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Pfizer Inc. said Friday a late-stage trial of a once-a-day formulation of its drug pregabalin did not significantly reduce the frequency of some types of seizures in patients with epilepsy.Pfizer's biggest product, sold under the brand name Lyrica, is used to treat epilepsy when given several times a day in combination with other drugs. The drug, with $4 billion in annual sales, is more widely used to treat nerve pain.Pfizer said the lack of a statistically significant improvement may have been due to a higher-than-expected response among patients taking the placebo.The study was the first of three trials testing the drug as a once-a-day therapy. The company is also testing it in patients with fibromyalgia and some types of nerve pain, for which it is also approved in its immediate-release formulation....
Gabapentin, a drug used to treat seizures, improves the quality of sleep in menopausal women bothered by hot flashes, University of Rochester Medical Center research...
Talk therapy done over the phone helped some people suffering chronic fibromyalgia-related pain to feel better in a study that looked at phone therapy as a potential...
Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that they have filed a health care fraud charge against a doctor accused of faking research for a dozen years in published stu...
The Food and Drug Administration has warned Pfizer Inc for failing to quickly report serious and unexpected potential side effects from its drugs already on the mark...
Using a law originally enacted to combat the Mafia, attorneys are filing lawsuits accusing BP PLC and Transocean Ltd. of committing a longterm series of crimes by co...
Judy Hopkins recently drove down to Virginia to vacation in Colonial Williamsburg. Not only was it her first time there, it was her first non-medical trip in four ye...
This is a partial transcript from "Your World with Neil Cavuto," October 20, 2005, that was edited for clarity.NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Pharmaceutical giant Roche ( search...
Pfizer Inc. ( PFE ), the world's largest drugmaker, said Friday the loss of patent protection for top sellers such as cholesterol-lowering agent Lipitor will cause s...
Shares of large drug makers fell on Thursday after a top U.S. cardiologist questioned the safety of new arthritis drugs and the performance of U.S. regulators in mon...
I can believe that 79-year-old Pfizer pitchman Bob Dole uses the impotence treatment Viagra. I have a harder time believing that 37-year-old baseball star Rafael Pal...
Stocks barely moved Monday, with Wall Street greeting Verizon's ( VZ ) $6.7 billion takeover of MCI with indifference, while American International ( AIG ) fell afte...
Judy Hopkins recently drove down to Virginia to vacation in Colonial Williamsburg. Not only was it her first time there, it was her first non-medical trip in four ye...
Some seizure drugs may not raise the risk of suicide for patients with epilepsy as feared, but they more than double the risk for people with depression, researchers...
The FDA has approved a new use of the seizure drug, Lyrica.Lyrica can be used to treat partial onset seizures in adults with epilepsy, says a news release from Pfize...
While all epilepsy drugs carry a warning about an increased risk of suicidal behavior, it may only be certain newer medications that are connected to the hazard, a s...
Some seizure drugs may not raise the risk of suicide for patients with epilepsy as feared, but they more than double the risk for people with depression, researchers...
Widely used anticonvulsant drugs, including Pfizer's Neurontin and Novartis' Trileptal, may increase the risk of suicide, attempted suicide and violent death in pati...
Widely used anticonvulsant drugs, including Pfizer's Neurontin and Novartis' Trileptal, may increase the risk of suicide , attempted suicide and violent death in pat...
Antipsychotics are far more effective than mood stabilizers in tackling acute manic episodes, researchers found, and Eli Lilly's Zyprexa, Johnson & Johnson's Risperd...
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