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Study Pushes Anti-Bleeding Drug off Market

May 27, 2008

A new study conducted by the Ottawa Health Research Institute provides solid evidence that patients taking the anti-bleeding drug Aprotinin (marketed under the name of Trasylol) are at higher risk of dying from post-surgery complications then those receiving cheaper generic medications.

More than 2 thousand patients from 19 heart-surgery institutions of Canada took part in the research. The findings indicate that patients receiving Trasylol were 50% more likely to die from complications than those who took two other clotting medications (Amicar or Cyklokapron). 6% of the patients receiving Trasylol died within 30-day mark after the surgery. The reason for such high death rates, however, remains unrevealed. Researchers put the blame on the clotting properties of Trasylol.

According to the co-author of the research Dr. Paul Hebert, the risk of Trasylol outweighs its benefits. Trasylol (manufacturer Bayer AG) is used to prevent excessive blood loss during high-risk heart surgeries. The drug was first approved by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) in 1993.            (more…)

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Viagra Jokes :)

May 19, 2008

     

  • A man at a nursing home took Viagra and went to the lunch room, where the residents were playing Bingo. To get their attention he yelled out, “SUPER SEX!, Super Sex!” The ladies yelled back: “I want the SOUP!”, “Soup, Please.” “Oh, I’d love some soup!”
  • Generic Viagra is sold under the name Fix-a-Flat.
  • New Viagra eye drops make you look hard.
  • Viagra in Spanish, we’re told, is “viejos agradecidos” or “greated old guys” (sic).
  • Viagra has been a big boon to ’stand up’ comedians.
  • The man spent too much money on Viagra: Now, he’s hard up.
  • Viagra in chocolate bars - you eat it, She says, “Oh, Oh Henry!”
  • A bank sign in Dallas during this heat wave complains: “Who put Viagra in the thermometer?”
  • Bread with Viagra as an added ingredient is being marketed through a Boston bakery under the name “Pepperidge Firm”.
  • Did you hear about the first death from an overdose of Viagra? A man took twelve pills and his wife died.
  • A man at the pharmacy to pick up his Viagra prescription exclaimed over the $10/pill price. His wife, who was with him, had a different opinion: “Oh, $40 a year isn’t too bad.”
  • …Then there was the man who got his Viagra tablet stuck in his throat and suffered from a stiff neck.
  • Have you tried the new hot beverage, Viagraccino? One cup and you’re up all night.
  • How many doses of Viagra does it take to change a light bulb? One little tablet, and it’s a whole new bulb.
  • Men are being warned not to take Viagra with nitrates after five gentlemen in India did so and changed the balance of power in the region. (more…)

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    Hmm.. shortly about Viagra

    May 12, 2008

    Viagra: Denise

    Viagra: Bobby

    Viagra: Michelle

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    The First Miracle Drugs

    May 11, 2008

    On Christmas Day 1932, the German chemical combine I.G. Farbenindustrie
    filed a patent application on behalf of a red dye that its medical researchers
    and chemists had found to have a remarkable ability to cure certain kinds of bac-
    terial infections in mice. By the time the patent was awarded just over two years
    later, the dye, now called by the trade name Prontosil, had been found to have the
    same curative powers in humans. Announced in a brief publication in a German
    medical journal in February 1935 by Gerhard Domagk, the medical researcher re-
    sponsible for the work, Prontosil went on the market and became available to doc-
    tors in April 1935. (more…)

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