Recently, Pfizer agreed to pay San Francisco-based Medivation Inc. up to 725 million U.S. dollars of funds to be used to treat other developed experimental Alzheimer’s drug Dimebon. This is the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies in deals this year, the ninth operation. Under the agreement, Medivation will receive Pfizer USD 225 million down payment, as [...]

Mdedication is such an element of our everyday lives-about two-thirds however Americans take no less than one drug daily-yet so a number of us don’t understand important information about them.Research shows that 10 percent of all hospital admissions are the effect of patients not taking meds correctly knowning that most people don’t have the measurements [...]

Crestor also known as the Rosuvastatin, is a drug given to patients with high cholesterol and similar conditions to control the rate of cholesterol. It is also used to prevent the disease known as cardiovascular. Its origin of invention comes from a Japanese pharmaceutical company called Shionogi and Company Limited. The drug helps in controlling [...]

French scientists have discovered that lupus patients have excess blood cells called platelets – small cell fragments that circulate in the blood, clumping together to form clots.  These excess and overly-active platelets trigger production of inflammation-promoting proteins called interferons.  Tests on mice given anti-platelet medication showed reduced lupus symptoms and increased life expectancy. The results [...]

Skyrocketing American Prescription Drug Prices Benefit Canadian Online Pharmacies The AARP is calling for measures to hold down brand-name drug prices after releasing a report showing the cost of the prescription medications most commonly used by older Americans rose an average 8.3 percent in 2009 despite record-low inflation.  According to the report, drug prices have [...]

Lipitor : the Cholesterol Lowering Drug High cholesterol is not just for older folks or overweight people. In fact, 1 in 5 adults has high cholesterol. Even if you’re young, active, and thin and watch your diet, you could still have high cholesterol; you may inherit it from members of your family. For most people, [...]

How does Pravachol work? The drug pravachol works via blocking an enzyme known as HMG-CoA reductuse. This enzyme is a primary component in the bodies control method for cholesterol production in the body. It also functions in a manner that allows the liver to collect and expel the LDL form of cholesterol from the body. [...]

Generic Cholesterol Drug A new study concluded Merck & Co.’s cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin modestly reduced the risk of heart attacks and related disease among people with chronic kidney disease, when compared with a fake drug. Merck said that based on the results, it will seek regulatory approval for the use of Vytorin in chronic-kidney disease [...]

Cholesterol Drugs If you have high cholesterol, you were probably told to watch your diet. Sometimes if the diet change is not enough to lower cholesterol, cholesterol drugs would be prescribed to you in order to help. Zocor is a popular drug doctors like to prescribe to their patients. Zocor is also known by its [...]

by Vanessa Pike-Russell In the body, there are many types of fat, one of them is cholesterol. If you are having high cholesterol level, then you may face many medical problems. Zetia is a drug which reduces the cholesterol level in the body and thus protects from many diseases. Take your doctor’s advice and make [...]