This Pill Could Be the Next Tool to Help Smokers Quit
WEB3 hours ago — Karsten Moran for The New York Times. By Emily Schmall. Oct. 2, 2024, 5:01 a.m. ET. ... The drug does have occasional side effects, including diarrhea, which led Mehmet Can Yalçın, a 25-year-old ...
New Drug Promises More Accurate Diagnosis for Heart Disease
WEB2 days ago — Sept. 30, 2024 – A newly FDA-approved drug will improve the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, the most common type of heart disease, which impacts more than 18 million adults in the U.S. and ...
U.S. "losing a generation" to deadly fentanyl, DEA head says - CBS News
WEBSep 22, 2024 — The drug is fentanyl, and unlike cocaine and heroin, it's a purely chemical, man-made drug. It's cheap to produce, easily smuggled, and packs an incredibly addictive punch – 50 times more ...
FDA Approves Drug with New Mechanism of Action for …
WEB6 days ago — September 26, 2024. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Cobenfy (xanomeline and trospium chloride) capsules for oral use for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. It is the ...
Warnings of new deadly chemical in street drug supply : NPR
WEBMay 29, 2024 — Public health officials say Mexican cartels and drug gangs inside the U.S. are mixing a dangerous chemical sedative called medetomidine into fentanyl and other drugs sold on the street. The...
HHS Announces Cost Savings for 54 Prescription Drugs Thanks to …
WEB2 days ago — In August, the Biden-Harris Administration announced it had reached agreements for new, lower prices for all 10 drugs selected under the first round of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation program. If these new prices had been in effect last year, Medicare would have saved an estimated $6 billion. Once …
New Drug Approved for Early Alzheimer’s - The New York Times
WEBJul 2, 2024 — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, the latest in a novel class of treatments that has been greeted with hope, disappointment and...
Fentanyl plus stimulants drives ‘fourth wave’ of ... - NBC News
WEBSep 14, 2023 — Overdoses from people taking both fentanyl and a stimulant, mainly cocaine or meth, have skyrocketed, ushering in what researchers are calling a fourth wave of the overdose epidemic.
A new drug is worsening the fentanyl crisis and complicating ... - NPR
WEBNov 4, 2023 — Most involved synthetic opioids, including fentanyl. But complicating both treatment and intervention is a relatively new drug that dilutes the fentanyl supply.
‘A Monster’: Super Meth and Other Drugs Push Crisis Beyond …
WEBNov 13, 2023 — Millions of U.S. drug users now are addicted to several substances, not just opioids like fentanyl and heroin. The shift is making treatment far more difficult.