Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

In the wake of legalization campaigns across the US, medicinal and recreational use of cannabis have gained widespread support, with nearly 60 million Americans

A recent article in Politico (blogger won’t let me use links for some reason), suggests that there is a good chance PASTEUR won’t pass this legislative session. I just don’t get it.

The term "fentanyl" has become synonymous with both pharmaceutical and illicit fentanyl as well as the two dozen or so analogs (1) that are being seized by the DEA (2) across the country.

                  C7 (1) Woke up in the morning, pounding in my head C7 Opened up a test kit,

Ask any chronic pain patient about gabapentin (Neurontin) as a replacement for opioids and you'll probably get one of two reactions: Laughter or tears.

I want to discuss the idea of superiority trials for antibiotics and some of the issues that many experienced researchers fail to consider when thinking about this topic. I am grateful to George Drusano for his input here. 

There is an urgent need for research in the area of pain management. Since the 1890s, when aspirin and heroin were discovered, there has been agonizingly little progress in this field.

Melatonin has been in the news recently because of potential safety concerns in children,

Recent demands by mainstream transgender communities insist on Americans conforming to respecting the words people use to describe themselves, including during physician visits and hospital admissions.

An article in The People's Daily Online, China's largest newspaper, reports that Azvudine (aka FNC), a reverse transcriptase inhibitor (1)  – is be