Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

Some drugs - the legal kind - are great.

There is a green gold rush underway. Not the Green New Deal, but the growth of medicalized, then decriminalized and finally recreational marijuana.

We at ACSH frequently discuss "natural nonsense" - the idea that a drug or chemical is inherently better/safer (or worse/more toxic) because it just happens to be biosynthesized by a living organism, usually a plant (1).

Uh oh. We're in trouble. The "Mexican Blood Flu" is upon us. I've never heard of it but it sure sounds nasty.

# Reprinted with permission. This article originally appeared in Current Medical Research and Opinion. ABSTRACT

The FDA just released its new guidelines on direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising indicating that they now must include their list price. As Secretary Azar so succinctly stated,  

The mad rush to purge this country of demonic prescription analgesic drugs (mainly Vicodin and Percocet) has pain patients and their doctors in an unprecedented dilemma.

What do investors think about antibiotics companies?  Not much. Paratek, at a price of just $5.42 has a 36% short ratio.  That is, 36% of tradable shares are being shorted by skeptical investors.

It's May 1st in New York. The composition of the air is roughly 50% pollen and 50% nitrogen, oxygen, etc. Could anyone use a decongestant? How about an effective decongestant? How do you pick the right one?

The pills and tablets we take contain two groups of ingredients. First, of course, it includes the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), the specific medicine we are taking.