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11 Citation Renewed Hope for a Cure: Extending Pegasys Treatment to 72 Weeks Provides New Treatment Option for Difficult-to-Treat Hepatitis C Patients Cure rates for certain groups of difficult-to-treat hepatitis C patients can be improved significantly by extending the treatment period with PEGASYS® (peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD)) and COPEGUS® (ribavirin) to 72 weeks, according to new studies being presented at AASLD this week in San Francisco. ?Seeking solutions for difficult-to-treat hepatitis C with t, technorati.com
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Potentially Dangerous Drug Similar to Ketek Marketed in Asia 1 Citation Potentially Dangerous Drug Similar to Ketek Marketed in Asia Ketek has been associated with severe side effects that are causing liver failure and liver damage among patients. Although the drug has been linked to dangers and fatalities among patients the drug is now being marketed to patients in Asia. According to news reports a new drug known as cethromycin, part of the ketolide drug class, will begin being marketed in Asia even though a similar medicine known as Ketek, from the same drug cla, technorati.com
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1 Citation Renewed Hope for a Cure: Extending Pegasys Treatment to 72 Weeks Provides New Treatment Option for Difficult-to-Treat Hepatitis C Patients Cure rates for certain groups of difficult-to-treat hepatitis C patients can be improved significantly by extending the treatment period with PEGASYS® (peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD)) and COPEGUS® (ribavirin) to 72 weeks, according to new studies being presented at AASLD this week in San Francisco. ?Seeking solutions for difficult-to-treat hepatitis C with t, technorati.com
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Glaxo Dismisses Avandia Liver Failure Risk 1 Citation Following a petition filed last week by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, which called for an Avandia recall due to a risk of liver failure and other life-threatening injuries, GlaxoSmithKline has issued a statement dismissing the claim that there are liver safety issue caused by side effects of Avandia. Public Citizen filed the petition calling for the ban of Avandia after identifying at least 14 cases of liver failure, including 12 deaths, associated with the drug in the FDA Adver, technorati.com
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New Study Shows That Pegasys Regimen Provides Higher Cure Rates for Hepatitis C Patients 1 Citation New Study Shows That Pegasys Regimen Provides Higher Cure Rates for Hepatitis C Patients A new, independently-conducted study being presented at AASLD shows that PEGASYS® (peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD)) regimens result in higher cure rates for hepatitis C patients compared to regimens with another pegylated interferon. Comparing Today?s Standard Treatment Regimens: The Milan Safety Tolerability Study Prof. Colombo, Head of the 1st Division of Gastroenterology and A.M. Migliavacca Center for L, technorati.com
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Consumer group asks government to ban Avandia 1 Citation WASHINGTON ? The government should ban the diabetes drug Avandia because of a wide variety of life-threatening risks, including heart and liver damage, a consumer group said Thursday. The consumer group, Public Citizen, filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration to have Avandia taken off the market. It was the second setback in as many You might also want to read:Diabetes rate doubles over 10 years, US saysDiabetes drug costs soaring, top $12B last year, technorati.com
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Avandia for Diabetes, Talk to your Doctor NOW 1 Citation Avandia for Diabetes, Talk to your Doctor NOW I got this letter from the site Worst Pills.org. If you did not know, Avandia and drugs like it were shown to have adverse effects on the liver. Previously, warnings involved the risk of heart attack in people taking Avandia and drugs in the same category as Avandia. That risk was terrible Popularity: 2% Bruce Bair, technorati.com
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Possible Avandia Recall: Liver Failure Cases May Tip Balance Of Risk vs. Benefit 1 Citation October 2008 Public Citizen Petition Wants Glaxo's Diabetes Drug Banned Due To "New" Side Effect, Liver Toxicity (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On October 30, 2008 Public Citizen's Health Research Group (HRG) submitted a petition to the FDA requesting that GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) be banned due to the drug's several serious side effects, including some newly found cases of liver failure. According to this "Petition to Immediately Ban Diabetes Drug, technorati.com
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Avandia Recall Urged by Consumer Group 1 Citation The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen has filed a petition with the FDA calling for an Avandia recall as a result of a number of serious and potentially life threatening side effects associated with the diabetes drug. Avandia (rosiglitazone), which is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline PLC, was approved by the FDA in 1999 for treatment of type 2 diabetes. The drug has been prescribed to millions of diabetics to help control blood sugar levels, but sales have fallen sharply over the past 1, technorati.com
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1 Citation Besides being embarrassing, bad breath can cause some unpleasant social situations. Take heart, though, there are some simple things we can do to alleviate this unpleasant situation (and bad breath kits are a part of the program). 1. Oral health is very important. If people do not floss daily or brush their teeth well, , technorati.com
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