Drugs for Parkinson's disease turn patients into gambling addicts

The Scotsman;  September 16, 2006 ;     629 words ...DRUGS used to treat patients suffering from...Katherine Grosset, said patients given the drugs should be made...251 Parkinson's patients taking different...in Parkinson's patients. "We must make...there are other drugs they could take...

AIDS patients in poor nations improve with drugs

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 19, 2004 ;     675 words ...AIDS patients in poor nations improve with drugs, study finds By JOHN DONNELLY...cost of the second line of drugs. "Drug companies need to...of Doctors Without Borders patients are on the second line of drugs. Calmy said that more patients are likely to need those drugs in the ...

300 patients denied arthritis wonder drugs

Belfast Telegraph;  September 3, 2004 ;     399 words ......to wait for new drugs, but these patients are disadvantaged...the cost of the drugs."The Belfast Telegraph...that some 190 patients, including 12...to allow more patients access to the drugs.Among the first wave of patients receiving the...

Yorkshire patients to take part in landmark eye drugs trial

Yorkshire Post;  December 29, 2007 ;     530 words ......cost-effectiveness of the drugs. There was evidence...improved it, but patients who received Avastin...they believed the drugs would be suitable...bowel cancer and patients will receive only...it. In the trial, patients will also have their...of life with the drugs assessed as well...

LOSS OF 2 POPULAR DRUGS HAS DIETERS SCRAMBLING LOCAL SPECIALISTS OFFER...

The Virginian Pilot;  September 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ......stop taking the drugs, she said. In some cases, patients have lost 60 pounds...said none of her patients have experienced problems with the drugs. ``They're wondering...Tuesday. She tells her patients to taper off the withdrawn drugs to avoid side effects...

HELPING HANDS; The latest arthritis drugs are being give to hundreds of...

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  March 24, 2008 ;     534 words ......and have given fresh hope to patients. These drugs have been approved for use...As well as offering designer drugs to patients, the Fazakerley centre is also...where we are able to give these drugs to our patients, but it is also because of...

State seeks to lift psychiatrist's license East Troy doctor used patients...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 10, 1996 ;     592 words ......allegedly used her patients to obtain prescription drugs for herself and drank...prescriptions for the same drugs for two of her patients for her own use, and...re-addicting her to drugs that were not recommended for patients who were suicidal and...

Kenyan HIV/AIDS patients face periodic shortages of drugs, hampering...

AP Worldstream;  April 16, 2002 ;     424 words ......Tuesday. Those few HIV patients who can afford discounted drugs have found it difficult...only 10 percent of his patients can afford anti-retroviral drugs. Because of the shortages...patients with HIV, and the patients must pay for their own drugs. (clt)

Alzheimer's patients overpaying for drugs; DAILY MAIL CAMPAIGN FOR THE...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  March 1, 2007 ;     570 words ......when they dispense the drugs privately. An estimated 50,000 patients a year will be prevented...cent markup for these drugs. 'Patients and their families will...decision is unfair and patients are being denied drugs they should be given the...

Experts see need for new drugs: Say patients and doctors have abused...

The Washington Times;  December 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ......become immune to the drugs. To prevent this...actually watch TB patients take their medicines...disease in given patients. Drug-resistant patients often receive as many as seven drugs daily for two years...want broad spectrum drugs. That is, the companies...used on different ...

Patients set to sue NHS after paying for own cancer drugs

Evening Standard - London;  October 27, 2008 ;     386 words ......buy their own drugs are planning to...compensation. Hundreds of patients had to pay for...Current rules mean patients cannot mix NHS...care even with drugs not available...inevitable from patients who have been denied cancer drugs. Ian Reynolds...

Patients miss out on drugs

Scotland on Sunday;  March 3, 2002 ;     657 words ......boards they could be sued by patients who are denied drugs that have been recommended...litigation, said he believed patients denied approved drugs could sue their local health...health boards are not giving patients drugs that have been recommended...

Potent new drugs to treat AIDS patients could be on market within...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 29, 1996 ;     698 words ......inhibitors. But because patients will likely take the new drugs in combination with...drugs? Which of the new drugs should patients who are using one or...switch to? Many of the drugs are cross-resistant, meaning that patients who have been using...

Experimental approaches may cut transplant patients' dependence on...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  September 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ......n't cheap. Most transplant patients would die without drugs to keep their immune systems...us to get a majority of patients off drugs. The three studies _ conducted...doctors took away those two patients' immune-suppression drugs. They managed without drugs...

Experimental approaches may cut transplant patients' dependence on drugs.

The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  September 6, 2002 ;     700+ words ......n't cheap. Most transplant patients would die without drugs to keep their immune systems...us to get a majority of patients off drugs. The three studies _ conducted...doctors took away those two patients' immune-suppression drugs. They managed without drugs...