Easing the Pain of Kids' Arthritis

Easing the pain of kids' arthritis

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Treatment involves using drugs to reduce the inflammation which causes stiffness, pain and swelling. In some cases, the condition may largely disappear after a few years, but most people have to live with it. Ellsworth said she has a variety of drugs …
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Viewpoints: Two Views Of Medicare Equipment Bidding Changes; High Court

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The Food and Drug Administration has proposed lowering the bar for approving drugs to treat people at the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease, before they have developed any serious impairment or overt dementia. The goal is commendable — to find …
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Drugs market growing –report

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However the study also reveals that the economic crisis is also expected to lead to cuts in budgets devoted to drug policy, in particular for treatment and harm reduction measures. “Today's study is a wake-up call for Europe: to cut drug supply and to …
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Discounts on generics 'subsidise pharmacies'

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Neither company was named, but in the examples quoted the HSE was paying the pharmacist 10 times as much as pharmacists were paying for drugs such as aciclovir (used to treat cold sores) and the antidepressant fluoxetine, originally known as Prozac.
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