Many medications, both prescription and over-the-counter, can negatively interact with foods, supplements or other drugs.
Here are guidelines to help prevent food-drug interactions, courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians:
Check prescription and over-the-counter drug labels to see if they contain any warnings.
Follow directions on all medications carefully.
Unless you get your doctor’s OK, never break up [...]
Taking a blood pressure pill at bedtime instead of in the morning might be healthier for some high-risk people.
New research suggests that simple switch may normalize patterns of blood pressure in patients at extra risk from the twin epidemics of heart and kidney disease.
Why? When it comes to blood pressure, you want to be a [...]
Schering-Plough said the results of a first prospective trial specifically designed to evaluate erectile function in erectile dysfunction (ED) patients with dyslipidemia showed that Levitra (vardenafil HCl), used in treating ED, significantly improves the ability of men with ED and dyslipidemia to achieve and maintain an erection for successful sexual intercourse.
The double-blind, placebo-controlled study is [...]
Merck & Co., Inc. said it voluntarily recalled 13 lots of its Hib vaccine given to ankle-biters to prevent meningitis and pneumonia as quality control found production equipment may not have been properly sterilised.
Merck recalled 11 lots of Pedvaxhib [Haemophilus b Conjugate Vaccine (Meningococcal Protein Conjugate)], and two lots of its combination Haemophilus influenzae type [...]
Telmisartan, a drug widely used to help control blood pressure, may have uniquely potent activity in preventing stroke, according to a new study conducted in an animal model.
Whether they used the drug alone or in combination with a different type of antihypertensive medication, ramipril, Weill Cornell Medical College researchers found that rats fed a high-salt, [...]
The findings of clinical trials have linked the use of thiazolidinediones, a class of diabetes drugs, with congestive heart failure and possibly heart attacks. Now, new research indicates that these associations, at least with Avandia, also apply to individuals in the community, and not just clinical trials.
Dr. Lorraine L. Lipscombe, from the Institute for Clinical [...]
Herbal sex-pill alternatives pose a hidden danger for men on common heart and blood-pressure drugs: popping one could lead to a stroke, or even death.
Many of the “all-natural” products with names such as Stamina-RX and Vigor-25 work because they contain unregulated versions of the drugs they are supposed to replace.
An Associated Press investigation found that [...]
A drug used for high blood pressure, enlargement of the prostate and as an antipsychotic may protect the brain from stress, U.S. researchers say.
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center say Prozosin (brand name Minipress) appears to block the increase of steroid hormones known as glucocorticoids. Elevated levels of [...]
Pharmion Corporation (Nasdaq: PHRM) released interim findings from its Phase 2 trial of Amrubicin in second-line chemo-sensitive small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Amrubicin, the company’s third-generation synthetic anthracycline, is a potent topoisomerase II inhibitor currently in development for the treatment of SCLC. These findings indicate favorable interim results in terms of response rate and survival [...]
Merck & Co. said it will pay $4.85 billion to end thousands of lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx in what is believed to be the largest drug settlement ever.
Merck faced personal injury lawsuits representing 47,000 plaintiffs, and about 265 potential class action cases, filed by people or family members who claimed the drug proved fatal [...]
