Cox-2 Inhibitors and Cancer
As a person who has an arthritic condition I can tell you that when the cox-2 inhibitors first came on the market I thought they were a magical gift. Instead of always being in some [...]
The Danger of Internet Drugs
A top of the fold article in today's New York Times talks about the surge of counterfeit drugs that have flooded the European and American marketplace. It blames the recent establishment of Free Trade Zones [...]
Edema
One issue that many of us might have to deal and that gets very little discussion is edema. Edema is swelling caused by the build up of abnormal amounts of fluids in our body. Some [...]
A Possible Congressional Investigation Into The Issue Of Conflicts Of Interest At the FDA’s Provenge Advisory Hearing
Many of my prior posts about Provenge have discussed the issue of what appeared to be a conflict of interest of some of the members on the FDA advisory committee that reviewed the drug. When [...]
A Clinical Trial Worth Considering
Yale University in Connecticut is conducting a very interesting phase II clinical trial on a drug called Phenoxodiol for men with castrate and noncastrate prostate cancer. Phenoxodiol has been undergoing trials in Australia with promising [...]
Treating Bone Pain – Do Not Suffer
Some 60-70% of men with advanced metastatic prostate cancer will experience bone pain as their disease progresses. Bones are one of the major targets for prostate cancer metastasis and along with these mets will come [...]