Medication, like politics, is debatable
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So I was slowly putting on my game face while waiting for the fully negotiated, somewhat-debatable debate between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry when the news came that Vioxx is being taken off the market.
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The furor over the safety of arthritis painkilling medications shows no sign of abating. Vioxx is gone from the market, following data linking it to increased cardiovascular risk.
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Psychiatrists say it's a common scenario Â troubled patients stop taking their medicine, because of cost, side effects, the stigma, or delusions that they don't need it. The consequences can be tragic, though rarely as horrific as the Valentine's Day suicide-slaughter at Northern Illinois University.
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A growing number of children are taking combinations of powerful medications, but there is little evidence to justify the multiplication.
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Washington -- The government should reassess its policy of allowing prescription drugs to be advertised directly to consumers, a prominent cardiologist urged Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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The prescription drug industry has grown enormously in the past few years, to the tune of an estimated $200 billion every year. Consumers and medical professionals have sharpened their criticism of the industry
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The debate over the fate of the State Children's Health Insurance Program was a surprisingly desultory affair, marked by the occasional charge of "socialized medicine" from Republicans or "heartlessness" from Democrats.
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The report is likely to intensify a debate about the safety of the nationÂs drug supply and the adequacy of government oversight.
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It's supposed to be a golden rule from the schoolyard to the corporate suite and beyond: truth or consequences. But when it comes to politics, things are different.
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There's nothing wrong with drug reps schmooze with doctors.
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Three drugs -- Vioxx, Ketek and Avandia -- are casting long shadows over the congressional debate on how to update and revise the 15-year-old system that has dramatically sped up the process of bringing prescription medicines to American consumers.
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It was Britain's warning to physicians last year not to treat depression in young people with six antidepressant drugs that set off an international debate and gave impetus to U.S. health authorities who made ...
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Even as Merck was deciding to withdraw the drug, there were medical experts arguing that it should not.
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Lobbying and other political spending by the pharmaceutical industry includes:
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Pressure is building against the widely reported gifts and other potential conflicts between drug companies and doctors.
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A panel is examining claims that GlaxoSmithKline tried to suppress a doctorâs criticism of its drug Avandia.
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Doctors are struggling to decide which pain relievers to prescribe now that they know that drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex pose serious heart risks.