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"It thus seems that the drugs induce the symptoms they are used to treat, which might lead" to dependency on such drugs, co-author Dr. Christina Reimer, from Kge University Hospital, Denmark, told Reuters Health. Such dependency might explain why use of the medications is increasing, she added. Remier and her colleagues studied 120 healthy volunteers, who received 12 weeks of either d...

The finding may lead to wider use of clozapine -- sold by Novartis as Clozaril, but also available as a generic -- instead of newer drugs like AstraZeneca’s Seroquel, the current market leader. Clozapine was the first of a new generation of schizophrenia drugs, known as atypical antipsychotics, but its use has been restricted by health authorities because of safety concerns, and pat...

A new study in the July issue of Gastroenterology found that treatment with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) actually produced heartburn, acid reflux and indigestion in healthy volunteers who took the medication for eight weeks. Although the findings don’t necessarily mean that PPIs don’t have a valid place in the gastrointestinal armamentarium, they do strongly suggest that ...

They said computer models and lab experiments suggest the drugs tolcapone or Tasmar made by Valeant Pharmaceuticals, and entacapone or Comtan made by Novartis AG have the potential to treat multiple-drug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant strains of TB. Computer programs predicted the chemically similar drugs should interfere with the TB bacillus, and tests in lab dishes using t...

When Michael gets home from work he sees Sara sitting on the couch a pillow clutched tightly to her chest she looked so frail in grey sweatpants and a light blue t-shirt, her beautiful eyes focused on a spot on the wall "You're home" he spoke softly not wanting to startle her as she didn't seem to have noticed his presence "hi" he took off his leather jacket and kneeled do...