Alcohol Dependence Could Be Treated With Parkinson’s Disease Medication
Researchers suggest that there is a new possible effective way to treat an alcohol dependence. According to a small study, inhibition of the enzyme, which…
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Merck Pays $950 Million In Settlement For Vioxx Promotion
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on November 22, 2011, that Merck, Sharp & Dohme pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay almost one billion…
About Suboxone Efficacy For Treatment Of Painkiller Addiction
The new large-scale study was conducted to check the effectiveness of using Suboxone in the treatment of addiction to painkiller medications. The main focus was…
Is Adderall Helping To Study?
For the last year the number of students illegally using attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drugs to improve their academic performance increased significantly, studies showed. There…
Doctors Ration Critical Drugs Because Of Shortages
Erin Fox of the University of Utah, who tracks medications shortages across the U.S., said that the number of shortages was 213, for 2011. According…
Google Pays $500 Million Because Of Illegal Canadian Phamracies Ads
Google Inc. agreed to pay $500 million to settle Department of Justice (DOJ) case over running illegal Canadian online pharmacies advertisement. The case was started…
Nutritional Information On Foods Is Censored By TheFDA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is playing a role of competition police for all the largest pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. This makes a…
Health Care Reform And Pharmaceutical Industry
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that was designed to provide health care to…
“Dispense As Written”
Sometimes patients could notice the next line in their prescription: “dispense as written”. It means pharmacist should fill the prescription with a brand-name drug (which…
Generic Drugs: Are They The Best Choice?
Since 2008, rough economy situation pushed consumers to buy more generic medications than brand-name alternatives because of their lower price. And often consumers hear, that…