Drugs Stories
- 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) .
- Reading prescriptions doesn’t take any magical powers, although it may seem that way if you’ve tried to read one.
- The FDA issued a statement regarding a voluntary recall of albuterol inhalers sold by Perrigo Pharmaceutical Company.
- Cannabis use stretches across all ages, including seniors. They are more likely to use it for medicinal purposes, however.
- While short courses of steroids can be effective at treating asthma, a new study shows more than 25% of asthma patients have been prescribed potentially dangerous amounts of steroid tablets.
- Leading pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has paused its COVID-19 vaccine trial due to a possible case of transverse myelitis.