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Pfizer Stop-Smoking Pill Raises Heart Risk Says FDA
Pfizer Inc’s (PFE.N) stop-smoking drug Chantix can lead to a small increase in cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks for patients who already have cardiovascular disease, U.S. drug regulators said on Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration is changing the label for Chantix after reviewing the results of a clinical trial. An independent randomized trial of 700 smokers with cardiovascular disease who were treated with Chantix or a placebo showed that Chantix was effective in helping paients quit smoking for as long as one year.
Drug Labels Contain 70 Negative Side Effects on Average
Have you ever counted the number of side-effects you might hear in a prescription drug commercial? Although the number may seem like, and definitely IS a lot, there’s a good chance that what you’re hearing is only a partial list of damaging effects. New research shows that the average drug label contains an astonishing 70 possible negative side-effects! What’s more, the researchers found that the drugs prescribed on a very regular basis averaged around 100 side-effects each, with some reaching sky high for 525 negative reactions.
Hearing Loss Reported with Viagra Use
It may help you reach the heights of passion, but Viagra could stop you enjoying the pillow talk afterwards. The little blue pills taken by hundreds of thousands of British men may cause deafness, doctors have warned. Viagra and similar impotence drugs have been linked to hundreds of cases of sudden hearing loss around the world, including some in the UK. Users in the U.S. are now being warned that the drugs could damage hearing, and the British specialists behind the findings want the same alert to be given here.
Oxytocin Connected to Postpartum Depression
According to a new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers, led by Gunther Meinlschmidt, PhD, may have found a connection between the brain chemical oxytocin and postpartum depression. Postpartum depression affects close to one in five women and can create bonding issues with a newborn child. It can also cause suicidal thoughts, and is a leading cause of maternal death in the UK. It affects up to 19 percent of mothers and can adversely affect the mental development of a child.
Medical Marijuana Becoming Blockbuster ‘Anti-Cancer’ Drug
Medical marijuana is now a $1.7-billion market in the U.S. This means that sales of medical marijuana rival the annual revenue generated by Viagra, a $1.9-billion business. What’s more, the medical marijuana market is expected to nearly double in the next five years, and that’s just in the 15 U.S. states where the drug is legal. If another 20 states pass medical marijuana laws, which projections show is possible, the market could grow to $8.9 billion by 2016.
Special Report: Big Pharma’s Global Guinea Pigs
The Polish port city of Gdansk is famous for its shipyards. Hungary’s fifth largest city, Pecs, is known for its ancient architecture and brewery. Neither is particularly renowned for medicine. Yet when AstraZeneca Plc tested its big new drug hope Brilinta on heart attack patients in a major clinical study, it was hospitals in these places that enrolled some of the highest number of patients anywhere in the world.
Drug Deficiencies Officially a Worldwide Issue (Satire)
There is no longer any dispute as to whether drugs are a necessity for the body or not. A new study conducted by the Institute for Decoding the Intermolecular Organization of Transitional Structures (I.D.I.O.T.S.) , a sister company of M.O.R.O.N.S., officially declares that there is a worldwide pandemic
