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Simple treatment leads to sustained virological response in patients with thalassaemia and HCV

Many individuals with the blood disorder thalassaemia also carry the hepatitis C virus (HCV) due to contaminated transfusions before 1990.

29 Jun 2017

Psychological tools help high-risk chronic pain patients to taper opioid use

Psychological support and new coping skills are helping patients at high risk of developing chronic pain and long-term, high-dose opioid use taper their opioids and rebuild their lives with activities that are meaningful and joyful to them.

29 Jun 2017

FDA takes important steps to increase patient access to prescription drugs

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking two new, important steps to increase competition in the market for prescription drugs and facilitate entry of lower-cost alternatives.

28 Jun 2017

New cranberry derivative could help patients dependent on tube feeding

Synesis, a University of Wisconsin-Madison spinoff developing a patented formula for liquid nutrition, is advancing a plant-based additive designed to reduce or eliminate severe side effects of tube feeding.

28 Jun 2017

Apomorphine infusion found to be effective treatment for Parkinson’s patients with motor fluctuations

Apomorphine subcutaneous infusion is an effective treatment for Parkinson patients whose motor fluctuations are poorly controlled by conventional therapies.

28 Jun 2017

Bandage-strip sized microneedle patches can transform flu vaccination method

A National Institutes of Health-funded study led by a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University has shown that an influenza vaccine can produce robust immune responses and be administered safely with an experimental patch of dissolving microneedles.

28 Jun 2017

Study examines how polypharmacy affects walking while talking in older adults

"Polypharmacy" is the term used when someone takes many (usually five or more) different medications. Experts suggest that, for most older adults, taking that many medications may not be medically necessary.

28 Jun 2017

New study aims to tackle antibiotic resistance in sepsis patients

University of Warwick expertise is contributing to a world-first £1.5million study aiming to tackle one of the biggest public health threats we face – antibiotic resistance.

28 Jun 2017

Adults with mental health disorders receive more than half of opioid prescriptions, research shows

Fifty-one percent of all opioid medications distributed in the U.S. each year are prescribed to adults with mood disorders such as depression and anxiety, according to new research from the University of Michigan and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

28 Jun 2017

Study finds no link between statin use and risk of polyneuropathies

It was long debated whether cholesterol-lowering statins can be conducive to the occurrence of neuropathies. A study presented at the Congress of the European Academy of Neurology in Amsterdam now issues an all-clear signal: Patients treated with statins were not at greater risk of developing polyneuropathy than others.

27 Jun 2017

Insomnia drug appears to have opposite effect for patients with neurologic conditions

In a new systematic review in JAMA Neurology, Michigan Medicine researchers found reason to further explore the surprising effects of zolpidem that have been observed outside the scope of its primary Food and Drug Administration approval.

27 Jun 2017

Patients with mental disorders get half of all opioid prescriptions

Adults with a mental illness receive more than 50 percent of the 115 million opioid prescriptions in the United States annually, according to a study released Monday.

27 Jun 2017

Community-dwelling adults with dementia at risk of potentially fatal antipsychotic usage

Off-label use of antipsychotic medications to treat patients with dementia has reduced dramatically in recent years due to education programs warning of increased risk of death.

27 Jun 2017

Scientists find way to improve anti-cancer effect of Smac-mimetic drugs

An international research team has found a way to improve the anti-cancer effect of a new medicine class called 'Smac mimetics'.

27 Jun 2017

Researchers question use of fungicides on imported flowers, bulbs that induce antifungal drug resistance

Researchers in Manchester are questioning the legal use of certain fungicides used on imported flowers and bulbs following evidence that they induce resistance to the drugs used to treat patients with Aspergillus fumigatus, a virulent of fungal disease.

From The University of Manchester 27 Jun 2017

Drug cocktail may be effective in preventing progressive organ dysfunction, deaths from sepsis

Sepsis presents a major challenge for health care providers, especially in low-income countries where the mortality rate can exceed 60 percent.

27 Jun 2017

New monoclonal antibody shows efficacy in chronic migraine patients with medication overuse

A new human antibody may soon become available as a specific medication for preventing frequent migraine attacks.

27 Jun 2017

Cannabinoids found to be suitable treatment for migraine attacks

A study presented at the Congress of the European Academy of Neurology in Amsterdam confirmed that cannabinoids are just as suitable as a prophylaxis for migraine attacks as other pharmaceutical treatments.

24 Jun 2017

Anti-seizure drug could have beneficial effect in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease

In the last decade, mounting evidence has linked seizure-like activity in the brain to some of the cognitive decline seen in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

23 Jun 2017

Existing drugs could help subgroup of patients with osteosarcoma, suggest scientists

A subgroup of patients with osteosarcoma - a form of bone cancer - could be helped by an existing drug, suggest scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators at University College London Cancer Institute and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.

23 Jun 2017

Pharmaceutical News

Simple treatment leads to sustained virological response in patients with thalassaemia and HCV

Psychological tools help high-risk chronic pain patients to taper opioid use

FDA takes important steps to increase patient access to prescription drugs

New cranberry derivative could help patients dependent on tube feeding

Apomorphine infusion found to be effective treatment for Parkinson’s patients with motor fluctuations

Bandage-strip sized microneedle patches can transform flu vaccination method

Study examines how polypharmacy affects walking while talking in older adults

New study aims to tackle antibiotic resistance in sepsis patients

Adults with mental health disorders receive more than half of opioid prescriptions, research shows

Study finds no link between statin use and risk of polyneuropathies

Insomnia drug appears to have opposite effect for patients with neurologic conditions

Patients with mental disorders get half of all opioid prescriptions

Community-dwelling adults with dementia at risk of potentially fatal antipsychotic usage

Scientists find way to improve anti-cancer effect of Smac-mimetic drugs

Researchers question use of fungicides on imported flowers, bulbs that induce antifungal drug resistance

Drug cocktail may be effective in preventing progressive organ dysfunction, deaths from sepsis

New monoclonal antibody shows efficacy in chronic migraine patients with medication overuse

Cannabinoids found to be suitable treatment for migraine attacks

Anti-seizure drug could have beneficial effect in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease

Existing drugs could help subgroup of patients with osteosarcoma, suggest scientists

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

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