Your Health Check - VENOUS DISEASE: Part III Nov 18, 2008
If deep vein thrombosis is suspected and confirmed by ultrasound, your physician will probably admit you to the hospital for an IV anti-coagulant (blood thinner) called heparin and you will be placed on an oral anti-coagulant tablet called coumadin. This will drastically reduce your risk of pulmonary embolus (clot), and you will continue the oral medication for six months during which time your blood will be tested periodically to assure that you re on the right dosage. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Hope for chronic pain sufferers Nov 15, 2008
The once-a-day tablet works by releasing just 25 per cent of the dose within two hours from the outer tablet layer, while the other 75 per cent is released from the inner core at a constant rate over the next 22 hours. Schedule 8 (S8) medications, such as pethidine, carry a risk of dependence, which can lead to substance abuse and withdrawal symptoms after long-term treatment. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Experts: Pill-splitting can save you money Nov 15, 2008
Here's how it works: A patient prescribed 10 milligrams of the popular cholesterol-lowering medication Lipitor for $129 could instead buy the 20-milligram tablet for $178, split the higher dose pill in half and spend $89 a month. A patient paying the cash price would then save about $40 a month. (KHOU.com, TX)
Don't let flu season catch you off guard Nov 12, 2008
Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) is available in tablet form. It is approved for prevention and treatment in patients above 1 year of age. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Green Planet heralds food revolution Nov 9, 2008
"I'm getting the word out into the community that this is a great opportunity,'' he said.At full production, Green Planet's plant would have the annual capacity to process the equivalent of around 68,000 acres of organic beans, Marqusee said.Green Planet CEO Dennis Christiansen said the company wants to buy as much local soy flour as possible, supplementing its remaining needs with exports from other states, and such foreign countries as Argentina.'Green' processGreen Planet bills itself as the... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
More tainted candy pops up Nov 9, 2008
Durham police received the first such report Wednesday from the parents of a Grade 5 student at Valley Farm Public School who found what is believed to be a Dayquil tablet inside a sealed box of Smarties. Since then, other parents have come forward and police say four more cases have now been confirmed -- all involving some sort of cold and flu medication in Halloween-sized boxes of Smarties. (Toronto Sun)
Surgery beneficial in heartburn Nov 8, 2008
For some people, it is a serious problem which could potentially mean a lifetime of tablet taking ... Those at the more severe end of the spectrum end up taking tablets for the rest of their lives - potentially for 20 to 30 years in younger patients - and few currently receive surgery ... " Professor Roger Jones, head of general practice at King's College London and chair of the Primary Care Gastroenterology Society said surgery was often regarded as "too extreme" for something which is not a... (BBC News)
ETHEX Corporation Initiated Nationwide Voluntary Recalls of Specific Lots of Five Generic Products Due to the Potential for Oversized Tablets Nov 8, 2008
Propafenone HCl Tablets - 150 mg, 225 mg, and 300 mg Isosorbide Mononitrate Extended Release Tablets - 30 mg and 60 mg Morphine Sulfate Extended Release Tablets - 15 mg Morphine Sulfate Immediate Release Tablets - 15 mg and 30 mg Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets - 10 mg ST. LOUIS, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- ETHEX Corporation announced today that it has voluntarily recalled to the consumer level specific lots of five generic /non-branded products that it markets. These lots have been recalled as a... (PR Newswire)
Magnesium and Malic Acid For Fibrom... Nov 7, 2008
During another study conducted in 1995, researchers gave 24 subjects with fibromyalgia a "Supermalic" low tablet with 50 mg magnesium and 200mg malic acid. Scientists measured pain levels through patient self-assessment and the tender point index. (Suite101.com)
Ultra-Low-Dose Topical Estrogen Relieves Vaginal Atrophy Nov 6, 2008
A 25-microgram estradiol tablet was first introduced as a treatment for vaginal atrophy in 1988, the researchers note in the medical journal Obstetrics ology ... "Treatment instructions were to insert one vaginal tablet daily for 14 days, and subsequently one tablet twice per week," the team explains. (MEDLINEplus)
Cancer patients 'not taking drug' Nov 5, 2008
The analysis of more than 2,000 women's prescription records also found one in five regularly forgot to take a tablet. Women who miss one tablet every five days have a 10% greater risk of dying ... Lead researcher Professor Alastair Thompson said: "This study paints a worrying picture. "Tamoxifen is prescribed for five years to offer the best chance of surviving breast cancer, and not taking the tablets means that many women could be disadvantaged. (BBC News -- UK)
Microsoft looking to China to create new products Nov 5, 2008
Microsoft's Beijing team is best known for its role in developing an electronic tablet that recognizes handwriting. It also has worked on speech recognition and advanced graphics used in video games. (International Herald Tribune)
Big pharma cutbacks benefit Greenville plant Nov 5, 2008
The expansion includes laboratories, packaging lines, a tablet press and warehouse space, boosting Metrics' production capacity to 1 billion tablets per year. It allows the company to not only supply small batches of drugs for clinical tests but also large amounts of medicine that are ready to be sold. (News & Observer)
Try something besides Airborne for cold prevention Nov 5, 2008
What s more, each tablet of Airborne contains 5,000 international units of pre-formed vitamin A. The current recommended dietary allowance for vitamin A is only 2,333 IU. At higher daily levels, vitamin A can promote osteoporosis. So if you re looking for ways to prevent colds and flu, consider these helpful recommendations. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
More Salt on Your Food, Lower Blood Pressure True! Nov 4, 2008
5% people with a deficiency (And why Dr. Brownstein favors a tablet form). Where to obtain the brand of iodine supplementation recommended by Dr. Brownstein. (Newsmax)
New Study Shows that PEGASYS(R) Regimen Provides Higher Sustained Virological Response Rates for Hepatitis C Patients Nov 2, 2008
COPEGUS is available as a 200mg tablet, and is administered orally two times a day as a split dose. Roche has backed PEGASYS with the most extensive clinical research program ever undertaken in hepatitis C, with major studies initiated to advance treatment for hepatitis C patients with unmet needs, including patients co-infected with HIV and HCV, African Americans, patients with cirrhosis, and patients who have failed to respond to previous therapy. (PR Newswire)
Cephalon Receives FDA Approval for TREANDA to Treat Patients with Relapsed Indolent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Nov 1, 2008
The company's proprietary products in the United States include: PROVIGIL(R) (modafinil) Tablets [C-IV], FENTORA(R) (fentanyl buccal tablet) [C-II], TRISENOX injection, TREANDA, AMRIX(R) (cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride extended-release capsules), VIVITROL(R) (naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension), GABITRIL(R) (tiagabine hydrochloride), NUVIGIL(TM) (armodafinil) Tablets [C-IV] and ACTIQ(R) (oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate) [C-II. The company also markets numerous products... (PR Newswire)
High-tech clues to facial cues Oct 28, 2008
The prototype is called an iSet, which stands for "interactive social emotional toolkit." It's a tablet with a camera on one side and a screen on the other, like an oversized cellphone ... And none of them like the idea of carrying around a bulky tablet that, they say, would only stigmatize them more. (Boston Globe)
Doctors reported for drug handout Oct 28, 2008
Mr Battye said some patients were manipulating and pressuring doctors into prescribing the drug, which could cost as little as $5 for 20 tablets under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Each tablet then had a street value of up to $50 ... When they have those 20 tablets in their hands they suddenly have 20 times $40 or $50. (The Canberra Times)
Long-Term Study Evaluates Boosted PREZISTA(R) Vs. Lopinavir/Ritonavir as Part of HIV Combination Therapy in Treatment-Naive Adults Oct 27, 2008
- Ninety-six week ARTEMIS data presented at ICAAC - BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Ninety-six week results presented today from a phase 3, randomized, open-label, ongoing clinical trial showed that 79 percent of treatment-naive HIV-1 infected adults taking PREZISTA(R) 800 mg (two 400 mg tablets) with 100 mg ritonavir (r) once daily reached an undetectable viral load ( -- 79 percent of patients in the PREZISTA/r arm reached an undetectable viral load ( -- Incidence of grade 2-4... (PR Newswire)
Analysis of Long-Term Vicriviroc Data Provides Evidence of Sustained Viral Suppression, Increased CD4 Cell Counts and Tolerability in Treatment-Experienced HIV-Infected Patients Oct 27, 2008
Vicriviroc was administered once-daily as a single tablet in combination with an optimized antiretroviral regimen containing a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor. These results represent the longest treatment duration and clinical experience reported to date for a CCR5 receptor antagonist. (PR Newswire)
You pay for junkie drug rort Oct 27, 2008
About 8200 of 17,971 drug injections in the room used the tablet painkiller, dubbed "hillbilly heroin" ... Tablets were almost certainly obtained through doctor shopping, the practice of attending numerous doctors with fake symptoms to access the drug for personal use or dealing ... There is now so much oxycodone in the injecting room that staff hand out filters to users to screen talc and other binding agents as addicts prepare the oral tablet for injection. (NEWS.com.au)
Red Bull to Ritalin Oct 24, 2008
"It's a stimulant, similar to caffeine or Red Bull although I didn't get distracted and feel jumpy like you sometimes do on caffeine. You don't feel wired but I did lose my appetite... I found it dificult to eat afterwards. "It's easy to buy and very cheap," says Linda, who bought the drug online, for, she claims, 40p per tablet. A recent study published in the Pharmacotherapy journal shows that Linda is not alone. At the US university surveyed, 18% of 1,253 first year students had used... (BBC News -- UK)
Dick Stewart Oct 22, 2008
"On a wall outside the courtroom door is a large marble tablet engraved with the Ten Commandments, the ultimate warning to sinners," Mr. Stewart wrote. "In front, under the massive but still leafless oak trees, is another tablet. It is dwarfed by the towering monument to the Confederate dead only a few yards away. This one is etched in stone and carries the names of townsmen killed in the two world wars. Those who made the supreme sacrifice are listed alphabetically under 'Whites' and 'Colored.'... (Boston Globe)
Hard-up pensioners 'risking lives by skimping on drugs' Oct 22, 2008
"It can be fatal in some instances. You know, you're recommended to follow a regime and you're not taking that, well you may as well not even be taking a tablet, it can be that serious," he said. The Pensioners Association's Charmaine Crowe says the report reveals the real impact of the co-payment and the Government must rethink it. (ABC Online)
Prescription opiates: One pill can kill Oct 21, 2008
In fact, Shayla had ingested medication, a single 60-milligram tablet of oxycontin, a powerful prescription painkiller. But pediatric specialists at the Cincinnati Childrens Hospital and Medical Center wouldnt know that until later, after theyd treated the child five times with a strong antidote and performed tests that linked Shaylas life-threatening condition to the common drug her grandfather takes for back pain. (MSNBC -- Health)
Choosing Yeast Infection Medication Oct 21, 2008
In tablet form, you ll find clotrimazole, miconazole, terconazole or nystatin ... There are basically three types of yeast infection medicine: ovules or tablets that are inserted into the vagina, creams that are applied to the labia and surrounding area and oral medication ... If itching is not an issue, but you have other symptoms of a yeast infection, like a thick, white discharge, ovules or tablets are the way to go. (Suite101.com)
Novartis posts 32% net profit gain Oct 21, 2008
The figures were helped by comparisons with a weak year-ago quarter, when Novartis was hit by generic competition with products the like blood pressure tablet Lotrel and the herpes treatment Famvir, as well as the withdrawal of bowel drug Zelnorm in the United States. The company's pharmaceuticals unit is recovering from a series of setbacks in 2007, which also included its Galvus diabetes drug - once seen as a potential billion-dollar seller - which it now does not plan to resubmit for U.S.... (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
U.K. proposes massive database to monitor cell and Net communications Oct 21, 2008
" According to the account by , there wasn't much of an answer from the content companies. But the worst indictment of the bill that I've read was penned by , a long-standing authority on copyright law, and current senior copyright counsel for Google. This guy literally wrote the book on copyright, appropriately called He also was the policy planning advisor to the Register of Copyrights. As he wrote in on the then-pending "Pro-IP" bill: It seeks to expand radically the amount of statutory... (Salon)
Aspirin use in people with diabetes Oct 20, 2008
The researchers tested two active ingredients, a daily dose of 100mg aspirin as a tablet and an antioxidant capsule containing a mixture of approved antioxidants, including vitamin E, ascorbic acid, pyridoxine, zinc and nicotinamide ... After participants were randomly allocated to their groups, 320 received the aspirin tablet plus antioxidant capsule; 318 received the aspirin tablet plus placebo capsule; 320 took a placebo tablet plus antioxidant capsule, and 318 took both a placebo tablet and... (NHS Choices)
A life-saving lesson Oct 19, 2008
She was busy rummaging through her purse in search of glucose tablets, her only hope of staying conscious ... But whatever it was, it wasnt a glucose tablet ... He grabbed the purse, pulled out the glucose tablets, and practically fed them to his mother. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Two Ultraportables and a Tablet: Toshiba's New Portege Trio Oct 18, 2008
Finally, the Portege M750 is Toshiba's 10th-generation Tablet PC, a 12. 1-inch convertible that detects the presence of a digital pen or user's fingertip, automatically switching between the different input methods. (HardwareCentral)
Clinics for Intel workers the 'ultimate house call' Oct 17, 2008
Nurse Chong Begala demonstrates the use of the Mobile Clinical Assistant, a medical data entry tablet which runs on Intel technology, to employees at the Chandler Intel campus. Most read. (AZCentral -- Business)
Can flying cars finally take off? Oct 17, 2008
There's also various chatter that Apple could release a , a tablet, if you will. But Apple's style is to go for the upsell, not a small device that would potentially eat into the fast-moving sales of iPhones, which is exactly the tablet that everyone already has. (Salon)
ETHEX Corporation Voluntarily Recalls Three Lots of Dextroamphetamine Sulfate 5mg Tablets Due to the Potential for Oversized Tablets Oct 16, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- St. Louis, MO October 15, 2008 ETHEX Corporation announced today that it has voluntarily recalled three specific lots (77946, 81141 and 81142) of Dextroamphetamine Sulfate 5 mg tablets, as a precaution, due to the possible presence of oversized tablets. Oversized tablets may contain as much as about twice the labeled amount of the active ingredient ... The 5 mg product is an orange round tablet debossed with "ETHEX" and "311" on one side. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- Alerts)
Sweet pill tackles child malaria Oct 15, 2008
They say the tablet is not as bitter as other anti-malaria drugs and does not need to be crushed before eating. This would make it easier for children to stick to the treatment, the team told the medical journal, The Lancet. (BBC News)
Breast cancer, booze connection established Oct 15, 2008
Most multi-vitamin supplements contain 400 ug of folate per tablet. In summary, drinking alcohol in women who are menopausal, or after age 50, increases the risk of breast cancer. (Athens Banner-Herald)
What's Next From Apple (And its Stock Price)? Oct 15, 2008
What's Next From Apple (And its Stock Price). October 15, 2008 Hot topics. (Datamation)
Teens' abuse of cough medications soaring Oct 15, 2008
In the teenage subculture of DXM abuse, the most common drug of choice is Coricidin HBP Cough tablets, which was implicated in two-thirds of the 1,382 calls to the California Poison Control System reviewed in the study ... For example, each tablet of Coricidin contains, in addition to the cough-suppressing dextromethorphan, 500 milligrams of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol. (Yahoo News -- Substance Use)
Can A Laser Cure Your Allergies? Oct 15, 2008
Administered by shot or tablet under the tongue, immunotherapy "involves giving a person increasingly higher doses of their allergen over time," according to a description from AAFA. "For reasons that we do not completely understand, the person gradually becomes less sensitive to that allergen.". It wasn't long ago immune therapy was itself considered highly controversial. (Click2Houston, TX)
Vitamin D Supplementation Guidelines for Youngsters Doubled Oct 15, 2008
"Four hundred IU a day is the amount that is in a teaspoon of cod liver oil, which we have used for 75 years to prevent and treat rickets in children and, historically speaking, that is the amount that is in any chewable multivitamin tablet and in any liquid preparation for infants," said Dr. Frank Greer, a lead author on the report and chairman of the AAP National Committee on Nutrition. In fact, Greer added, today's supplements already carry a minimum of 400 IU of vitamin D.. (MEDLINEplus)
Why Your Boss Is White, Middle-class And A Show-off Oct 14, 2008
13, 2008) The way male managers power dress, posture and exercise power is due to humans' evolutionary biology, according to research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Prehistoric behaviours, such as male domination, protecting what is perceived as their "turf" and ostracising those who do not agree with the group is more commonplace in everyday work situations than many of us want to accept, according to the research which was carried out in hospitals. (Science Daily)
Tamoxifen Cuts Fracture Risk Oct 14, 2008
Tamoxifen is taken orally as a tablet and interferes with the activity of the female hormone estrogen, which can promote cancer development in the breast. The drug blocks the ability of a tumor to use estrogen, preventing its growth. (MEDLINEplus)
Tech world prepares for cut-price Apple laptops Oct 13, 2008
Highly unlikely to be an ultra-portable MacBook or even a tablet. In fact, despite some analystical suggestions, I doubt it will be as low as $800. (Times Online)
Viagra bought online 'often fake' Oct 13, 2008
Half of men buying the impotence drug Viagra online are getting counterfeit tablets, study findings suggest. Dr Nic Wilson from the University of London tested Internet-sold samples using a new technique that accurately spots the ingredients of tablets ... She told the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Manchester how many authentic-looking tablets were fakes. (Yahoo News -- Men's Health)
New MacBooks on Oct 13, 2008
I'd say a a cheap MacBook is far more likely than a Mac Tablet, as the ultraportable market is hot right now while many consider the Tablet to be dead in the water. Considering the world's current economic woes, a cheaper MacBook could be just what the financial doctor ordered. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Acura Pharmaceuticals and King Pharmaceuticals Announce Positive Top Line Results of Key Clinical Study Assessing Abuse Liability Oct 13, 2008
Oct. 13, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NasdaqCM: - ) and King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: - ) today announced top-line results from Study AP-ADF-111 (Study 111) entitled ``A Phase II, Single-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Assessment of the Abuse Liability of Acurox(tm) (oxycodone HCl and niacin) Tablets in Subjects with a History of Opioid Abuse. Study 111 results demonstrate that Acurox(tm) Tablets are disliked compared to oxycodone HCl tablets alone when excess... (Primezone Releases)
Hospital Gives Boy Medicine Contaminated With Skin Oct 10, 2008
The Tuen Mun Hospital said they gave the toddler liquid medicine to control his convulsions because he could not swallow a tablet form. Soon after the toddler ingested the medicine, the mother, identified only as Mrs. Ho, noticed her son was vomiting. (Fox News)
Tranzyme mulls $64M question Oct 10, 2008
TZP-102 is a tablet to be administered on an outpatient basis. It is intended to treat gastroparesis, a condition in which damaged stomach nerves delay digestion. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Midwives found to aid babies' survival Oct 10, 2008
"If this was a tablet, it would be mandatory that all women have it, but instead we have to deal with all this shroud waving by obstetricians. Now we know the evidence for their claims just isn't there," she said. The Australian College of Midwives has long argued that better use of midwives would reduce the national caesarean rate, now at 31 per cent, cutting the number of people taking up operating theatres and beds in wards. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Innovative HIV-AIDS Treatment ISENTRESS(TM) now available to Canadian First Nations Oct 7, 2008
Raltegravir is administered as a single 400 mg tablet taken twice daily with or without food with other HIV medications. (2). (Canada Newswire)
The perfect laptop, take two Oct 7, 2008
Wish lists included TV, GPS, a music synthesizer, shortwave radio, a tablet form factor, a keyboard that doubles as a touchscreen, even a fold-out screen or add-on panels to extend the display ... Readers loved the idea of the smartphone integrated into our notebooks' touchpad/tablet ... Hold the phone Having a user-removable smartphone module would mean that the notebook would spend some of its time with a giant hole where the touchpad/tablet once sat. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Sepracor scaling back its sleep-aid advertising Oct 6, 2008
On the website , Lunesta is selling for more than $5 per tablet. But the company is starting to put more muscle behind newer drugs. (Boston Globe)
Service trumps price in pharmacy survey Oct 3, 2008
A patient holds an Imigran Recovery tablet. A survey by the consumer watchdog Which. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
State sets limit on 60-day medical marijuana supply Oct 3, 2008
DUH wrote on Oct 2, 2008 8:06 PM:" I think most people's problem with it's medicinal value is its unconventional way it is taken. It's not a pill or tablet. It's not a liquid. It isn't given by injection. Aspirin, Tylenol, Motrin, and a host of other drugs are available over the counter and yet they can kill if not taken correctly. I have yet to hear of anyone overdosing on marijuana. No I am not a pothead. I have never even tried it in my life but I won't second guess doctors that know whats... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Rizatriptan Effective for Menstrual Migraine Oct 3, 2008
The women treated a single migraine attack of moderate to severe pain intensity with either a tablet of rizatriptan or a matching "placebo.". According to the team, the percentage of patients reporting pain relief within 2 hours was significantly greater with rizatriptan than with placebo for both pure menstrual migraine (73 percent vs 50 percent) and menstrually-related migraine (71 percent vs 52 percent). (MEDLINEplus)
Prescription Opioids in Home Put Children at Risk Oct 3, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Thousands of very young children is exposed to powerful painkillers, such as OxyContin (oxycodone) and Vicodin (acetaminophen and hydrocodone), they find in their homes every year, new research shows. (MEDLINEplus)
Sullia: Students Fall Ill after Consuming High Doses of Folic Acid Sep 25, 2008
The government has been supplying folic acid tablets to the children facing vitamin deficiency. These tablets have to be given by the teachers to such children at the rate of one tablet once in two days ... It is said that the school teacher here distributed 30 tablets to all such students, with instructions to consume them after dinner. (Daijiworld.com)
Alexza inhaler is making strides Sep 25, 2008
Alexza is also advancing technology through five other products in development in five central nervous system or psychiatry indications, competing against injectables and tablet makers such as , and Bristol-Myers Squibb ... Dr. Prakash Bhatia, medical director with Synergy Clinical Research Center in San Diego, said inhalation medications actually get to the brain faster than intravenous therapy medications or tablets. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Takeda Submits a New Drug Application in the U.S. for Alogliptin (SYR-322) / ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl) for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Sep 24, 2008
OSAKA, Japan, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Takeda Global Research opment Center, Inc. (U.S.), submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing approval of alogliptin (SYR-322) and ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl) ("alogliptin/ACTOS") in a single tablet for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Alogliptin was discovered by Takeda's wholly owned subsidiary, Takeda... (PR Newswire)
Indian Spice In Turmeric Reduces Size Of Hemorrhagic Stroke Sep 24, 2008
The researchers believe it may also help prevent strokes; they intend to pursue this line of study with the idea of also making it available in a concentrated tablet form for those at-risk. Mr. McCracken has worked on this project since May as part of the School of Medicine Dean's Summer Research Fellowship, which enables rising sophomore students to design and participate in cutting-edge basic and/or clinical research. (Science Daily)
Urodynamix Submits 510(k) Filing to FDA for Second Generation Bladder Monitor Sep 17, 2008
UroNIRS 2000 is based on a wireless tablet PC with Urodynamix's proprietary sensor configuration and is compact, portable and specifically designed for ease of use in the physician's office setting. The non-invasive procedure is used to confirm the presence of bladder outlet obstruction in men by identifying patients that have healthy bladder function yet suffer from weak urinary stream, hesitancy, urinary retention and related symptoms. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Old meds? Many get conflicting disposal advice Sep 16, 2008
Actiq (fentanyl citrate) Daytrana transdermal patch (methylphenidate) Duragesic transdermal system (fentanyl) OxyContin tablets (oxycodone) Avinza capsules (morphine sulfate) Baraclude tablets (entecavir) Reyataz capsules (atazanavir sulfate) Tequin tablets (gatifloxacin) Zerit for oral solution (stavudine) Meperidine HCl tablets Percocet (Oxycodone and Acetaminophen) Xyrem (Sodium Oxybate) Fentora (fentanyl buccal tablet). Note: Patients should always refer... (MSNBC -- Health)
Video: Keppra XR(TM) Approved in the U.S. Sep 15, 2008
- As adjunctive therapy Keppra XR(TM) offers significant partial onset seizure reduction, proven tolerability, and once-daily dosing - Keppra XR(TM) is built on a trusted heritage ATLANTA, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- press release, regulated information: UCB announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Keppra XR(TM) (levetiracetam extended-release tablets) for use as an add-on to other antiepileptic treatments for people with partial-onset seizures who are 16 years... (PR Newswire)
8 natural ways to ease pain Sep 15, 2008
How to try it: Marigot recommends 2,400 mg a day (two capsules) of Aquamin in tablet form, sold domestically in products such as Aquamin Sea Minerals and Cal-Sea-Um. A 60-pill jar of Swanson Vegetarian Aquamin Sea Minerals costs about $6 at. (MSNBC -- Health)
