Telehealth

Telehealth uses communication devices such as computers, mobiles and tablets to deliver healthcare. For example, many patients monitor their condition using a telehealth computer which can take read...

Brilinta (TM) - ticagrelor, AstraZeneca's new heart drug

Brilinta - ticagrelor, AstraZeneca's new heart drug is a blood-thinning medicine designed to prevent dangerous blood clots in patients with serious chest pain or previous heart attacks. It re...

Types of laxatives

Laxatives are medicines that relieve constipation (difficulty with bowel movements). They are a popular type of over-the-counter remedy. They can also be prescribed for conditions that could get wor...

Taiwan Research Finds Mirtazapine Slows Tumor Growth

Taiwan scientists say animal tests show promise for using the antidepressant mirtazapine for slowing the growth of colorectal cancer tumors, thus extending lives.

Use of pharmacogenetics in bioequivalence studies to reduce sample size: an example with mirtazapine and CYP2D6

Antidepressants Linked to Doubling of C difficile Risk

Mirtazapine and fluoxetine appear to double the risk for Clostridium difficile infection, but other antidepressants show no link to an increased risk. Medscape Medical News

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen Tablets Recalled

Watson Laboratories is recalling about 4800 bottles of hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets because of the potential for oversized and superpotent tablets. News Alerts

The Shift from PCs to Tablets; Most iPads Stay in the Living Room

Enthusiasm for both tablets and smart phones continue to rise with the PC ecosystem in decline. Some of the details of this shift were in a recent article (see: The Shift: as tablets surge, PCs lose):...

Dr. Reddy's launches generic LIPITOR tablets in the U.S.

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories announced today that it has launched ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM TABLETS 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg and 80 mg, a bioequivalent generic version of LIPITOR (atorvastatin calcium) tablets, in...

Reckitt to discontinue Suboxone tablets in U.S.

LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer goods group Reckitt Benckiser is to withdraw its Suboxone heroin treatment tablets in favor of a film version in the United States over the next six months due to t...

Impax announces shipment of authorized generic Zomig tablets and orally disintegrating tablets

Impax Laboratories, Inc. today announced that its generics division, Global Pharmaceuticals, commenced shipment of authorized generic Zomig (zolmitriptan) tablets and orally disintegrating tablets, 2....

Mirtazapine augmentation enhances cognitive and reduces negative symptoms in schizophrenia patients treated with risperidone: A randomized controlled trial.

This preliminary study aimed to determine if adding mirtazapine to risperidone might improve negative and cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia. In an 8-week, double-blind clinical trial, we randomly as...

Case series of perimenopausal women with insomnia treated with mirtazapine followed by prolonged-release melatonin add-on and monotherapy.

OBJECTIVES: The sedating antidepressant mirtazapine is used off label for insomnia in perimenopausal women. Despite its apparent efficacy, mirtazapine causes significant increases in appetite and weig...

Differential mechanisms underlie the regulation of serotonergic transmission in the dorsal and median raphe nuclei by mirtazapine: a dual probe microdialysis study.

RATIONALE: Blockade of α2 adrenoceptors and histamine H1 receptors plays important roles in the antidepressant and hypnotic effects of mirtazapine. OBJECTIVES: However, it remains unclear how mirtaza...

Repeated mirtazapine nullifies the maintenance of previously established methamphetamine-induced conditioned place preference in rats.

The atypical antidepressant mirtazapine enhances monoaminergic transmission; thus, mirtazapine therapy may counter the hypo-activation of monoamine systems associated with withdrawal from methamphetam...

Mirtazapine abolishes hyperthermia in an animal model of serotonin syndrome.

Serotonin (5-HT) syndrome is a potentially fatal condition associated with various combinations of serotonergic drugs. Hyperthermia is the most serious symptom of this syndrome. Hyperthermia in 5-HT s...