You can count on us to provide you with accurate information about your pet's medications, including proper dosing information, and to alert you to
any potential drug side effects or interactions.
You can count on us to provide you with the most current and accurate information about your pet's medications, including proper dosing information, and to alert you to
any potential drug side effects or interactions.
The new offering, «Watson for Patient Safety,» will gobble up anonymized medical records, claims data, and millions of electronic submissions to the FDA about
potential drug side effects (known as individual case safety reports) to see if it can learn about the hidden dangers of medicines before they become too costly.
Not exact matches
Our Government is also committed to ensuring that
drug labels are written in plain language, and that the
potential side effects of medication are accurately indicated.
When inflammation strikes, we are conditioned into reaching for a quick fix in the way of pharmaceutical or prescribed
drugs such as aspirin and ibuprofen, temporary panacea's that come with their own adverse
side effects and with long term use have the
potential to create a host of health problems independently.
If you want to try medicine, pay careful attention to the
drug label to avoid
side effects or
potential overdose.
Mothers should enter into labor and delivery informed about the stages of labor,
drug - free ways to cope with labor pain,
potential side effects of labor medications, and benefits for mother and baby of immediate and exclusive breastfeeding.
The U.S. Food and
Drug Administration originally approved the drug in 1999, but subsequent case reports of abnormal behavior in adolescents who used the medication led the agency in 2006 to require that all packaging of the drug include a warning label about potential neuropsychiatric side effects, such as hallucinations, delirium, self - harm and even suic
Drug Administration originally approved the
drug in 1999, but subsequent case reports of abnormal behavior in adolescents who used the medication led the agency in 2006 to require that all packaging of the drug include a warning label about potential neuropsychiatric side effects, such as hallucinations, delirium, self - harm and even suic
drug in 1999, but subsequent case reports of abnormal behavior in adolescents who used the medication led the agency in 2006 to require that all packaging of the
drug include a warning label about potential neuropsychiatric side effects, such as hallucinations, delirium, self - harm and even suic
drug include a warning label about
potential neuropsychiatric
side effects, such as hallucinations, delirium, self - harm and even suicide.
«Given the cost and
potential side effects associated with pregabalin, it is critical that we understand the efficacy of this
drug,» Markman said.
I promptly chose to go into clinical pharmacy — the most exciting application of pharmaceutical knowledge — helping patients in the hospital maximize the effects of the
drugs they are prescribed while minimizing the
potential side effects.
Most older patients would probably reject the modest
potential benefit conferred by these medicines, in favour of taking fewer
drugs every day and not having to put up with their possible
side - effects, he suggests.
Most notably: he plans to review long - term results to check
potential side effects, such as dyskinesia (repeating, involuntary motions), which is commonly observed in patients on L - dopa, a Parkinson's
drug that is converted to dopamine in the brain.
A
potential adrenalinelike
drug for weight control must target only the fat - cell receptors to avoid dangerous
side effects in the cardiovascular system.
A second
potential drug, Sephin1, which is still in animal testing, keeps oligodendrocytes alive without the
side effects of Guanabenz, Popko says.
Seventy per cent of the websites provided information on the safe usage of prescription medications, including
potential side effects or adverse reactions when combined with other
drugs.
The challenge, of course, is to somehow meld a bewildering array of data sets: all sorts of historic and current medical records about each person and all sorts of scientific reports on a number of
drugs,
drug tests,
potential side effects and outcomes for other patients.
Chronic treatment with rapamycin has been problematic in both humans and mice; the
drug has the
potential to cause deleterious metabolic
side effects including weight gain and glucose insensitivity.
Ketamine was developed as an anesthetic, but is better known publicly for its abuse as the party
drug Special K. Researchers are now seeking alternatives because ketamine can produce
side effects that include hallucinations and the
potential for abuse — limiting its utility as an antidepressant.
«Our research also shows that existing
drugs can be repurposed to treat other diseases and once several
potential drugs are found, we can redesign them to be more effective in combating their targeted diseases while reducing the
side effects.»
Dr Elliott, who is part - funded by Parkinson's UK, said: «If this kind of
drug proves to be successful in clinical trials, it would have the
potential to bring long - lasting relief from PD symptoms and fewer
side effects than existing levadopa therapy.»
«The results of this study point to the
potential for an alternative treatment that avoids the typical
drug side effects, such as bloating and electrolyte imbalance, by imitating the body's natural physiology.»
This focus on the host
side also comes with a
potential drawback, the possibility that a
drug might compromise the normal function of the protein.
And because they seem vital «these genes can be specifically monitored during
drug development for
potential side effects and cytotoxicity,» Xu says.
While there is always some risk with the addition of a second
drug to the treatment package, the two
drugs seemed to neutralize some of each other's
potential side effects.
Because GABA B is in a different class from opioid receptors,
potential side effects in such a
drug would be limited.
The FDA needs to move beyond its traditional focus on clinical studies about
drug effectiveness and
side effects, and to seek public health data on
potential abuse, the Academies advises in its 400 - page proposal for targeting the deadly issue.
«However, while Bex is very effective at creating brown fat cells, it is not a very specific
drug, and there are several
potential side effects that may arise from taking it.
A team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering designed a better variant of the widely - used
drug erythropoietin (EPO), showing how rational design can improve in vivo efficacy and safety of protein therapeutics, reduce
potential side effects, and also accelerate new
drug development.
Their new approach also reduces the
potential for
drug abuse and avoids the most common
side effects — sedation and anxiety — of
drugs designed to target the nervous system's kappa opioid receptors (KORs).
Lack of transparency in
drug trials has left doctors dangerously ignorant of
potential side effects.
By contrast,
drugs targeting delta opioid receptors in the peripheral nervous system rather than the brain and spinal cord produce fewer
side effects in animals and have a much lower abuse
potential.
6 - thioguanine was not tested because it is a chemotherapy
drug with
side effects that make it unsuitable as a
potential stroke treatment.
If
drug makers incorporated this technique into their early
drug discovery process, he said, it would help identify which version of an atropisomeric compound actually targets the kinase they want to target, cutting the
potential for
side effects and helping to usher
drugs past strict regulatory hurdles and into the hands of waiting patients.
«Improving a better class of cancer
drugs: Chemist has developed a technique to identifying
potential cancer
drugs that less likely to produce
side effects.»
«The investigational new
drug has the
potential to improve cognitive functions with fewer unwanted
side effects.
New research from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions that explored the
potential side effects of the stimulant
drug Ritalin on those without ADHD showed changes in brain chemistry associated with risk - taking behavior, sleep disruption and other undesirable effects.
Without a model, the ability to evaluate
potential novel therapeutics as well as possible
side effects of new
drugs has been limited.
«These studies suggest the
potential for dramatically reducing the dose of chemotherapy or radiation and thereby reducing the
side effects of standard chemotherapy by enhancing the targeting of cancer therapies using HIV receptor blocking
drugs.»
Because high doses of opioids have the
potential to cause respiratory arrest or other dangerous
side effects, doctors may hesitate to give patients as much of the
drugs as they need to relieve their pain, says David Soergel, chief medical officer at Trevena.
Preclinical testing in animals can offer information about a
drug's safety and effectiveness before human testing begins, but those tests may not reveal
potential side effects.
Furthermore, transplant recipients are required to take immunosuppressive
drugs that prevent rejection of the islets and the long - term effects of these
drugs are ill - defined with
potential harmful
side - effects.
Three were discounted straight away because of
side effects or because they didn't get into the brain, leaving two
potential drugs: trazodone and dibenzoylomethane (known as DBM to its friends).
One
potential consequence of the new research is that demethylating
drugs now used to treat some cancers may actually cause new cancers as a
side effect.
NIH studies on the issue cite a number of different reasons that patients elect not to participate in clinical trials, including fear of a reduced quality of life, concern about receiving a placebo,
potential side effects, and concern that the experimental
drug might not be the best option.
Read
drug labels carefully and consult your doc about
potential side effects before taking any new medication.
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drugs because of their cost,
potential side effects, or the idea that it seems to label them as having an illness.
While effective, these
drugs have the
potential to cause undesirable
side effects such as weight gain, memory impairment, and sedation.
Plus, any
drug that lists diarrhea or vomiting as a
potential side effect could end up causing dehydration if you experience those
side effects.
By following this plan, you may be able to avoid the cost, hassle, and
potential side effects of prescription
drugs — or at least keep your dose down.
The FDA advisory panel is likely to focus on the
drug's
potential side effects.