Tag: Side Effects
Many People Take Drugs That Interfere with Their Blood Pressure Pills
By Lisa Rapaport
(Reuters Health)
People who take pills to lower their blood pressure often take other drugs that reduce the pills' effectiveness, a recent...
Merck’s Keytruda Extends Lung Cancer Survival in Two Trials
By Deena Beasley
CHICAGO (Reuters)
Merck & Co's immunotherapy Keytruda improved survival as a stand-alone treatment for newly-diagnosed lung cancer patients and with chemotherapy for...
Roche Drugs Show Limited Benefit in Lung, Breast Cancer Trials
By Deena Beasley
CHICAGO (Reuters)
In a disappointment for Roche Holding AG, two of its oncology drugs provided only modest protection from disease progression in lung...
Bluebird Myeloma Treatment Delays Cancer Progression: Trial
By Deena Beasley
CHICAGO (Reuters)
Patients with advanced multiple myeloma treated with Bluebird Bio's experimental immunotherapy lived for a median of nearly a year before...
Roche Breast Cancer Drug Treatment Time Can Be Halved – Study
By Deena Beasley
(Reuters)
Treating early stage breast cancer patients for just six months with Roche's Herceptin works as well as the current 12-month regimen, researchers...
‘Adrenal Support’ Supplements May Contain Unsafe Ingredients
By Lisa Rapaport
(Reuters Health)
Many "adrenal support" supplements sold online as energy boosters may contain thyroid hormones and steroids that aren't listed on the labels...
