Tag: Prescription Drugs
Drug Price-Fixing Charge Laid Against ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
Former drug industry executive charged with restricting competition to maintain a monopoly on the drug Daraprim
Potential Links ID’d for Marijuana Use, Cardiovascular Risks
Key classes of cardiovascular medications are affected by marijuana, including statins, β-blockers
Potent, Unregulated Steroid Creams Readily Available in U.S.
Potentially harmful, illegal topical steroids are being sold over the counter in foreign import stores
Teprotumumab Bests Placebo for Active Thyroid Eye Disease
Outcomes better with teprotumumab versus placebo for proptosis, inflammation, diplopia, quality of life
Elagolix Cuts Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Women With Fibroids
Significantly fewer women receiving elagolix plus add-back hormone tx versus placebo had heavy bleeding
Major Insurers Offer $55 Million to Lower Generic Drug Costs
Nonprofit Civica Rx reached deal with Blue Cross Blue Shield and 18 of its member organizations
Dasatinib Tops Imatinib for Ph+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Four-year cumulative risk of any relapse lower for dasatinib in the context of intensive chemotherapy
CDC: Benzodiazepines Prescribed at 27 Office Visits Per 100 Adults
Overlapping opioid Rx involved in about one-third of visits at which benzodiazepines were prescribed
High-Dose Erythropoietin No Benefit for Extreme Preemies
No reduction found in risk for severe neurodevelopmental impairment or death at 2 years of age
FDA: Weight Control Drug Lorcaserin May Raise Cancer Risk
Health care providers should balance the benefits of taking lorcaserin against the potential risks
