Jan 4, 2024 07:05 PM
Study: Acetaminophen use during pregnancy linked to language delays in children
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1030098
INTRO: Acetaminophen is considered the safest over-the-counter pain reliever and fever reducer available during pregnancy. Studies have shown that 50%-65% of women in North America and Europe take acetaminophen during pregnancy. A new study from researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explored the relationship between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and language outcomes in early childhood. It found that increasing acetaminophen use was associated with language delays. The findings are reported in the journal Pediatric Research... (MORE - details, no ads)
Skeletons in the closet of Big Pharma
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medica...ons-closet
EXCERPT: . . . Gabapentin, now available generically is a good drug when used appropriately and may work for some of the conditions for which it was promoted off-label. It is now approved for the pain of shingles and nerve damage caused by diabetes. However, off-label prescribing is still extensive with physicians writing numerous scripts for anxiety, sleep disorders, migraine and chronic pain, conditions for which there is at least some evidence. It is also commonly prescribed off-label for bipolar disorder despite studies that have shown it works no better than placebo.
With the 2004 settlement, Pfizer promised to desist from off-label promotion, yet in 2009, charges were again brought against the company for the same offense. This time the drug in question was Bextra, approved for arthritis and menstrual problems, but promoted for the treatment of acute pain of all kinds to physicians who had been enticed to presentations at resorts with cash payments... (MORE - missing details)
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1030098
INTRO: Acetaminophen is considered the safest over-the-counter pain reliever and fever reducer available during pregnancy. Studies have shown that 50%-65% of women in North America and Europe take acetaminophen during pregnancy. A new study from researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explored the relationship between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and language outcomes in early childhood. It found that increasing acetaminophen use was associated with language delays. The findings are reported in the journal Pediatric Research... (MORE - details, no ads)
Skeletons in the closet of Big Pharma
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medica...ons-closet
EXCERPT: . . . Gabapentin, now available generically is a good drug when used appropriately and may work for some of the conditions for which it was promoted off-label. It is now approved for the pain of shingles and nerve damage caused by diabetes. However, off-label prescribing is still extensive with physicians writing numerous scripts for anxiety, sleep disorders, migraine and chronic pain, conditions for which there is at least some evidence. It is also commonly prescribed off-label for bipolar disorder despite studies that have shown it works no better than placebo.
With the 2004 settlement, Pfizer promised to desist from off-label promotion, yet in 2009, charges were again brought against the company for the same offense. This time the drug in question was Bextra, approved for arthritis and menstrual problems, but promoted for the treatment of acute pain of all kinds to physicians who had been enticed to presentations at resorts with cash payments... (MORE - missing details)