Agonists: A drug group that may be a killer - There’s something rotten about a drug group known as the agonists. There are agonists for Parkinson’s disease, appetite suppression, and migraine. T...

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Cancer Pressure Group: Another front for a drug company - Things aren’t quite as they seem at cancer pressure group Cancer United, which is being launched today in Brussels. It describes itself as a pioneeri...

Safer use of antipsychotic drugs - Make sure that your symptoms have not been caused by other drugs. The Health Research Group, America's drugs watchdog, says that anyone of any age...

Anaemia: Major warning on drugs that kill - A major health alert has been issued on a class of drugs that treats anaemia. The drugs, known as erythropoiesis stimulating agents, cause fatal canc...

Payback: Why doctors continue to prescribe discredited drugs - Doctors have been receiving ‘rebates’ that run into hundreds of millions of dollars for prescribing a discredited family of drugs.

Statins: Doctors ignore patients’ complaints of reactions to drugs - Does your doctor listen when you tell him that you are reacting to a drug he’s prescribed for you? According to a new study, he probably doesn’t. In...

New drugs - New profits for old product - Most new drugs are simply old drugs with a bit of window dressing to justify double the price tag. Yet, the dangers multiply from these novel twists a...