Cost of Ozempic, Wegovy could bankrupt companies: Blackstone director

Cost of Ozempic, Wegovy could bankrupt companies: Blackstone director

Wegovy injection pens Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images At a health care conference, executives debated whether employers should pay for workers’ weight-loss drugs. A Blackstone executive warned that expensive GLP-1 drugs could put some employers out of business. Panelists agreed that companies covering drugs should do so as part of a broader support …

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Dear Doctor: Friends should advise friends against taking unproven medications.

Dear Doctor: Friends should advise friends against taking unproven medications.

DEAR DR. ROACH: A relative told me she was going to start taking colloidal silver to help fight her cancer. Could you please share what you know about it? — BI ANSWER: Friends should not let friends take unproven medications. Colloidal silver has no known benefits and cannot be excreted from the body. In rare …

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Can using amla cucumber juice help in hair growth?

Can using amla cucumber juice help in hair growth?

There are many hair care tips that promise to meet your hair needs. From shiny hair to thick and long hair, these tips include common ingredients found with us, which can also be made in a jiffy. But what you need to keep in mind is their effectiveness. That’s why when we discovered a remedy …

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The Truth About Statin Safety

The Truth About Statin Safety

How much alcohol can I drink while taking statins? There are no guidelines prohibiting alcohol consumption while taking statins, but Dr. Desai suggests discussing your typical weekly alcohol intake with a healthcare professional before starting medication. There is no absolute contraindication to alcohol consumption when taking a statin, but it is important to drink within …

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Surgery patients suffer ‘tortuous pain’ after nurse steals pain medication: lawsuit

Surgery patients suffer 'tortuous pain' after nurse steals pain medication: lawsuit

Patients at a Yale University fertility clinic experienced excruciating pain after undergoing invasive fertility procedures after a nurse stole hundreds of vials of fentanyl and replaced the patient’s medications with saline solution , according to a lawsuit. Dozens, if not hundreds, of patients underwent fertility surgeries with little or no pain medication, according to a …

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This skin ritual will calm the mind and give you better skin in 10 minutes

This skin ritual will calm the mind and give you better skin in 10 minutes

When it comes to my complexion, nothing is out of the question. Multi-step (and scalable) skincare routines? Obviously. Red light and microcurrent sessions in the morning and prescription quality nighttime tretinoin purchased in Mexico, check and verify. So when I heard about herbal facial steaming, the age-old technique of absorbing the benefits of herbs through …

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Most Common Cold Medications Don’t Work

Most Common Cold Medications Don't Work

Australia, Victoria Melbourne Central Business District CBD Flinders Street pharmacy pharmacy sale … [+] shelves royal jelly Bioglan olive leaf EaseaCold cold flu medicine. (Photo by: Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images We still don’t have a cure for the common cold. However, at your local pharmacy, you …

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Antibiotic doxycycline may be morning-after pill for high-risk patients after unprotected sex, CDC suggests

Antibiotic doxycycline may be morning-after pill for high-risk patients after unprotected sex, CDC suggests

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week proposed a new guideline for high-risk patients to take the antibiotic known as doxycycline as a morning-after pill to decrease the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). ). Experts say health officials will likely approve the directive, published Monday in the Federal Register. The public …

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FDA: High blood pressure drug recall after discovery of oxycodone

FDA: High blood pressure drug recall after discovery of oxycodone

KVK-Tech, Inc. found something that did not belong in the betaxolol tablets the company purchased. … [+] packaging for delivery nationwide: a single 5 mg tablet of oxycodone HCl. (Photo: Getty) getty It’s not quite like finding a single curly fry among your regular fries. KVK-Tech, Inc. detected something that did not belong in the …

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National Ozempic shortage affecting diabetic residents and pharmacists | Radio-Canada News

National Ozempic shortage affecting diabetic residents and pharmacists |  Radio-Canada News

Continuing shortages of a popular diabetes drug used off-label for weight loss means some diabetic Calgarians are having to go without it, while others are seeking extra supplies. The 1 mg pen dose of Ozempic, a prescription drug approved in Canada to treat adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, has been in short supply …

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