FDA Rejects NRDC Petition to Ban Lindane

FDA Rejects NRDC Petition to Ban Lindane

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

"In what should have been a fairly easy decision to follow the law and remove a drug from the market that is neither safe nor effective, the FDA…has instead ignored the clear science and denied NRDC's 2010 petition to ban the dangerous drug lindane …
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Boca doctor gives stroke survivors new shot at mobility, independence

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

And his method for delivering the anti-inflammatory medicine, etanercept, to the brain is getting praise around the world as a "radical breakthrough" in the treatment of chronic neurological dysfunction. … 1 in the Adis medical journal, "CNS Drugs …
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HIV Cases Increase in Greece

Filed under: drug treatment news 2010

Health officials warned Friday of an alarming increase in H.I.V. infections in Athens, particularly among intravenous drug users, as Greece struggled through a financial crisis that has led to deep cuts in health care and drug treatment programs. Greek …
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Claiming Xanax addiction, ex-Yonkers councilwoman in corruption case seeks

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YONKERS, New York — A former Yonkers city councilwoman convicted of corruption is pressing to start her time behind bars in a drug treatment program. But prosecutors … Sapone says Annabi became addicted to Xanax after her 2010 arrest. Annabi was …
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