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In what is the largest grant in Georgia State University history, the School of Public Health and its partners will receive $ 19 million over five years from the U.S. Food… Continue reading

FDA Panel Backs Gilead Hepatitis C Drug Sofosbuvir

FDA panel backs Gilead hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal advisory panel recommended on Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approve Gilead Sciences Inc's experimental hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir, paving the way for a treatment that is more effective than current … Read more on… Continue reading

FDA OKs High-Dose Narcotic Painkiller Zohydro, Raising Abuse Concerns

FDA OKs high-dose narcotic painkiller Zohydro, raising abuse concerns
Against the recommendation of its own advisers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new high-dose narcotic painkiller without an abuse-limiting formula and tested using a method critics describe as stacking the deck in favor of the drug. drug… Continue reading

Research Suggests Topiramate Could Treat Cocaine Addiction

Research Suggests Topiramate Could Treat Cocaine Addiction
A medication currently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat epilepsy and migraines could also be the first drug capable of effectively treating cocaine addiction, according to new research published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. Read more on RedOrbit… Continue reading

Years After News Tribune Series, Bed Deaths Continue

Years after News Tribune series, bed deaths continue
The newspaper's investigation revealed that federal regulators, nursing homes and bed manufacturers had known for decades of the hazards posed by siderails, yet beyond a warning by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to nursing homes in 1995, little … Read more… Continue reading

FDA Approves More Powerful, Pure Hydrocodone Drug

FDA approves more powerful, pure hydrocodone drug
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a stronger, single-ingredient version hydrocodone, the widely-abused prescription painkiller. The agency said Friday it approved the extended-release pill … drug abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

New Hampshire’s addiction to prescription drugs higher than national average… Continue reading