Drug News
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Berlin -
German Member of Parliament (MP), Michael Hartmann, has admitted to using crystal meth. The police were notified by a drug dealer.
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Brussels -
A study provides evidence that metformin, the world’s most widely used anti-diabetic drug, slows ageing and increases lifespan.
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According to a new report endorsed by five Nobel Prize-winning economists, the decades-long global war on drugs has failed and it's time to shift the focus from mass incarceration to public health and human rights.
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Researchers say that they have developed a test that can detect the date rape drug Gamma-Hydroxybutyric, GHB, within seconds.
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Terra-Medica, Inc. is voluntarily recalling its homeopathic drug products in liquid, tablet, capsule, ointment, and suppository forms due to a chemical mix-up during manufacturing.
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Loblaw Cos Ltd <L.TO>, Canada's largest grocer, said on Friday Canada's competition watchdog has approved its C$12.4 billion ($11 billion) acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart Corp <SC.TO>, the country's biggest pharmacy ch...
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A pharmacist found that a bottle of antidepressant Effexor XR contained one capsule of Tikosyn 0.25 milligram (dofetilide), which is used to treat heart rhythm disorders.
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Ben Venue Laboratories Inc. of Bedford, Ohio has issued a nationwide voluntary product recall of a drug due to the presence of glass particles within the medicine.
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Pharma company Baxter International Inc. has initiated a recall in the U.S. of two lots of injectable nutrition products due to complaints of particulate matter found in the products.
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Brisbane -
Scientists appear to have moved a step closer to an "anti-obesity drug" that may block the effects of diets high in sugar and fats.
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Boston -
Annie Dookhan falsified documents and lab results which were used as evidence in more than 300 convictions. Those prisoners have been released, and Dookhan was convicted on a 27-count indictment.
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Tarragona -
Officers with the National Police in Tarragona, Spain have dismantled a massive cocaine lab, capable of producing around 20 kilos of the drug weekly. This is the largest laboratory ever found in Spain.
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When you want something done right, you've gotta do it yourself--so the old saying goes. In the southwest Mexican state of Michoacan, a group of vigilantes have done just that.
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"Krokodil," which is a drug that originated from Russia, is a homemade heroin substitute and it has been discovered in a Chicago suburb.
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Law enforcement authorities in America have shut down "Silk Road," which is an alleged anonymous online marketplace where people can buy and sell drugs, as well as other criminal activities such as murder for hire.
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Seattle -
On September 26, United States District Judge Paul Diamond rejected several pharmaceutical companies’ argument that the statute of limitations has passed in cases impacting more than 50 lawsuits brought by alleged thalidomide victims in the U.S.
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A school district in New Jersey has proposed random drug and alcohol testing for high school students, who could end up losing school privileges, as well as being forced into counseling, if they test positive.
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Madrid -
Narcotics agents have been busy in Spain, as a passenger from Panama was caught at Madrid's Barajas Airport, attempting to smuggle 750 g of cocaine into the country in his prosthetic leg. On another flight from Peru, 11 kgs of the drug were captured.
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Athens -
A new and very cheap drug is killing Greek youth who no longer can see a future for themselves. Sisa is a form of crystal meth being mixed with filler ingredients such as battery acid and engine oil. It makes users violent and kills within six months.
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Police in Montreal, as well as public health officials are warning of a new synthetic street drug that is 40 times more powerful than heroin, and 80 times stronger than morphine.
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A medicine commonly prescribed for the treatment of diabetes appears to show potential benefits in the treatment of lung cancer.
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A new, so-called “sex superbug” is causing concern among the medical community after two new cases have reportedly been found in Hawaii.
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As the H7N9 bird flu virus continues to spread through China, scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have reported the discovery of a new drug to aid in the treatment of severe influenza infection.
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A new study of tapeworm DNA provides clues as to the possible targets on which currently licensed drugs could act against the parasite.
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Gemcitabine and Abraxane, a variation of the old drug Taxol, are part of a 900-patient study in Arizona to treat pancreatic cancer. Currently, they are extending life by 1.8 months on the average patient diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer.
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Hours after photos that appeared to show Justin Bieber smoking marijuana surfaced and went viral on the Web, the teen superstar posted a series of tweets to his 32.5 million Twitter followers.
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The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has approved a new Johnson & Johnson treatment for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. This is the first new medicine to treat the disease in 40 years.
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A research team from UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program have reported a four-fold increase in tumor suppression times in women with certain breast cancer.
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Glasgow -
A rash of illnesses in Glasgow, Scotland attributed to pink ecstasy have law enforcement officials and club owners concerned.
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Fycompa (Perampanel) has received the FDA's approval for treatment of partial onset seizures among epilepsy patients who are 12 and older.
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Jamaican police in street battles with supporters of drug lord Christopher Dudus Coke
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