FDA Approves House Dust Mite Allergies Treatment Odactra
On March 1, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Odactra, a drug developed to treat house dust mite (HDM) allergies. The medication is manufactured…
Medications
Compound Pharmacies Market Expand
Unlike retail pharmacies like Walmart, Walgreens, or Rite Aid, that sell products from pharmaceutical manufacturers, compounding pharmacies produce drugs in case if medication available on…
Save Money on Prescription Drugs Effectively
Drugs can be quite expensive now, and not everyone has insurance coverage that covers their prescribed medications or makes the price lower with a co-pay….
Opioid Overdose Drug Price is Six Times Higher
Evzio, an injectable drug for opioid overdose reversal, is now six times more expensive than it used to be. The price jump caused an outrage…
Alzheimer’s Disease Could Be Lowered with Cholesterol Drugs
More than five million U.S. residents suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and while much is known about the disease, scientists have had no success in development…
Cancer Drug Ineffective Substitute
The ABC News Medical Unit and Dr. Richard Besser recorded a series of reports about shortages of medications used to treat cancer. They noticed that…
Same Drug And Huge Difference In Prices
Summer Shaw was shocked when her prescription was filled. Shaw’s doctor prescribed her 60-day supply of her medication. Unfortunately, she could obtain only 30-day supply…
Better Drugs Anti-HIV Combinations
John Hopkins experts have calculated how well different medications and their combinations works for HIV virus suppression with the help of mathematical formula. The formula…
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…
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…