Natural supplements may be popular, but they can have dangerous side effects when they include prescription drugs.
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Men who can't take drugs for erectile dysfunction and overweight people who can't lose weight sometimes turn to natural supplements, thinking they are safe. Many times, they are not.
There is a lack of information on medications for pregnant women because many clinical trials specifically exclude pregnant women.
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The drug's limited effectiveness and side-effects should cause potential users to rethink their purchase.
Viagra was discovered by accident when participants in a study looking at a treatment for high blood pressure reported an interesting side effect.
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Those for whom Viagra is indispensable might be a little surprised that the ubiquitous blue, diamond-shaped pill was a chance discovery by a group of research pharmaceutical chemists at Pfizer’s research…
Repositioning a drug affords pharmaceutical companies the opportunity to enhance the return on their initial investment.
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Many pharmaceutical companies are having to re-examine their product portfolio because of the difficult economic climate. New uses for established drugs affords a way for these companies to maximise financial…
Imagine a world where spam didn’t exist. It isn’t hard to do.
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We’ve all received them: emails offering special prices on Viagra, offering fortunes we didn’t know we had, offering links to fantastic websites we simply must visit right away. Annoying as! But the technology…