Drug Shortages Hamper MDR-TB Treatment

Drug Shortages Hamper MDR-TB Treatment

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Shortages of so-called second-line drugs have lead to treatment delays, lapses, and interruptions, as well as the use of inadequate regimens, the agency reported in the Jan. 18 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Health agencies were forced …
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Avoid the Knife (and Drugs) With Alternative Therapy

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Today, with stem cells and nutritional therapy, he is more vibrant than ever. The procedure had strengthened his heart muscle by 50 percent. Back then, stem cell therapy was considered a Star Wars concept, and still is in many minds, but today this …
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Gulf Coast Addiction Treatment Center Urges Parents To Be On The Look For

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Gulf Coast Addiction Treatment Center Executive Director, Debbie Ross, urges parents to be on the lookout for drug paraphernalia in their home as Florida heroin use increases with pill prices rising. “The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has …
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Health Departments Facing Drug Shortages For Treating Multidrug-Resistant

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ATLANTA, Jan 17 (Reuters) – More than 80 percent of health departments in the United States that treat tuberculosis resistant to standard treatment have trouble obtaining the drugs they need to cure the disease, according to a national survey released …
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