Pharmacy-Made Pregnancy Drug Under Scrutiny After Meningitis Outbreak

Pharmacy-made pregnancy drug under scrutiny after meningitis outbreak

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… of $ 20- to $ 40-a-dose versions that had been made for years by pharmacies, saying that would give more women access to the treatment. Federal officials, sympathetic to such arguments, allowed the pharmacies to continue making the unapproved drugs.
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Drug eases hot flashes without hormones

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Drug eases hot flashes without hormones. After taking a drug originally used to treat seizures, postmenopausal women reported that their hot flashes were "much improved" at six months. (Credit: "prescription med bottles" via Shutterstock). U. VIRGINIA …
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Metro police say drug ring broken

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Police have charged 29 people, including a former drug treatment official for General Session Court, with allegedly taking part in a multistate conspiracy to distribute hundreds of pounds of high-grade marijuana in Middle Tennessee. In all, 21 …
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Nadya 'Octomom' Suleman checks into rehab to treat addiction to prescription pills

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Suleman, 33, will be receiving treatment for her addiction to prescription drugs for the next 30 days, TMZ reports. Over the weekend, Suleman checked into Chapman House Drug Rehabilitation Center in Southern California for her dependency on Xanex.
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