Archive for the ‘Pharmacology’ Category

FDA Approves Oral Contraceptive Containing Folate

Posted by: admin on: June 27, 2011

  The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an oral contraceptive — the first of its kind — that is intended both to prevent pregnancy and reduce the risk for neural tube defects in newborns if and when users of the pill give birth. The new contraceptive contains levomefolate calcium, a metabolite of folic […]

Perindopril for the treatment of hypertension

Posted by: admin on: June 18, 2011

The control of hypertension with perindopril amlodipine combination far supersedes, the so far considered effective combination of atenenol and diuretic. Here is the new study. Team@CMHF

February 14, 2011 – According to online results of an observational study reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine, “Concurrent use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) is associated with a dose-dependent loss of protection against hip fracture with alendronate in elderly patients.”

Resistance to Ciprofloxacin following misuse in the aftermath of Dombivali fever, in ‘80s may be remembered by all. Of late allergic reactions to quinolones have been noticed with increasing frequency. The reactions are not immediate type hypersensitivity but cross reactivity.                              Team@CMHF

Nine Drugs Added to FDA Watch List

Posted by: admin on: May 6, 2011

All drugs are monitored rigidly, even after having been approved by FDA, for reported adverse effects and drug interactions. It is duty of every practitioner to report – both to the manufacturer and FDA – any unreported adverse effect (maybe in one patient) for rational monitoring and necessary action. Team@CMHF


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