Article: sleeping pill

Article: pep pill
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      9 words ...pep pill • n. inf. a pill containing a stimulant drug.

Article: polypill
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      22 words ...pol·y·pill / ˈpälēˌpil / • n. a pill containing a number of medicines that all treat the same condition.

Article: Subjects sought for trial of vitamin D to treat prostate cancer.(In The NEWS)(Brief article)
Life Extension;  July 1, 2007 ;     115 words ......conventional chemotherapy improves treatment outcomes for patients with advanced prostate cancer. The researchers hope a pill containing a high dose of calcitriol, a biologically active form of vitamin D, will work with the chemotherapy drug Taxotere [R] (docetaxel...

Article: Grapevine.(Nutraingredients.com.)
Nutraceuticals World;  September 1, 2003 ;     401 words ......suggest researchers in the British Medical Journal ... Professors Nicholas Wald and Malcolm Law propose that a single pill containing six active components--aspirin, a cholesterol-lowering drug, three blood pressure-lowering drugs at half standard dose and...

Article: One regimen, one pill, once a day.(New treatment combination)(Sustiva)(Truvada)(Emtriva)(Viread)(Brief Article)
HIV Treatment: ALERTS!;  April 1, 2005 ;     90 words ......fixed-dose combination of Sustiva, a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor ( non-nuke ), and Truvada, a combination pill containing the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor ( nuke ) Emtriva and the nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor Viread...

Article: Carotenoids Help Reduce the Risk of Lung Cancer.(Brief Article)
Vegetarian Journal;  March 1, 2001 ;     241 words ......in risk of developing lung cancer when they had high intakes of lycopene. These results may make some people look for a pill containing lycopene or alpha-carotene. Don't do it. The study showed that eating a diet high in a variety of carotenoids (not just...

Article: ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Treating Multiple Sclerosis with Marijuana.
Business Wire;  November 7, 2003 ;     455 words ......Lancet medical journal, consisted of 630 multiple sclerosis patients who were split into three groups and were given either a pill containing cannabis oil, synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol or a placebo. Fifty-seven percent of patients receiving cannabis oil reported...

Article: Another option for flu prevention.(Relenza from GlaxoSmithKline Inc.)
FDA Consumer;  July 1, 2006 ;     434 words ......of Relenza in preventing seasonal influenza has been demonstrated in four large-scale studies comparing the drug with a pill containing an inactive ingredient (placebo). In two of these trials, the drug substantially reduced the spread of influenza in the...

Article: Dollar diplomacy: US undermines initiative to provide poor countries with access to AIDS antiretrovirals.(HIV/AIDS)
New Internationalist;  May 1, 2004 ;     638 words ......proposed a novel manner of delivering the anti-HIV medicines: combining the drugs into a 'fixed-dose regimen'--a combination pill containing three drugs in one capsule allowing an infected person to take only one pill twice per day for a complete HIV-treatment...

Article: A Healthy Heart. (Health Care).(Apatient study has found vitamins can prevent repeat blockage of coronary arteries after angioplasty surgery.)(Brief Article)
San Diego Business Journal;  December 10, 2001 ;     208 words ......a visiting UCSD cardiologist who led the study. Schnyder found that in half of the 205 patients who ingested a vitamin pill containing one milligram of folic acid, 400 micrograms of vitamin B-12 and 10 milligrams of vitamin B-6, the chance of restenosis dropped...

Article: Pros and cons at the health food store. (overview of the latest herbal remedies)
Medical Update;  July 1, 1996 ;     345 words ......potent form of the hormone that may trigger the prostate to grow. Valerian: Swiss researchers found that subjects given a pill containing this plentiful wild herb at bedtime fell asleep much faster and slept better than those given a placebo. It can be taken...

Article: Blood pressure drugs can prevent heart attacks and stroke, even in the very old, studies find
AP Worldstream;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Michigan. He led a study testing a single daily pill combining a diuretic and the ACE inhibitor benazepril versus a daily pill containing benazepril and a calcium channel blocker, amlodipine. ACE inhibitors dilate blood vessels to lower pressure. Calcium channel...

Article: Blood Pressure Drugs Lower Heart Risk
AP Online;  March 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ......single pill. He led a study testing a single daily pill combining a diuretic and the ACE inhibitor benazepril versus a daily pill containing benazepril and a calcium channel blocker, amlodipine. ACE inhibitors dilate blood vessels to lower pressure. Calcium channel...

Article: The best-kept secret we should all know about.(young Feminists)(Column)
Women's Health Activist;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......taken within 72 hours after sex, and possibly more if taken sooner. (1) Two brands of EC pills are available: Preven, a pill containing estrogen and progestin, and Plan B, a progestin-only pill Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in July...