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
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
Thieves Target Rock Hill Center That Helps the Needy
Thieves target Rock Hill center that helps the needy
Down-and-out residents can receive help paying their bills, and the center partners with other local agencies to provide access to drug treatment programs and help with housing. The burglary is “a sign of the times,” she said. “This is the population… Continue reading
Flesh-Eating Russian Drug Makes It's Way to US
Flesh-eating Russian drug makes it's way to US
"On the street it's the cheapest opiate you can get," said Dr. Melissa Weimer, the medical director for 1500 patients at CODA drug treatment centers in Portland. "It's to early to tell if it's here or not because sometimes patients use drugs… Continue reading
AM Edition – Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
AM Edition – Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
BRIEFLY: 89-year-old man described as an experienced drug mule pleads guilty in Detroit; Italian divers recover the bodies of more migrants from the wreck of a smugglers' ship, raising the death toll to 274; EU lawmakers approve regulations to… Continue reading