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An alert from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) highlights new potential side effects of quinolone antibiotics, such as mental disorders and severely low levels of blood glucose.
A newly released medication in the US to treat migraine is erenumab, one of the new biologically engineered monoclonal antibodies. It is given by injection once a month and can may stop the headaches but typically cuts their frequency by 50%.
According to a newly published study, people with advanced lung cancer who were treated with Keytruda plus chemotherapy had a 20% higher survival rate at one year after diagnosis than people who only received chemotherapy.
An American study shows that women taking “short-acting calcium channel blockers” for hypertension have a 66% higher incidence of pancreatic cancer. Women who take these medications for more than three years have a 107% higher incidence.
Recent research studies show how acetaminophen can soften not only physical pain but also emotional pain. In some cases, the effect may not be advantageous.
Research shows that 84% of parents occasionally give the wrong medication dose to their child—see hints how to give the correct dose each time.
Recent research has shown that people who take aspirin in addition to their standard therapy have 15-20% increased survival in certain types of cancers.
Many prescription and over-the-counter medications have “anticholinergic” side effects of dry mouth, sleepiness, and constipation, but several recent studies show that if used for a long period and/or at higher doses, that they increase the long-term risk of dementia.