Exclusive: Questionable Data Propped Up Cancer Drug Provenge
Exclusive: Questionable data propped up cancer drug Provenge
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration also stood by its April 2010 decision to approve the treatment. But the disclosure could mark another setback for Dendreon, whose market value has tumbled over 70 percent in the past eight months after …
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The Basics of Western Medicine Drugs: Part II
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It is used in drug addiction clinics to help addicts withdraw from narcotics. … All of them are addictive when taken for prolonged periods of time and all lead to tolerance, requiring more of the drug for the same effect. …. For treatment of asthma …
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Mistakes, and meningitis
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The injectable steroid implicated in the meningitis cases, for example, was shipped to nearly two dozen states and used to treat up to 14,000 patients with back or neck pain. This has been possible in part because of provisions of the 1997 Food and …
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Wash. could become first state to OK pot sales
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The federal government could also prosecute growers or retailers licensed under the law, seize Washington's new marijuana revenues as proceeds of illicit drug deals, or withhold money from the state. Nevertheless, I-502's sponsors, including former …
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Mangano Advances Initiatives To Address Prescription Drug Abuse – Following a nearly year-long study on the impact of prescription drug abuse in Nassau, County Executive Edward P. Mangano today accepted the Nassau County Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force’s recommendations for action against this deadly problem. County Executive Mangano formed the Task Force last year, shortly after the tragic events at a Medford Pharmacy where 4 people were killed during a robbery of prescription pain-killers, specifically Oxycodone. Drug Abuse press Conference Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the abuse of prescription narcotics is on the rise and killed more people in 2010 than cocaine and heroin combined. The number of deaths due to prescription painkillers has officially surpassed the number of deaths caused by traffic accidents. In Nassau, 119 people died last year from prescription drug overdose. “The statistics are startling,” said County Executive Mangano. “We have a health crisis on our hands. Prescription drug abuse in Nassau County and throughout Long Island has reached epidemic levels. Too many of our young residents have died, and we’re doing all that we can to stop it. I commend our Task Force members for all their efforts to save lives here in Nassau.” Last August, County Executive Mangano charged the committee with developing a number of local initiatives and potential state legislation to be advocated with New York State lawmakers. Local initiatives recommended by the Prescription Drug Abuse …