Medications - Page 158

October 24, 2015

HIV drugs show promise in treating common eye disease

A class of drugs used for three decades by people infected with the virus that causes AIDS may be effective in treating a leading cause of blindness among the elderly.

October 24, 2015

Hog farmers more likely to carry drug-resistant bacteria, study says

Hog farmers are six times more likely than the general population to carry an infectious bacteria that can cause skin and respiratory problems and resists treatment from multiple drugs, according to a new U.S. research study.

October 24, 2015

FDA warns Zithromax can cause fatal irregular heart rhythm

The Food and Drug Administration warned on Tuesday that the antibiotic azithromycin, sold as Zithromax, can cause a potentially fatal irregular heart rhythm in some patients

October 24, 2015

More kids poisoned by adult prescription drugs

An increasing number of children and teens have been poisoned and hospitalized after ingesting adult prescription medications, a study in the journal Pediatrics revealed.

October 24, 2015

FDA advisory panel backs experimental lung drug

An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended that the agency approve an experimental treatment for smoking-related lung damage made by Britain's GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Theravance Inc.

October 24, 2015

Man posts photo of self in coma as drugs warning

Several people fell seriously ill at the Kendal Calling music festival in the UK late last month, and one of them has posted a sobering photo of himself in a medically induced coma on Facebook to send a message.

October 24, 2015

FDA approves Pfizer's high profile breast cancer drug

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Pfizer Inc's Ibrance, a potential new standard of care for advanced breast cancer, in a regulatory decision that came more than two months earlier than expected.

October 24, 2015

Bristol-Myers' Opdivo found effective in kidney cancer

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co said a late-stage trial of its drug, Opdivo, was stopped early after the immunotherapy was found to be effective in patients with the most common form of kidney cancer.

October 24, 2015

FDA okays new drug for low blood pressure

Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd's drug Northera, which treats a rare form of low blood pressure associated with neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, has won U.S. approval, the Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday.

October 24, 2015

China develops new cancer drug from start to finish

Xian-Ping Lu left his job as director of research at drug maker Galderma R&D in Princeton, N.J., to co-found a biotech company to develop new medicines in his native China.