Medications

A synthetic opioid 1,000 times more potent than morphine is infiltrating the street drug trade in Adelaide, Australia, sparking fears of a wave of overdoses that could be lethal.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

Imagine this: You’re at your doctor’s office with a sore throat. The nurse asks, “Any allergies?” And without hesitation you reply, “Penicillin.” It’s something you’ve said for years—maybe since childhood, maybe because a parent told […]

Women are less likely than men to receive drugs for multiple sclerosis (MS) between the ages of 18 to 40, during women’s childbearing years, even when those drugs have been shown to be safe for […]

In a small trial, Mass General Brigham researchers have found that a drug designed to treat celiac disease supported a more rapid return to normal activities for patients following COVID.This article was originally published on […]

Patients with bronchial asthma suffer from attacks of shortness of breath caused by constricted airways. “Anti-inflammatory medications are usually given to treat this, although it isn’t quite clear how inflammation and constriction correlate,” says Professor […]

“Prescribing cascades” occur when one medication is used to treat or prevent a side effect of another medication. An unintentional cascade can arise when a patient’s symptoms are mistaken for a new illness. In that […]

YourChoice Therapeutics, working with Quotient Sciences and Incyte, reports that single oral doses of the investigational non‑hormonal male contraceptive YCT‑529 up to 180 mg produced no clinically relevant safety issues in 16 healthy men.This article […]

A potential target for experimental drugs that block PRMT5—a naturally occurring enzyme some tumors rely more on for survival—has been identified by researchers with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Cancer Research Center in Washington, D.C.This […]

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting are among the most distressing side effects of anti-cancer treatment, particularly for those receiving highly emetogenic regimens such as anthracycline plus cyclophosphamide combinations. This major side effect compromises a patient’s quality […]

COVID-19 is rising in prevalence in many states nationally following the July 4 holiday week, but the role of the main therapy to treat it—the antiviral drug Paxlovid—is less clear.This article was originally published on […]