Which drug to choose for which pain?
© iStockPhotosDo analgesics treat all pain?Usual analgesics are effective for the most frequent pain, which is pain caused by excess ...
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Shooting room in Paris: the Council of State demands a law
The Council of State has just issued a negative opinion on the draft decree of the government which authorized the ...
Read moreSustained growth in prescription drug sales
April 11, 2008 - The number of drug prescriptions in Canada increased just over 6% in 2007, but the Canadian ...
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Drug prices can vary by a factor of six
© ThinkstockUp to six times more expensive. The price difference of the same drug can reach considerable levels depending on ...
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Cancer: a new drug to treat children
DIPG (infiltrating glioma of the brainstem) is a very serious tumor in children which has so far had no curative ...
Read moreDiabetic drug Avandia back in the spotlight
September 26, 2007 - The drug Avandia®, prescribed for nearly seven million patients suffering from type 2 diabetes, is still ...
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The captagon, drug of the jihadists?
© ThinkstockWhat is the captagon? This drug popular in the Middle East could be used by some Daesh jihadists. Nearly ...
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Drug consumption: Lille is n ° 1 according to its wastewater
According to a French study, Lille is the city in France where we consume the most cannabis and cocaine. Martine ...
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5 questions about… ADHD and drug use
EEG shows which treatment will help Children and adults who are diagnosed with ADHD often receive behavioral therapy initially to ...
Read moreCancer treatment: watch out for drug interactions
April 30, 2007 - Almost a third of patients treated for cancer are at risk because of the possible interaction ...
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Shooting rooms: 1st opening in Paris in November
The residents had yet voted against, but the first shooting room will open in Paris in November. This is the ...
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Drugs: women abuse more than men
A European study carried out in 17 countries shows that women consume more drugs than men. Women are said to ...
Read moreA drug to prevent diabetes?
October 6, 2006 - A prescription drug could reduce the risk of developing diabetes by 60%, but may cause some ...
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Baclofen: the drug soon reimbursed
Baclofen, sold in France under the name Lioresal, is a muscle relaxant usually prescribed to fight against "spastic contractures of ...
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Alcohol, a drug more dangerous than cannabis
© iStockAgainst all expectations, it is ultimately cannabis that would be the least dangerous drug. This is in any case ...
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900,000 visitors in one year for the official drug website
On October 1, 2013, the Minister of Social Affairs and Health Marisol Touraine launched www.medicaments.gouv.fr, the first public and free ...
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Obesity: a drug for type 2 diabetes effective for weight loss
© iStockWhat if the most effective treatment forobesity was to be looked for on the side of anti-diabetes drugs? This ...
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US hit by surge in painkiller overdoses
Mortality induced by overuse of prescription opioid pain relievers has increased by more than 400% in women since 1999 and ...
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Melanoma: soon a drug to eliminate giant nevi
Researchers from the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) have identified the giant nevus cells responsible for the ...
Read moreDepression: St. John’s Wort as effective as a drug
August 25, 2005 - St. John's Wort is said to be as effective as paroxetine (Paxil®), a popular drug that ...
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The ban on the sale of poppers is canceled
The Council of State has just canceled a decree prohibiting the sale of poppers. This drug, the most consumed after ...
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NHP and drug interactions: the debate rages on
MONTREAL (PasseportSanté.net) June 9, 2005 - Inaccurate and biased information is circulating about interactions between natural health products (NHPs) and ...
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A drug against cannabis addiction
© iStockPhotoFaced with the rise in the consumption of cannabis, the first illicit psychoactive substance to be tested by young ...
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Sex addiction: a form of drug addiction?
There are a large number of similarities between drug addiction and sex addiction according to the results of a study ...
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Acute leukemia: planned for 2016, a new drug attacks cancer cells
© iStockThe pharmaceutical company Erytech has just announced in a press release that his new medication Graspa had given positive ...
Read moreNew drug approval: changes on the horizon
February 21, 2005 - Canada's Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh is considering changing the approval procedures for new drugs in the ...
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World Cup: controversy over a drug used as a doping agent
© iStockWhile France has just won hands down its very first match against Honduras (3-0), a medical controversy has just ...
Read moreMerck withdraws its drug Vioxx from the market
September 30, 2004 - Faced with the increased risk of cardiovascular disorders presented by the anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx, the pharmaceutical ...
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The synthetic drug boom is worrying
© istockDrugs, a problem that is becoming commonplace? Nearly one in four European adults, or 80 million people, have used ...
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Mediator: the drug agency indicted
The case of the Pick has not finished talking about it. This time, the National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) has ...
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