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  • Heart Drugs May Disrupt Blood Thinners - Recently a study was conducted, which was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, that found heart medications, such as calcium channel blockers, may cause a disruption in the blood thinning drugs such as Plavix as well as other blood thinners. What is a Blood Thinner?
  • A focus on super supplement - sodium chloride - We all ingest salt every day, whether we realize it or not. Various organizations, including the USDA, AHA, and Cooking Light magazine, recommend less than 2,300 milligrams sodium daily (the amount in one teaspoon of table salt) for healthy people. Most Americans consume closer to 4,000 milligrams a day. Salt is in nearly every single processed food on the market today. Bread, catsup, candy, even soft drinks. And then we put more on when we eat those already salted foods. However, the more we use, the more our palates desire. Let's take a more detailed look at this not so great super supplement.
  • Ketek Allegedly Linked to Liver Failure Among Patients - The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered pharmaceuticals manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis to put more strident side effects warning on the packaging of Ketek (telithromycin), an antibiotic that has been linked to incidents of liver toxicity, liver failure, and death.
  • Hernia Patch Defect Sparks Potential Recall - A potential defect among the Bard Composix Kugel Mesh Patches has sparked a recall of the product. Because of the recall, the medical community is advising all patients who have undergone a surgical procedure within the last two to three years to be aware of the serious complications that exist for the defective product. The patches, which are used in the repair of ventral (incisional) hernias, were first recalled by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2005.
  • Carcinogenic Traces Among Vinyl Chloride - Vinyl chloride has beem deemed a carcinogen by not only the National Toxicology Program, but by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well. It has been registered among several carcinogen indices and experts believe there may be no safe level of exposure the chemical.
  • Trasylol Aprotinin Side Effects Severe - Available for individuals undergoing serious and complicated surgeries, Trasylol aprotinin from Bayer, is used to reduce blood loss. The major benefit of the drug during such delicate surgeries is the slowing down of fibrinolysis the process that leads to the breakdown of blood clots.
  • Is it Worth Taking or Just Another Nuisance - Pain is a normal part of a person's life, whether this is an emotional or physical type of pain. As for physical pain, migraine or headache is one of the most common kinds of discomfort that everyone gets to encounter many times in life. In general, migraine is a recurrent headache that can disable an individual's everyday activity and productivity. This type of headache can also cause intense sensitivity to light and sounds, nausea, and vomiting. Among the known factors of migraine are caffeine, alcohol, medicines, lack of sleep, and environment. Migraine treatments available Migraine is okay if the pain is tolerable.
  • Medicine And Treatment For High Blood Pressure - High Blood Pressure (HBP), or hypertension can be considered as one of the most common battles that people need to deal with as they age. HBP occurs when the arteries become constricted and causes difficulties for the heart to pump blood. As the blood pressure becomes higher, the risks of strokes, heart attacks, kidney failures, and death also increase. In the US alone, an average of 1 in 3 adults have HBP.
  • New Medicine For A New Age - When it comes to the advances in the medical field there is definitely plenty to talk about. Whether you are searching for a miracle cure for weight loss or you're looking for some kind of antidepressant medication to make you feel better there seems to be many options out there for just about everyone. Granted, there are literally hundreds of medicine prescription and non-prescription drugs on the market today, and while many of them aren't worth their weight in salt, there are actually a lot of prescription drugs on and off the market today that provide a patient with the results that he or she desires.

  • Pharmacology The Study Of Drugs And Their Reactions - Not to be confused with the profession of pharmacist is the science of pharmacology. The basic precepts of pharmacology is to study various compounds to discover how these substances react with a living organism and what changes are made in its function because of them. It is through the study of pharmacology that the drugs we develop as medicine are discovered and refined. There are several aspects to pharmacology that all interact within the whole. The properties and composition of various drugs is an elementary function of this science. It includes the study of how these drugs interact with natural physiological functions as well as how they interrelate to other drugs.
  • The Benefits Of Generic Drugs - Sometimes vast amounts of time and money expended on research and development of a new drug, exclusive manufacturing patents are given to drug companies for new products. This allows the developing company a chance to be the only source for a new medical treatment for a number of years. This time will vary. A patent in the United States is usually given for a twenty year period, but since this time begins counting down from the beginning of research, the effective market window can be years less. Once the originating company has had a chance to make back their investment, the patent expires so that other drug companies may also manufacture the drug under a generic label.
  • Dog and Cat Food Discovered to Be Tainted -- Potential Risk of Kidney Failure - Recently, a nation-wide pet food recall affecting nearly 40 brands of food was recalled after reports of the Menu Food dog and cat food had been tainted and was causing kidney failure among animals. The pet food recall was prompted when complaints and trials alerted the manufacturer to the possibility of dogs and cats being sickened by the contaminated pet food.
  • Pharmacopoeia The Complete Medical Guide - With the ever increasing number of medicinal compounds, chemicals and drugs it is necessary to have a centralized source of information by which any researcher or doctor can investigate the treatments he may wish to make for a patient. Unlike a manual that only lists the types of pills or tablets available, the Pharmacopoeia attempts to be the comprehensive collection of all things used to treat disease and illness. In modern times this pharmacopoeia will be regulated and published by a government-regulating agency.
  • Natural Alternative Medicines For Healing - Naturopathic medicine is a natural alternative form of medicine that is also known as naturopathy. It is used as a form of alternative medicine, or in tandem with more traditional and modern forms of medicine. Naturopathic medicine emphasizes and works with the body's ability to heal itself, which practitioners of natural medicines believe is an innate power in all living things. Naturopathic practice may include different modalities such as acupuncture, acupressure, cleansing the colon regularly, hypnosis, herbal teas, and a variety of other natural remedies.
  • Before Regulation There Was Patent Medication - Long before medicines were controlled and regulated by a federal agency, the vast majority of people relied on patent medicines to try and sooth their ills. While many compounds and elixirs were used prior to the 1600's, it was then that royalty began issuing "patents" to the makers of potions they liked as a form of advertising.
  • How Pharmacies Have Evolved Over Time - Pharmacy is derived from the Greek word for drug and is the link between the health and chemistry sciences. Its job is to ensure the safe and effective use of prescribed medications. The scope of pharmacy practice also includes the more traditional roles of creating and dispensing the aforementioned medications but it also includes the more modern services related to hospital and out-patient care including clinical services, checking medications for quality, safety, efficacy and providing pertinent drug information. The experts on these various drug therapies, as well as being the primary health professionals who set up medication use, provide patients the best usage information and are called Pharmacists. The term pharmacy is also applied to an establishment used for the purpose of dispensing these drugs.
  • What is an Automated Defibrillator? - There are many different types of defibrillators. An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that diagnoses and treats cardiac arrest by re-establishing an effective heart rhythm.
  • Human Tissue Largely Unregulated - After years of operating as a human tissue bank, Biomedical Tissue Services, Ltd., was ordered to cease and desist all operations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006. The company's operations were forced to a halt after the FDA released findings of a years-long investigation, which uncovered unethical practices as well as retrieval of human flesh.
  • How To Choose A Pharmacist - Choosing a qualified pharmacist is every bit as important as deciding which doctor or other health care worker you are going to have look after your health and well being. While many people worry about the competence of their doctor, the qualifications of the person dispensing their prescription drugs is often overlooked. Historically, herbalists, chemists and apothecaries filled the role of pharmacist. As the volume of medical lore grew pharmacy became a specialized medical tradition of its own. In some ancient cultures like medieval Japan, the pharmacist was accorded a status even higher than the doctors, acupuncturists and other health related professionals.
  • Protect Your Pharmacy Week - April 14 - April 18 has been declared Protect Your Pharmacy Week. Unfortunately crimes designed to obtain controlled drugs from pharmacies are on the rise. And adding to that pressure most community pharmacies are also part of a general or drug store, so they have the usual shoplifters and cash thieves that these generate. The aim of the week is to raise awareness with staff and customers about these crimes, and to encourage pharmacists to take steps to prevent them. The National Community Pharmacists Association has joined forces with the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association and Purdue Pharma. Their aim is to improve the security and safety of pharmacies.
  • What is Vinyl Chloride? - Vinyl Chloride is a chemical compound that can be quite serious for individuals who are affected by it; and while it's use is not as wide-spread or apparent as many other contaminants it can be just as dangerous. In fact the American Chemical Society (ACS) has assigned a Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number to it for identity reasons and Vinyl Chloride is known as 75-01-4. To learn more about research and effects surrounding Vinyl Chloride, it is advisable to contact the ACS, which keeps documentation on the chemical. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is another body regulating vinyl chloride. The EPA has calculated an inhalation unit risk estimate of 8.8 10-6 (g/m3)-1 for vinyl chloride lifetime exposure.
  • Adequacy of FDA generic medication approval method - The FDA applies a rigid rule of what they call bioequivalence trying to make sure that generic medications are identical medicine with equal effects as the original one.
  • Details of Trasylol Recall Continue to Surface in News Reports - A nearly 14-year history of the drug Trasylol-Aprotinin, which is a blood controlling agent used during surgical procedures, was reported on a 60 Minutes in-depth news report. In the report, makers of the drug Bayer, allegedly continued aggressively marketing the injectable drug although Trasylol's side effects had been reportedly fatal to many. As far back as the early 1980's, the concerns over the potentially fatal side effects of Trasylol have been discussed. Dr.
  • Herbal Hair Loss Treatment - Hair loss is a medical condition that is not restricted to men only. This disorder can affect women as well. Sufferers can opt for different baldness hair loss treatment on the market today. Hair loss treatments include topical lotion or cream, laser, oral pills and transplant. Most of these hair loss treatments have a certain degree of success rate. It is of utmost importance that one seeks treatment as soon as possible. Minoxidil is a topical FDA approved hair loss treatment for women sold as Rogaine. This hair loss treatment is a pre-mixed solution in liquid form.
  • Surgerical Procedures Including Knee and Hip at a High - General advancements in surgery and prostheses, combined with a lack of medicines for osteoarthritis, have caused doctors to perform more hip and knee replacements recently. Although the procedures are still mostly performed on people over 65, there is a growing population of individuals who range from 38 to 56 who are getting hip and knee implants or prostheses. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, individuals aged mid-thirties to late fifties had 35,000 hip replacements or 21 percent of the total procedures in 2003, the last year for which figures are available.
  • Ephedra Banned By FDA - Ephedra is a naturally occurring substance derived from the Asian supplement Ma Huang and is also known as Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Epitonin. Its principal active ingredient is Ephedrine, a drug that is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and found in over-the-counter asthma medications.
  • Preparing For FDA Inspection - 5 Ways To Prepare - Nobody looks forward to a call from the FDA announcing an upcoming inspection. Still, food and drug manufacturers understand that FDA inspections are a necessary burden that they must bear in order to retain FDA approval for selling their products into the U.S. market. What to Expect: The FDA is required to contact you in advance of an inspection, informing you as to the purpose, estimated duration, and number of FDA personnel expected to take part. On the day of inspection, the FDA investigator will attempt to locate the top management official at your site. They are required to show their credentials to that official, and they must present an FDA Notice of Inspection. At that point, the inspection authority will conduct a thorough inspection of your facility, accompanied by one or more of your employees.
  • Big Pharma Plays God, Stealing And Altering Pant Compounds Making Synthetic Drugs - It has been claimed by the Nutritional Health Alliance (NHA) that the pharmaceutical companies are formulating their pharma drugs using natural plant-derived substances. This is not totally groundbreaking news, of course, since the whole pharmaceutical industry was based on natural products such as aspirin, derived from willow bark, and antibiotics derived from the penicillin mold.
  • Medical Device Recalls Hurt Everybody - What happens when a medical device is produced with a defect? Of course the health of the consumer is placed in jeopardy. But what about the manufacturer and the physician? Everyone along the supply chain gets hurt. How can you reduce your risk? One of the easiest ways to avoid defects in medical device recalls is through proper validation of the design and manufacturing processes for such devices. One example is the recall of Welch Allyn AED 10 Automatic External Defibrillators, affecting emergency services personnel and consumers. It stems from a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-issued Class I recall for the defibrillators manufactured between March 29 and August 9, 2007 (part numbers 970302E, 970308E, 970310E, and 970311E).
  • Work From Home: Splenda Laboratory Rats Needed - The internet is full of work at home employment opportunities and the FDA can't wait for you to submit your application. One slight problem, there is no compensation involved. Hope you didn't wander over here looking for some extra disposable cash. Next problem, you didn't really need to come here to enlist, you are already on the payroll.
  • Broken Heart: What Happens to Victims of Heart Device Recalls? - Who will be able to forget 2007 -- the Year of the Recall? You name it and – it – has been recalled: pet food, peanut butter, toys, spinach, more pet food, airbags, cars and trucks, more toys, chicken pot pies, bicycles, ground beef, pharmaceutical drugs…the list is endless.
  • FDA Approved Diet Pill - The Alli Diet Pill is the only over the counter FDA approved slimming supplement on the market. Alli slimming pills work only in the digestive tract which is the area of the body that absorbs the nutrients from the foods one eats. By isolating this area, there are no side effects to heart rate, brain activity, sleep patterns, nerves or your body clock.
  • Avoiding Trans Fat May Save Your Life - As consumers we had no idea how much trans fatty acids (trans-fat) were in the food we eat. Until now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), after much red tape, is requiring that trans-fats be on all packaged food labels.
  • Ephedra Plus Caffeine Ultimate Weight Loss Combination - Chinese ephedra (ma huang) comes from the dry herbaceous stems of a primitive family of plants known as ephedracae. Three species of ephedra are grown in China and recognized in the pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic Republic of China and the Chinese material Medica. This herb is one of the oldest and most widely used Chinese herbs. M Huang has been used for thousands of years in traditional Chinese medicine as a primary component of multi herb formulas that are prescribed to treat bronchial asthma, cold and flu, coughing, and wheezing, fever, chills, lack of perspiration, headache, and nasal congestion. It has, therefore, been no secret to the Chinese that there are a diversity of significant benefits to be derived from the other approximately 99% of ephedra plant that does not contain ephedrine alkaloids.
  • Do Propecia And Finasteride Work For Hair Regrowth? - On December 22, 1997, the FDA finally approved Propecia for treating hair loss in male candidates. This approval made Propecia the first FDA approved treatment for male hair loss that comes in pill form. The basics of Propecia are as follows: The active ingredient that is causing the hair regrowth in Propecia is finasteride. Finasteride was first approved and used in 1992 as Proscar. Proscar is a treatment used for prostate enlargement.
  • Gadolinium Side Effects - Gadolinium side effects have recently been linked to patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Gadolinium for MRI is used to improve the visibility of internal organs and tissue so the radiologist can more easily detect abnormalities. A population-based study led by Dr. Aneet Deo revealed that patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) were at an increased risk for gadolinium side effects. Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) was found in ESRD patients after gadolinium exposure.

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