Drugs
Oral MS Drug Gilenya May Carry Serious Side Effects
0Article taken from: http://www.healthcentral.com
Author:CRegal
As many likely already are aware, Gilenya was approved by the FDA for use in the United States back in September 2010. It is the first–and only–oral disease-modifying drug for multiple sclerosis. Once thought to be something that would only exist in a futuristic world with flying cars and jet packs, an oral MS drug is a reality.
Unfortunately, it may also carry serious side effects.
Although Gilenya was approved by the FDA, the drug carries a warning that it could slow a More >
Children Increasingly Poisoned By Prescription Medication
0A new study from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center highlights a rise in the number of young children, over half a million each year, admitted to hospitals or seen in emergency departments because of unintentional toxic doses of prescription medication.
The increase in such exposures is so high that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has established the PROTECT Initiative, with the goal of preventing unintended medication overdoses in children.
Dr. Randall Bond and colleagues involved in the study gathered information for 544,133 children 5 years of age and younger who had visited the emergency department (ED) More >
Drugs and MS: A Sad (But True) Story – Medication Costs Increase 25.4% in 2010
0Tysabri: Deadly brain infection known as PML
0* Says 6 new PML cases as of June 7th
* Total PML cases stand at 55, up from 49 as of May 6th
BOSTON, June 17 (Reuters) – Six more patients taking Biogen Idec Inc’s (BIIB.O) multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri have developed a potentially deadly brain infection known as PML, the company said.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company said in its latest monthly update
Antibiotics Put 142,000 Into Emergency Rooms Each Year
0U.S. Centers for Disease Control Waits 60 Years to Study the Problem
(Info taken from http://orthomolecular.com)
(OMNS, October 13, 2008) The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has just released “the first report ever done on adverse reactions to antibiotics in the United States” on 13 Aug, 2008. (1) This is “the first report ever”? How is that possible? Antibiotics have been widely used since the 1940s. It is astounding that it has taken CDC so long to seriously study the side effects of these drugs. It is now apparent that there have been decades of an More >
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