A Sleeping Pill for Longer Use Wins Approval
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new sleeping pill that some specialists say could pave the way for longer-term use of such medications.
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Melatonin, which is widely used as a sleep-aid, is also effective for migraine prevention, according to findings from a small trial.
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A once-daily pill that combines three drugs used to treat HIV received federal approval Wednesday, giving U.S. patients the first triple "cocktail" therapy that can be swallowed as a single dose.
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The first skin patch to treat the dementia that can plague Alzheimer's patients gained federal approval, a drug company said Monday.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a drug for multiple sclerosis that has shown early evidence of being more effective than existing drugs.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first over-the-counter diet drug, a lower dose version of a prescription drug made by British firm GlaxoSmithKline.
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Swiss biotech firm Actelion's experimental sleep drug, the first of a new class of potential medicines, significantly improved sleep for insomniacs in mid-stage clinical trials, the company said on Sunday.
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Drug maker Sepracor Inc. has won federal approval for a prescription insomnia medication the company is counting on to challenge larger rivals in the fast-growing $2.1 billion-a-year sleep aid market.
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A computerized pill box that patients can keep at home to dole out their drugs on schedule and in the correct doses received federal approval Thursday.
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(National-NBC) Sept. 28, 2004 - A new study found cognitive behavioral therapy works much better than the leading sleeping pill for treating chronic insomnia.
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Taking a blood pressure pill at bedtime instead of in the morning might be healthier for some high-risk people.
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The first over-the-counter weight-loss pill won approval from U.S. health officials on Wednesday, giving the two-thirds of Americans who are obese or overweight another option to help them shed pounds.
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NEW YORK - Last night, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Tarceva, a pill that extends survival in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients for whom chemotherapy has failed.
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The government approved a drug Tuesday that offers a new way of fighting severe pain &#151; an option for patients who no longer benefit from morphine and other traditional pain medications.
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yetech Pharmaceuticals&#39; drug to treat the leading cause of blindness in the elderly appeared to move closer to a broad government approval yesterday after an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration spoke favorably about it.
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NEW YORK, December 16  - Specialty pharmaceutical company Sepracor (SEPR.NAS) announced yesterday that it had received the FDA approval for marketing its Lunesta treatment for insomnia.
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Sepracor Inc. said on Wednesday that its recently approved Lunesta sleep drug appears to help fight insomnia and depression in patients with both disorders.