Non-coffee drinkers who occasionally indulge in a cup of coffee are likely to have their blood pressure increase as their bodies take in the caffeine. People who practically mainline it (like me) or even just drink it regularly may also experience higher blood pressure. If…
British regulators have approved Pozen’s MT 100, a drug that combines naproxen (which is what’s in Aleve) and metoclopramide (Reglan, an anti-nausea med), for marketing in the UK. migraineurs without nausea are the drug’s target market. Yes, you read that right — migraineurs without nausea….
I’ve had a couple terrible, horrible, no good, very bad weeks, so I’m trying to take it easy right now. Fortunately Kevin, MD has had several links to interesting stories in the last few days that I’ve wanted to share. Primarily about the FDA’s rejection…
Depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain and antidepressants work to correct that imbalance, right? Not so fast. A chemical imbalance is a theory of depression — and one that drug companies who make SSRIs push — but that doesn’t make it…
After months of fruitless searches for headache or migraine related on NIH‘s clinical trials database, there’s a plethora of trials. The database currently has 43 headache and 36 migraine studies listed. Topics include: Improving migraine treatment in the ER New preventives and abortives Headache-specific studies…