According to a report from Reuters, taking ginkgo biloba, St. John’s wort and several other widely used herbal medications may impede the potency of prescription drugs, making them more or less effective. Experts at the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that mixing herbs and drugs also may cause serious heart rhythm problems [...]
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Mixing herbal supplements and heart medications may be dangerous
February 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: Drug safety · Medical information · Prescription drugs
Un-natural selection: birth control pills may affect choice of mate
October 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment
A new paper in the scholarly journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution suggests that oral contraceptives may influence women’s choice of mates, with potentially enormous effects on their quality of life and their ultimate reproductive success. Commonly used hormonal birth control methods such as Yasmin, Seasonale, Ortho Tri Cyclen, and Loestrin, while extremely effective at [...]
Tags: Medical information · Prescription drugs · Yasmin
The Fosamax mistrial, and other options in osteoporosis medication
September 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Earlier this month, a closely-watched trial over the osteoporosis drug Fosamax ended in mistrial, to the frustration of nearly everyone involved. The trial was marked by great tension, with a deadlocked jury, reports of threats of physical violence, and a judge-ordered cooling-down period. What could cause such intense drama? Well, this was just one of [...]
Tags: Boniva · Drug safety · Eli Lilly · Fosamax · GlaxoSmithKline · Medical information · Merck · Prescription drugs · Roche · Sanofi-Aventis
Everyone knows about the “little blue pill” for guys. What about “pink Viagra” for women?
September 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Erectile Dysfunction drugs such as Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra have made huge strides in treating male sexual dysfunction — but have women been left behind? At this writing (September 2009), no treatment has been approved by the FDA for Female Sexual Dysfunctions (FSD), which are estimated by the Journal of the American Medical Association to [...]
Tags: Cialis · Erectile dysfunction · Levitra · Medical information · Prescription drugs · Viagra
Trying to re-grow hair: what Propecia and Rogaine have to offer
September 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Are you one of millions of people battling some type of hair loss? More than half of males experience some degree of male pattern baldness by age 50, but even women and children can experience unwanted hair loss. There are more options than ever before to treat hair loss — such as herbal treatments, scalp [...]
Tags: Medical information · Merck · Pfizer · Prescription drugs · Rogaine
Insomnia info: Rozerem is a sleeplessness treatment in its very own class
September 8th, 2009 · No Comments
Long-term sufferers of insomnia who have not found lasting relief from such sleep aids as Ambien or Sonta should consider researching Rozerem, the only medication of its type approved in the treatment of sleeplessness. Rozerem (ramelteon) is the first of a new class of insomnia drugs: melatonin receptor agonists. These are similar to the naturally-produced [...]
Tags: Ambien · Drug interactions · FDA · Lunesta · Medical information · Prescription drugs · Prescriptions · Rozerem
Want to cite the eDrugSearch Blog in your medical publication? Here’s how
October 12th, 2007 · No Comments
Here’s the link with instructions from the National Library of Medicine, via Spin Thicket.
Tags: eDrugSearch.com · Medical information
Hey, doc: What cigarette do YOU endorse?
June 16th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Medical information · Smoking
I think we might be on to something…
May 31st, 2007 · No Comments
We love when we come across information that validates our business model. In this case, it’s an article from eMarketer: The Internet is fast becoming the digital equivalent of the Physician’s Desk Reference. An average of 55.3 million people per month, or 31% of US Internet users, visited a Web site in the health information [...]
Tags: eDrugSearch.com · Medical information