmacy to fill a prescription. These pharmacies do not resemble your local Walgreens; here's why.
- The FDA continues to recall some metformin ER products due to impurities found in the drug that may be at higher than acceptable levels.
- The President is doing well and that he had received a dose of an investigational drug, remdesivir.
- Statins may decrease severity of COVID-19 symptoms and shorten recovery time.
- The FDA is requiring a “boxed warning” label for benzodiazepine medicines, such as the prescription medications Ativan, Xanax, Klonopin, Librium and Valium.
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. has voluntarily recalled one lot of RIOMET ER™ (metformin hydrochloride for extended-release oral suspension) .