Medicine

Gleevec: Leukemia Treatment
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA has approved a new oral treatment for people with a rare, life-threatening form of cancer under its 'accelerated approval' regulations. Symptoms of leukemia may include abdominal discomfort, bone and joint pains, and fatigue.

Drugs and Gender Differences
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
In 1998, the allergy drug Seldane (terfenadine) was removed from the market, when a safer alternative was approved. It had been discovered that Seldane could cause a life-threatening heart rhythm irregularity when used with certain other drugs.

Prescription Drugs : Assistance From Pharmaceutical Companies
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Two main types of assistance are available from pharmaceutical companies. Several companies offer programs that allow consumers to take a discount drug card to the pharmacy to get a discount off of the price of prescription drugs.

Testing Drugs in Older People
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A drug dose that's therapeutic for a younger person may be too strong for an older person. To encourage manufacturers to include older patients in clinical studies, FDA recently issued guidelines on how to study drugs in the elderly.

How to Give Medicine to Children
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Vigilance is key to making sure that medicines help, rather than hurt, children. Caregivers need to always be alert to several factors, including drug interactions, proper dosage, and possible tampering.

Cephalosporins
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Cephalosporins are anti-infective agents (as antibiotics are also known) used to treat infections occurring in a variety of places in the body. In general, they are used either after other often less expensive anti-infective agents have been tried

The $200 Billion Colossus
The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It
by Dr. Marcia Angell
The American pharmaceutical industry needs to be saved, mainly from itself, and Dr. Angell proposes a program of vital reforms, which includes restoring impartiality to clinical research and severing the ties between drug companies and medical education.

Vaccines and Immunization Schedules
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Here's a look at vaccines that have been recently licensed by the FDA, along with the latest recommendations from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for young children, adolescents, and adults.

Division of Over the Counter Drug Options: Controlling Dandruff
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
If you're troubled by dandruff, that snowy, dust-like stuff that falls from scalp to shoulders, you're not alone: Nearly everyone has dandruff to some degree. Dandruff is treatable with over-the-counter (OTC) products and causes no general health problems

Acetaminophen-Codeine
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
How you take a drug can be very important to both its effectiveness and safety. Sometimes it can be almost as important as what you take. Timing, what you eat and when you eat, proper dose, and many other factors can mean the difference between feeling

When Wild Animals Get Sick: Drugs
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A minor species is defined as any animal other than dogs, cats, cattle, horses, pigs, chickens, and turkeys. Minor use of a drug includes drugs used to treat minor species and used to treat rare diseases in major species or diseases in major species

Buying Medical Products Online : Medical Devices
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Medical devices are pieces of equipment, apparatus, machines, implants, test kits, or other similar articles intended to diagnose, heal, manage, or prevent diseases or conditions.

Placebos: The Power of Mind
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Even with the powerful scientific advantages of including a placebo control, researchers and FDA must look at each treatment individually to decide if the use of placebos is appropriate and ethical.

Psychedelic Drugs
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
LSD, mescaline, and some other drugs better known for their abuse potential are being carefully investigated for medical uses, such as treating drug addictions and relieving pain.

Antihistamine
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
How you take a medication makes a big difference in how well it works and how safe it will be for you. Sometimes it can be as important as what you take. Timing, what you eat and when you eat, proper dose, and many other factors can mean the difference

Phenylpropanolamine in Medicines
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA issued a public health advisory alerting consumers to stop using over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drug products containing phenylpropanolamine because this ingredient has been associated with an increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke

Why Drugs Get Pulled Off the Market : Risk Management Options Fail
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The day you hear news about a drug coming off the market, it may appear to be a sudden, drastic step. But several other options to manage risks usually have been attempted before that point. The main risk management tools employed by the FDA are education

Teens: Using Over-the-Counter Medications Wisely
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Medicines you can buy without a prescription need to be taken with the same cure as those a doctor prescribes. And teenagers looking for help for chickenpox or flu need to be especially aware of the ingredients in the products they buy.

Biotech Revolution: Vaccines
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
'Vaccines are among our most important and cost-effective medical interventions, preventing disease in those who receive them and reducing the spread and risk of infections through our communities,' says CBER Director Jesse Goodman, M.D., M.P.H.

Genomics and Personalized Medicine : What Is Pharmacogenomics?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Your 35,000 genes may help predict how you respond to drugs. Genes determine the color of our eyes and shape of our bodies. Genes also determine our susceptibility to disease and how we respond to medicine.