Studies Downplayed Risks of OxyContin
Studies downplayed risks of OxyContin
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The label on the drug, which was approved by the FDA, said the risks of addiction were “reported to be small.” The New England … These reports reached doctors through marketing efforts and told them that there were few risks in using opioids to treat …
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McGreevey, NJ jail program earn spot at Sundance
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James McGreevey, center, listens as an inmate speaks to a gathering of women inmates at Integrity House, a transitional housing and residential treatment area for women incarcerated at the Hudson County Correctional Center, in Kearney, N.J. The …
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'Orphan' cholesterol drug with Portland tie weighed by feds over risks, benefits
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But Professor Don Light, a resident fellow at Harvard University's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, says orphan drugs occupy "a special corner" of the problem of perverse incentives in health care. With many more orphan drugs on …
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Antidepressants During Pregnancy: Safe?
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"This study looked at information on dispensed drugs, not ingested drugs, and these numbers are often quite different," says Adam Urato, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Tufts University School of Medicine. That could result in …
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