An Englishwoman named Laura Plummer is in jail in Egypt on suspicion of drug trafficking 290 tramadol tablets. The tablets (available on prescription in the UK) were found in her suitcase when it was examined at Hurghada international airport on Egypt’s Red Sea coast on October 9. She’s reported to have been given them by a colleague to treat her Egyptian husband’s sore back and has said that she had “no idea” they were illegal in the country.
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
Arthritis is not only for old folks. If you badly injure your knee, regardless of age, you stand a significant chance of being afflicted with the condition, too. Based on new research soon to be published, the chance of developing arthritis within a decade of tearing a tendon or a ligament is greater than 50 percent.
With pot, when it comes to cancer marketing finally a line has been drawn. FDA officials have issued warning letters to four companies, since these frauds are selling marijuana-based products with claims that they can prevent, diagnose, treat, or even cure cancer. Obviously, that's illegal – and a huge step beyond the shady claims that previously existed.
Proper use of antibiotics in animals, just like in humans, can slow bacterial resistance. Europe leads the way in cutting antibiotic use. Meanwhile, the United States lags behind.
Recently, CVSHealth offered this monstrous sum to purchase Aetna. Let that thought wash over you for just a moment: The corner pharmacy wants to buy the nation's third-largest health insurance company, while creating the largest merger of the year.
The media often uses the words "opioid" and "opiate" interchangeably. However, there are subtle but important differences between them.
Actor Sean Hayes of television’s Will & Grace fame disclosed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show his recent health scare. His "small intestine burst open." Learn more about gastrointestinal perforations here.
Just three business days after getting the FDA's green light, Shingrix, a more effective shingles vaccine, will go before the Centers for Disease Control on Wednesday. A committee is expected to vote, formally recommending how often the vaccine should be administered, and to what age group.
A four-time Iditarod champ has been accused of doping some of his dogs with a painkiller. Tramadol, an atypical opioid, has some properties in common with the traditional opioids like morphine, which makes this interesting both medically and scientifically. How does it work? It is not as restricted as Vicodin, nor should it be. Here's why.
Know your bill of rights as a patient, especially in teaching hospitals.
If you're tempted to use an "all natural" supplement containing aristocholic acid to cure your insomnia or other ailments, best think again. Not only can that particular component destroy one's kidneys, new data implicates it in causing liver cancer. No, Virginia, natural is not always safe!
What's the best state in which to practice medicine? Though a recent study does little to answer the question given the metrics chosen, the result provides a starting point to help guide your thinking on this subject.