The FDA's Dangerous Death Race

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

The reviewers also advised that the rate of clinically relevant bleeding was very high — reportedly 15 percent — making the drug the riskiest outpatient drug treatment on the market, according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices' Quarter …
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U.N. says an end to AIDS in sight

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Some 8 million people were being treated with AIDS drugs by the end of 2011, a 20-fold increase since 2003. The United Nations has set a target to raise that to 15 million people by 2015. "Scaling up HIV treatment to 15 million people … is feasible …
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Family Seeks Reform of State Law Governing Methadone Clincs Following Fatal …

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In November 2011, the results of the blood test showed she was positive not just for methadone but for alprazolam, the generic name for Xanax, as well as amphetamines. Six months later, on May 22, Albers was indicted on nine charges in … She would …
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Party Drug Ecstasy May Help Tough Cases of PTSD, Researchers Say | NBC 7 …

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New research suggests the use of the party drug ecstasy may be effective for treating the most resistant form of post-traumatic stress disorder when used alongside psychotherapy, the military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported. A follow-up study …
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