Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...riods for mild worsening of asthma, and prednisone tablets for more severe episodes. In this way, the study not only compared the two anti-inflammatory drugs against each other and a placebo, but also tested intermittent versus continual medication, since those in the placebo group ended up taking the anti-i...No evidence that calcium and vitamin D prevent fractures
...k of fracture and were given calcium and vitamin D tablets to take daily. The control group received only a leaflet on diet and prevention of falls. All women were monitored for an average of two years. Over the monitoring period, fracture rates were lower than expected but did not significantly differ betwe...Changing medication packages could help patients follow prescriptions, study suggests
...ion came in a blister package rather than as loose tablets in a bottle. In this case, the blister package clearly started the day on which to take each pill. Moreover, diastolic blood pressure was reduced in nearly half of the patients who received the drug in a blister package, compared to fewer than 20 per...Asthma drug fluticasone works as well as other drugs at half the dose
...In people with severe asthma who need oral steroid tablets to control their asthma, it can reduce the dose of oral steroids they need and improve their asthma at the same time," Adams explains. Patients taking fluticasone were less likely than those taking a placebo to abandon the treatment because their ast...FDA approved ROZEREM (ramelteon)
...Application (NDA) for ROZEREM TM (ramelteon) 8-mg tablets for the treatment of insomnia characterized by difficulty with sleep onset. The FDA approval allows physicians to prescribe ROZEREM for long-term use in adults. ROZEREM is the first and only prescription sleep medication that has shown no evidence o......nto 500 mg tablets, it would amount to 100 billion tablets every year." Dr. Messerli also remarked, "[W]ere aspirin discovered today, it would probably not pass muster at the Food and Drug Administration for any indication without a black box warning." Aspirin May Be Safer than Thought for Heart Failure Pat...New strategy could prevent leading cause of maternal death in Africa
...ely after delivery, 330 women received misoprostol tablets and 331 received placebo (dummy pills). Significantly fewer women in the misoprostol group experienced severe blood loss. In rural Guinea-Bissau, 75% of women give birth at home, and worldwide only about 50% of women give birth in health facilities. ...Side-effects cause some breast cancer patients to skip hormone treatment
...flushes the choices reversed with those opting for tablets slumping to around 27% and those preferring inject... finding that a quarter would prefer injections to tablets if both had the same efficacy and side effects. The reasons for their choice were that injections wo...Studies find no evidence that estrogens in soy increase uterine cancer risk
...rs from Italy reported that six women who took soy tablets for up to five years had an increased occurrence of endometrial hyperplasia, a condition in which the lining of the uterus grows too much and may progress to cancer. The study involved 375 women half took the soy pills and half took an inactive plac...Higher dose formulation of FOSRENOL approved to reduce serum phosphorus in esrd patients
... new formulation, offering water-sparing, chewable tablets that are smaller than the original formulation. A...achieve phosphorus control with as little as three tablets per day." According to recent data presented at the American Society of Nephrology annual meetin...Increasing role of acetaminophen in acute liver failure in the United States
... overdose is still low compared to the millions of tablets consumed on a daily basis, the findings of this study were startling and led the authors to propose changes in the way acetaminophen is sold. "Efforts to limit over-the-counter package size and to restrict the prescription of narcotic-acetaminophen c...Fast-tracked sexual health screening offered with morning-after pill
... is very easily treated with just one dose of four tablets in the majority of cases. With 18,000 women going ...a really is so simple to treat, in most cases four tablets there and then and, as long as your partner is treated too, that is the end of it. So I would encour...Toward the future of cancer prevention
...Celebrex here, a dose of aspirin there, or swallow tablets of curcumin with a dash of vitamin E as a way to "self medicate" against cancer. They all stress most chemoprevention studies now test people who are at higher risk of developing cancer, such as former smokers, as a way to predict whether they wi...Efficacy of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate may depend on level of osteoarthritis pain
..., was low, overall averaging fewer than two 500 mg tablets per day. Participants could not take other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines or narcotic (opioid-based) pain relievers during the study. "More than 20 million Americans have osteoarthritis, making it a frequent cause of physical disability a...UC Berkeley team helps win approval for life-saving drug for African women
Berkeley When a shipment of round, white tablets of the generic drug misoprostol lands in Nigeria this week, that country will become the first ever to allow distribution of this effective, inexpensive and stable drug to prevent and treat post-partum hemorrhage, the devastating bleeding experienced...Directly observed therapy does not help fight tuberculosis
...blets. The hope is that this would ensure that the tablets are taken regularly. One of the problems evaluating these approaches to treating TB has been that various other forms of support are often added at the same time. Some programmes include social support, others include housing, and still others give o...Calcium supplements may be little help for healthy kids
...ealthy children, the review concludes. But calcium tablets and fortified foods could be valuable for populati...um boost was delivered in different ways including tablets and by extracting minerals from milk and then adding it to food. "We found there wasn't much effect ...FOSRENOL significantly reduces tablet burden for end-stage renal patients with hyperphosphatemia
...ay may vary. To achieve certain doses, additional tablets may be required.) Higher Initial Doses of FOSRENOL More Rapidly Control Mean Serum PhosphorusAdditional data being presented at the NKF meeting (an analysis of two previously reported clinical studies) demonstrate that higher initial doses of FOSRE...Calcium supplements may prevent fractures in elderly women who take them regularly
...y assigned to take 600-milligram calcium carbonate tablets twice per day and the other half took identical placebo tablets. X-rays, bone ultrasounds and bone scans were performed at the beginning of the study and after five years, and adverse events that required a visit to a health care provider were recor...International study launched testing new drug combination to cut cardiovascular disease
...located to receive the new combination HDL-raising tablets (MK-0524A) or matching placebo (dummy) daily for at least four years. Participants will have checks at three and six months, and six monthly thereafter during the study. The primary objective of the study is to see whether fewer participants given th...