The drug, ATryn has already been approved in Europe. Up until now the drug has been created from blood from human donors. The drug is used to prevent blood clots and would be used during surgery given via an IV, and would not replace normal prescribed blood thinners taken as a normal treatment...
Can’t get your LDL down, even with statins, one more drug to the rescue if needed, and can be taken with or without statin use and it should also raise the HDL, but there’s nothing related to prevent heart disease. BD The FDA approved the new drug application of a new formulation of fenofibric...
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You wonder when all of this might end. In China they are recycling Melamine into bricks , just gives you an idea of how solid and durable the product is and the fact that it is not something we want in our bodies. Watch out for teddy bears bearing melamine tainted chocolate. The link...
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In a time whereby we are looking at cures for cancer and other related drugs, items such as this I guess still need consideration too for the safe use of a drug for those long lustrous eye lashes. I guess the old standby product called “mascara” that does the same thing with applying to one’s eyelashes...
All I can say here is that this goes back to a earlier post: The 2 New Hot Words in Healthcare: Algorithms and Whistleblowers In this case we have a bit of both, algorithms created by the scientists, but a requested change by the clinical side of the table? Sounds a bit like the algorithms run...
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I will once more mention a potential change of paradigms here with educating the public. Each patient who took the drug is unique. Do we have any information on other drugs they were taking at the same time? Groups will continue to advise against the use until the full facts are known...
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Interesting article with some good background information about drugs that are close to or are related to the "street drugs" as we know them. There are definitely a number of researchers who want to delve into this further, but with bad raps and being illegal in their "street drug"...
When you stop and think about it, this makes sense to be the “informed patient”. The less time a physician has to take and explain things to you, that you have already read about on the Internet, the more constructive time you will have . This really goes for any meeting done today, but...
Good insight and commentary here from the "inside" track...are members of Congress helping or stalling the progression of the FDA... will the Biotechs be able to develop and withstand some of the stringencies and additional methodologies to bring new products to market to save lives? Nice to...