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35 votes
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‘The tsunami just keeps coming’: Europe’s growing cocaine market
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The Ozempic effect is coming for everything from kidney to heart disease treatments
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Something is golden in the state of Denmark – can Novo Nordisk's success really be a problem for the Danish economy?
8 votes -
New pill helps COVID smell and taste loss fade quickly
19 votes -
Ozempic is bad for [the fast food] business
17 votes -
Woman denied medication for being of childbearing age
59 votes -
A closer look at Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, the most densely populated place that ever existed
40 votes -
Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs
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New vaccine technology could protect from future viruses and variants
The vaccine antigen technology, developed by the University of Cambridge and spin-out DIOSynVax in early 2020, provided protection against all known variants of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes...
The vaccine antigen technology, developed by the University of Cambridge and spin-out DIOSynVax in early 2020, provided protection against all known variants of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – as well as other major coronaviruses, including those that caused the first SARS epidemic in 2002.
The studies in mice, rabbits and guinea pigs [...] found that the vaccine candidate provided a strong immune response against a range of coronaviruses by targeting the parts of the virus that are required for replication.
Professor Jonathan Heeney from Cambridge’s Department of Veterinary Medicine, who led the research, [said] “We wanted to come up with a vaccine that wouldn’t only protect against SARS-CoV-2, but all its relatives.”
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Anti-COVID drug may have led to virus mutations: study
10 votes -
Nebraska woman gets two years in prison for helping teen daughter have an abortion
17 votes -
US mother sentenced to two years in prison by Nebraska for giving daughter abortion pills
55 votes -
Life-changing cystic fibrosis treatment wins US$3-million Breakthrough Prize
15 votes -
There's hope for the US opioid crisis — but politics stands in the way
8 votes -
Turmeric could treat indigestion just as well as NHS drugs, study finds
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The hidden system of legal kickbacks shaping the US prescription drug market
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Phenylephrine, a common decongestant in medicines is no better than a placebo when taken orally, says a US FDA advisory panel
by Wes Davis A key cold medicine ingredient is basically worthless The FDA’s 16-member advisory panel unanimously voted yesterday that oral phenylephrine, a common active ingredient in cold...
by Wes Davis
A key cold medicine ingredient is basically worthless
The FDA’s 16-member advisory panel unanimously voted yesterday that oral phenylephrine, a common active ingredient in cold medications, is no better than a placebo for treating congestion.
Link to the article
The call by the panel sets up potential FDA action that could force the removal of certain over-the-counter medications containing the ingredient — including certain formulations of Mucinex, Sudafed, Tylenol, and NyQuil — from store shelves.
But FDA may hold off for many months, pending contested findings by drug makers and other considerations.Data
Newer data from studies the panel says are more consistent with modern clinical trial standards showed phenylephrine simply “was not significantly different from placebo” in the recommended dosage, including trials from 2007 that the FDA had reviewed when considering the drug after a citizen petition prompted it to do so.
Bioavailability
The panel cited the drug’s low bioavailability, a term referring to qualities that allow the drug to be absorbed by the human body, as the main reason the drug should be removed from the market.
Jennifer Schwartzott said the drug “should have been removed from the market a long time ago,” while Dr. Stephen Clement said that although the drug itself isn’t dangerous, its usage by patients should be considered unsafe because it potentially delays actual treatment of disease symptoms.
Alternative
The panel cited pseudoephedrine as an effective alternative though while it’s technically available without a prescription, you must talk to a pharmacist to get it because, in large quantities, it can be used to make methamphetamines.
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Poland's crusade against abortion investigates miscarriages, tests blood for evidence of abortion pills, created a national pregnancy registry
66 votes -
Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care
33 votes -
Ozempic cuts alcohol cravings. Liquor companies aren’t ready.
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Novo Nordisk, the maker of weight-loss drug Wegovy has become Europe's most valuable firm, dethroning the French luxury conglomerate LVMH
20 votes -
Many people think cannabis smoke is harmless − a physician explains how that belief can put people at risk
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Copenhagen's mayor has urged foreigners not to buy weed in the city's Christiania neighborhood where a thirty-year-old man was shot and killed
11 votes -
The battle against the fungal apocalypse is just beginning
61 votes -
King County to surpass record fentanyl death toll — with four months left in 2023
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Tylenol: Six more years of failure
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In the Gulf, a growing scramble for Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs
8 votes -
Novo Nordisk, the Danish company behind two popular obesity medications, is reaping huge profits and is now responsible for most of the country's economic growth
6 votes -
'Like Snoop Dogg's living room': Smell of pot wafts over notorious US Open court
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Residents of the Danish neighbourhood of Christiania have asked authorities for help shutting down its Pusher Street after a slew of recent gang-related murders
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Sweden seeks to stem deadly rise in youth crime – illegal guns are relatively accessible, with younger and younger children being drawn into serious crime
14 votes -
Wegovy may be valuable new option for heart failure patients
6 votes -
How the richest country in the world has allowed its poor to remain poor
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America's obsession with weight-loss drugs is affecting the economy of Denmark – Novo Nordisk's market capitalization has matched the GDP of its home country
17 votes -
US 5th Circuit Court of Appeal rejects challenge to Mifeprestone abortion pill’s approval, but upholds some restrictions
20 votes -
Some patients who took weight-loss drugs face disturbing side effects
33 votes -
US Food and Drug Administration approves first postpartum depression pill in the US
19 votes -
What is your experience with switching medication and brain zaps?
I've just started switching my medication and it's been pretty bad for me. Brain zaps are very frequent and I'm crying a lot. I'm struggling. I've been trying to find out what other people's...
I've just started switching my medication and it's been pretty bad for me. Brain zaps are very frequent and I'm crying a lot. I'm struggling.
I've been trying to find out what other people's experience has been like when they switch meds. What is normal and what isn't. People who relate to brain zaps and how they deal with it. Are brain zaps even considered a real thing?
What has your experience been like?
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The psychedelic drug that conquered Europe
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How a drug maker profited by slow-walking a promising HIV therapy
21 votes -
How Portugal decriminalized drugs
8 votes -
How does the new over-the-counter birth control pill, Opill, work to prevent pregnancy?
16 votes -
Policeman and reformed criminal who shot him meet face-to-face | Crime Stories
9 votes -
A new bill would force internet companies in the USA to spy on their users for the Drug Enforcement Administration
45 votes -
First over-the-counter birth control pill gets US FDA approval
58 votes -
Which recreational and/or illegal drugs have you tried? Why and how did it happen?
This topic allows no mention of means to obtain drugs or endorses the use of it. It only asks for people who have experiences they are willing to share. I'm referring to recreational and/or...
This topic allows no mention of means to obtain drugs or endorses the use of it. It only asks for people who have experiences they are willing to share.
I'm referring to recreational and/or illegal substances.
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Johnson & Johnson has granted Stop TB Partnership license to produce generic bedaquiline in low and middle-income countries
33 votes -
An open letter to Johnson & Johnson regarding its strategy to extend its patent on bedaquiline leading to a predicted six million lives lost over four years
79 votes -
Most patients using weight-loss drugs like Wegovy stop within a year, data show
10 votes