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Professor explores generic drug effectiveness

(Medical Xpress)—It's likely if you're sick, your doctor is more inclined to prescribe a brand name drug in place of its generic equivalent. Or maybe you would rather pick up some Advil for that hea...

Traditional cures provide economic benefits

For millions of people around the world being sick doesn't mean making a trip to the local pharmacy for medicines like Advil and Nyquil. Instead it means turning to the forest to provide a pharmacopei...

Senate bill would provide stricter oversight on repackaging

A group of senators on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee released a discussion draft of a bill that would make compounding manufacturers -- including those that re...

Researcher finds the use of traditional, natural medicines offer economic benefits

For millions of people around the world being sick doesn't mean making a trip to the local pharmacy for medicines like Advil and Nyquil. Instead it means turning to the forest to provide a pharmacopei...

Shasun Of India Sees Double Sales Selling Ingredients Of Expiring Drugs

India's Shasun Pharmaceuticals expects to double its sales in the next three years based on supplying to generic drug makers the main ingredients for patent-losing drugs, such as of Pfizer's Advil (ch...

Advil® Launches Advil® Relief in Action Campaign Celebrating Active Volunteers Who Don’t Let Pain Hold Them Back

Pfizer Consumer Healthcare (NYSE: PFE), makers of Advil®, is kicking off its Advil® Relief in Action campaign today that honors volunteers who don’t let pain get in the way of...

Common Painkillers Tied to Kidney Risks for Children: Study

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Children taking the common painkillers known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be at risk for acute...

Researcher Finds The Use Of Traditional, Natural Medicines Offers Economic Benefits

For millions of people around the world being sick doesn't mean making a trip to the local pharmacy for medicines like Advil and Nyquil. Instead it means turning to the forest to provide a pharmacopei...

The effect of operational stressors on ibuprofen pharmacokinetics.

PURPOSE: To determine whether two of the major operational stressors associated with military missions in Afghanistan: dry heat and long durations of soldier patrol (SP), alter the pharmacokinetics of...