Generic anti-inflammatory causes significantly fewer GI complications than branded medications
...st released in the United States in 1991 as a pain reliever and arthritis treatment but has since gone off patent and is generically available. In the study, Dr. Cryer and his colleagues at UT Southwestern and the Dallas VA evaluated more than 16,000 patients who, over a three-year period from 1999-2001, used...California chemist wins national award for drug discoveries
...e also takes for his own asthma, and the arthritis reliever Vioxx. "My philosophy as a manager is to not think of myself as a manager at all but as a chemist," he said. "I walk through labs, talk to people, offer specific suggestions about their work and sometimes even do some benchwork." Reider received his ...American Thoracic Society news tips for June (second issue)
...putum production, as well as exhibited less use of reliever medication. However, ICS patientsdid not demonstrate improvement in breathlessness, wheezing, exercise tolerance, or in a general feeling of well being. There was no significant change in lung function in either group. The investigators believe th...New research adds to evidence that acetaminophen may prevent colon cancer in lab animals
...nesis at New York Medical College suggest the pain reliever acetaminophen may prevent early biological changes that can lead to colon cancer in laboratory rats. In what is considered to be a building body of evidence, we observed that even low levels of acetaminophen showed a powerful protective effect in col......maximum recommended analgesic dose or used no pain reliever at all. Incontrast, some 9 percent of the group overall used more medication than isrecommended, a finding that confirms earlier reports. The researchers suggest that the cost of the drugs or lack of contact withphysicians may be important factors i...