FDA Approves Gilead's Hepatitis C Drug

FDA Approves Gilead's Hepatitis C Drug

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The current treatment regimen of three drugs can require close to a year of injections which often cause side effects, and which don't work in a large number of patients, according to liver doctors. In clinical testing, Sovaldi was shown to cure about …
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Better Alzheimer's treatments / Fewer drugs

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The CMS has set a national goal of reducing antipsychotic prescriptions by 15 percent. In the study, the use of these drugs dropped by 33 percent over a two-year period. The success was attributed to a team approach, in which staff members, nurses …
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Florida veteran pressing lawmakers, VA to prescribe fewer pain killers

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According to the researchers found that nationwide among veterans, prescriptions of those drugs have surged by 270 percent over the last 12 years. (Find the research here: http://va-opiates.apps.cironline.org/). "[Spinal cord stimulation] is a therapy …
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don’t take abused drugs?? haha – part of don’ts.