Pills, Pills, Pillsby
Dr. Matthew M.
on an interesting study from MIT published in this week's JAMA that showed a placebo pill was more effective when patients thought it cost more money. Briefly, 82 healthy volunteers were given a placebo pill...
Pills, Pills, Pillsby
Dr. Matthew M.
on an interesting study from MIT published in this week'sJAMAthat showed a placebo pill was more effective when patients thought it cost more money. Briefly, 82 healthy volunteers were given a placebo pill...
Generic Ambien: Is It Really Harmful?by
Lucy J.
Ambien is one of the varieties of sleeping pills available in the market. As Ambien... are given below. Generic Ambien is a sedative and can lead to addiction. A person using these drugs...
Health Insurance Companies Encourage Generic Drugsby
JLevy
-depressants, and blood pressure pills for example. In any event, if the generic drug recommended is not an exact match... off purchasing generic prescription drugs as opposed to their more expensive brand counterparts.
In many cases...
Congress Seeks Compromise on Generic Drugsby
stuart
by putting atoms together from basic chemicals and are often in pill form.
Biotech drugs, also known... of dollars a year by using low-cost generic versions of conventional drugs, which are approved...
Generics Just As Good As Brand Nameby
Dr. Matthew M.
to physicians).
This study confirms that there is really no difference between genericpills and branded... for all possible studies) and meta-analysis (analyzes data from multiple studies) that compared generic to brand...
identify this pill?
identify this pill? white, oblong, "M357" embossed; 'looks' like Vicodin...?
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what is this pill
identify this pill- large white oblong scored. "600" on one side. an hourglass-shaped symbol followed by "4443" on the other
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Question about what is considered a 30 day supply of generic drugs
In the generic drug program is a 30 day supply considered a quantity of 30 for each particular dosage on the list? Example Amitriptylin in 10mg-Would the 30 day supply be limited to a quantity of 30 pills only?
So if my prescribed amount is 20mg per day, I would not benefit from this program...crap
Canada: AIDS Drugs Fiasco a Tale of Red Tape
On Wednesday, GlaxoSmithKline Inc. (GSK) agreed to allow a Toronto-based generic drug maker... to be used in the formulation.
The new pill, called Apo-triAvir, will be manufactured by Apotex Inc. The company aims... disputes among companies, prevented the export of a single pill.
"What we've learned from this three...crap
Combo pills
Will drugs from different classes be combined into single pills in the future?Just curious...Thank you. Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D. Combo pills There's nothing of this sort in development in the US. There are some multi-class pills available (by generic manufacturers) elsewhere in the world. BYcrap
Generic Drug Maker Ranbaxy to Resubmit Three AIDS Drugs Dropped From WHO Treatment List
Indian generic drug manufacturer Ranbaxy plans to resubmit to the World Health Organization by the end of the year three generic antiretroviral drugs that the organization removed... and nevirapine in two strengths and a lamivudine, zidovudine combination pill -- after inspecting the contract...crap
Indian Generic Drug Firm Ranbaxy Removes All Its Antiretroviral Drugs From WHO-Approved List
The Indian generic drug company Ranbaxy voluntarily has removed all seven of its antiretroviral... antiretroviral medications -- after discovering "discrepancies" in tests conducted to show whether its generic.../9). WHO in August removed three generic Ranbaxy antiretroviral medications -- including a fixed-dose combination...crap