Health Tip: Questions About Your Medications?
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(HealthDay News) -- Many people taking prescription or over-the-counter medications may not fully understand how and why to take them.
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One area physician wishes his patients would call to seek his advice before going cold turkey when it comes to three widely prescribed arthritis medications - Vioxx, Bextra and Celebrex.
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TUESDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- At your child&#39;s next visit to the pediatrician, the usual checklist of questions might include a new one: Do you have a gun in the house?
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We look for the best bargain when we shop for a car or a new coat. But what if you could comparison-shop your prescription medication?
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Consumers are advised that all over-the-counter pain medications should be used only as the label directs. While Celebrex and Bextra remain on the market, Merck recently withdrew its COX-2 Vioxx because of the increased risk of cardiovascular events.
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New research shows that a set of simple questions may help primary-care practitioners identify which women would benefit from a more elaborate discussion of tamoxifen, a drug that can help prevent breast cancer.
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Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved prescription drugs &#151; with a few caveats &#151; even after a popular arthritis medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say. But the problems with Vioxx raise questions about the Food and Drug Administration's safety review process and the length of time it took Merck to pull the drug, observers say.
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Can Prozac help you kick cocaine? Can Ritalin? How about a blood pressure pill or medicine for muscle spasms? If you're an alcoholic, could you get help staying sober by taking an anti-nausea drug used by cancer patients?
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On many online message boards and Internet chat rooms, anxious patients share details about the muscle pain and memory loss they have noticed since they started taking statins to lower their cholesterol. A new study suggests these people may be seeking validation for good reason: Some of their...
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It is no surprise that many Americans who rely on painkillers to ease their way through the day feel lost at the moment. Not only have Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra, the only three drugs in a class thought to
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TUESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- For heart patients trying to choose between medication, angioplasty or surgery, it may be best to follow their doctor's advice, suggests a Brazilian study.
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The US Food and Drug Administration today announced a five-step program to bolster drug safety evaluations. The news comes after controversy over the recall of the arthritis drug Vioxx and risks to children on antidepressants.
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MONDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Many U.S. heart attack patients are not taking their medications as prescribed, according to new research.
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-- How does a drug go from blockbuster to bust? How can big safety issues go undetected in medicines taken by millions of people for many years, as happened this week with the diabetes pill Avandia and a few years ago with the painkiller Vioxx?
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Medicines used by millions of  Americans to relieve aches and pains will come under intense  scrutiny starting Wednesday as U.S. scientists scour dozens of  studies to determine if the drugs risk damaging the heart like  Merck & Co. Inc.'s MRK.N withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx.
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NEW YORK  - Older adults with complex medication regimens may make potentially harmful mistakes in taking their drugs as prescribed, a new study shows.
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A study of recommended blood pressure drugs has produced a result even the researchers find hard to explain: Adding a calcium channel blocker to a diuretic was associated