ED Drug Uprima Often Ineffective: Study
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FRIDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- The erectile dysfunction drug Uprima did not work for two-thirds of the over 11,000 patients who tried it, according to a U.K. study in the July issue of the urology journal BJU International.
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Collin Levey&#39;s assertion that generic AIDS medicines are unsafe and ineffective (&quot;Cheap drugs help no one if they&#39;re not effective,&quot; Times guest column, Nov. 12) is deliberately misleading.
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Popular pediatric over-the-counter cough and cold medicines work no better than placebos, an F.D.A. panel said.
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A hormone patch that works to restore a woman&#39;s sex drive should not be approved until more studies are completed to determine the drug&#39;s risks, US health advisers said Thursday.
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New research from a survey conducted in Israel suggests that doctors often give inactive "placebo" pills to their patients and, in most cases, tell them they're getting a real drug.
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Similar painkilling drugs, including Celebrex, do not share the same risks, two new studies say.
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NEW YORK  - Physicians frequently fail to   provide patients with all the information they should have when   they're prescribed new medication, investigators in California   report.
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-- A hormone patch that works to restore a woman&#39;s sex drive should not win government approval until more studies are completed to determine the drug&#39;s risks, federal health advisers recommended Thursday.
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This lung cancer drug is not as effective as once hoped.
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A blood-thinning drug not approved for the U.S. market because of questions about liver damage appears to be as effective as other common therapies for preventing strokes and recurring blood clots, according to studies published on Tuesday.
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A report to be released on Friday finds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does very little to ensure the safety of patients who help test drugs in clinical trials, The New York Times reports.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- Many of the key elements believed to be essential for effective treatment in teen substance abuse programs are missing from a number of highly regarded programs in the United States.
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Despite evidence that women are as prone to heart attacks as men, new studies released today show that many doctors fail to treat them as aggressively.
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The initiative is part of an effort to ferret out unpublished research consucted by pharmaceutical companies that finds medications to be ineffective or dangerous.
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Survey: A majority of prescription drug takers don't purchase their medications online.
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Scientists have discovered a genetic variation that may help explain why some people who develop the condition get no relief from drug treatments.
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Academic institutions and researchers are widely viewed as impartial actors in drug trials. But that independence often comes with strings attached.