- What Are The Character Traits and Fundamental Causes of Drug Taking Habits?
Drug taking habits are not natural. You can only develop a drug addiction if you involve yourself in drugs. Always remember that you are doing yourself more harm than good. Taking drugs will always cause you to lie and steal from others. One way of correcting your drug addiction is to find a reputable drug rehab center that provides full treatment for drug addicts....
- Drug Combo Wipes Out Tumor Cells
Giving a combination of the targeted drugs Herceptin and Tykerb before breast cancer surgery wipes out tumor cells in about twice as many women as either drug alone....
- Drug Combo Wipes Out Tumor Cells
Giving a combination of the targeted drugs Herceptin and Tykerb before breast cancer surgery wipes out tumor cells in about twice as many women as either drug alone....
- Erbitux Helps Treat Advanced Lung Cancer
Adding the targeted drug Erbitux to standard chemotherapy drugs significantly cuts the risk of death for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients -- regardless of what chemotherapy combination is used, a study shows....
- New Combo Drug May Cut Blood Pressure
By itself, Novartis's new blood pressure drug doesn't do a lot. But combined with the older drug Diovan, it boosts hypertension control better than either drug alone....
- Biologic Drug Lowers LDL Cholesterol
An experimental biologic drug called REGN727 may help lower levels of LDL ("bad") cholesterol when a statin drug isn't enough, researchers report....
- Subcutaneous Injection
Subcutaneous injection is one method of administering drugs in the human body. Up to 2 ml solution of a drug can be directly injected beneath the skin. This way, a drug can take effect within 20 minutes. This method is done using a small amount of fluid drug to a patient who cannot take the meds orally, or if the drug is sensitive and can easily be destroyed by intestinal secretions....
- New Drug Cures Hard-to-Treat Hepatitis C
Many hepatitis C patients who had failed standard treatment were cured when the drug telaprevir was given....
- Cancer Drug May Also Treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Researchers in Norway say they’ve been able to treat symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome by giving patients a biologic drug that affects the immune system....
- Teens Lie About Drug Abuse
Teens substantially underreport their use of cocaine and other illicit drugs -- even when they know a drug test looms, according to findings of a new study....
- Bone Drug May Help Treat Multiple Myeloma
Adding the intravenous bone drug Zometa to chemotherapy improves survival in patients with the blood cancer multiple myeloma, new research from the U.K. shows....
- Newer Drugs Beat Gleevec for Leukemia
Two newer drugs, Sprycel and Tasigna, beat out the groundbreaking cancer drug Gleevec in treating people with newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), researchers report....
- First Drug to Target Cause of Cystic Fibrosis Approved
The FDA has approved Vertex's Kalydeco, the first drug to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis for 4% of patients. Vertex hopes the combination of Kalydeco with another new drug will help 90% of cystic fibrosis patients....
- The Uses of Drug Tests
Undergoing drug tests is mandatory in some situations, but people generally agree that the experience can be intimidating and may feel humiliated, especially if you are made to take the test even if you have never touched drugs before in your whole life. Take some workplaces as an example. A lot of companies do have a zero-tolerance approach to drug use, and they require their employees...
- 3-Drug Combo May Treat Hepatitis C
Two highly anticipated hepatitis C drugs are poised to usher in a new era in the treatment of the viral disease as early as this summer, experts say....
- Why GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) Drugs Caught the Attention of the FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has since issued a Black Box Warning. This means that the drug manufacturer must include a warning label on all drugs that contain metoclopramide....
- Drug Combo Extends Life With Advanced Breast Cancer
For the first time, a drug treatment has been shown to extend the lives of women with metastatic breast cancer after Herceptin alone failed....
- Plavix Drug Combo OK for Heart Disease
The benefits of using a common class of heartburn drugs in combination with antiplatelet therapy in people with heart disease outweighs the risk for most people with a history of gastrointestinal (GI) problems, according to new guidelines....
- FDA OKs Drug to Treat Opioid Addiction
The FDA has approved a drug already used to treat alcohol dependence to help treat patients with addiction to heroin, morphine, and other opioids, including prescription painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin....
- Largest Companies That Drug Test Their Employees in US
Drug testing has become common in many companies throughout the United States. From local retailers to corporations with a global reach, many of these companies are spending a fortune to ensure their work force is drug free. Below are a few examples of the largest of these companies and what they are doing to reduce drug use....
- FDA Approves New Drug to Treat C. diff
The FDA has approved the use of an antibacterial drug called Dificid to treat adult patients with an infectious type of diarrhea that has become a significant problem in hospitals and long-term care facilities....
- FDA Approves Prostate Cancer Drug Zytiga
The FDA has approved the Johnson & Johnson pill Zytiga for use in combination with the steroid prednisone to treat a certain type of late-stage prostate cancer in men who have already been treated with chemotherapy....
- FDA Approves Prostate Cancer Drug Zytiga
The FDA has approved the Johnson & Johnson pill Zytiga for use in combination with the steroid prednisone to treat a certain type of late-stage prostate cancer in men who have already been treated with chemotherapy....
- Pros and Cons of Urine and Hair Drug Testing Methods to Detect Illicit Drug Use and Date Rape Drugs
There are a variety of drug testing methods being used to detect use of illicit drugs. The list includes saliva or oral fluids testing as well as spray or sweat patch testing. But the more popular methods are hair testing and urine testing....
- Information on the Treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder
Wellbutrin, sometimes known as Bupropion, is an antidepressant drug used to treat major depressive disorder and seasonal affective disorder. While the drug was initially developed to serve the purpose of an antidepressant, later research and subsequent use indicated that the drug was effective in helping people to quit smoking and even limited the withdrawal effects of smoking. Weillbutrin...
- Experimental Drug Shrinks Breast Tumors
An experimental drug can slash the number of chemotherapy-resistant cancer stem cells in women with advanced breast cancer, curbing tumor growth, researchers report....
- Birth Defects and IBD
The incredibly popular treatment for severe acne drug, Accutane, was finally taken off the market in July of 2009. The drug was pulled after juries awarded almost 33 million in damages to users who blamed the drug for chronic irritable bowel disease. The drug has been shown through a variety of tests to have a direct link to a number of chronic and very severe gastrointestinal diseases....
- IV Drug Fights Flu as Well as Tamiflu
One IV treatment of the investigational flu drug peramivir works as well as five days of Tamiflu pills, suggests a large study that pitted one drug against the other....
