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Britain Fines Pfizer Record $107 Million For Huge Drug Price Hike
Britain's competition watchdog said on Wednesday it had fined Pfizer a record 84.2 million pounds ($106.54 million) for ramping up the cost of an epilepsy drug by as much as 2,600 percent.
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Colombia Rethinks Drug Policy With Medical Marijuana
Every year Colombian mother Ines Cano celebrates her daughter's birthday by getting a butterfly tattoo, her way of giving thanks that little Luna has survived another year of chronic epilepsy.
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Teens of epileptic mothers lag academically
Teenagers born to women who took two or more epilepsy drugs while pregnant fare worse in school than peers with no prenatal exposure to these medications.
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Epilepsy drugs and birth defects
Pregnant women with epilepsy need to be informed about the risks of birth defects due to drugs used to control seizures.
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Epilepsy drug may help alcoholics
Treatment with the anti-epilepsy drug topiramate appears to reduce alcohol craving and drinking in alcoholic adults.
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Epilepsy drug linked to risk of liver disease
Recent research shows that treatment with the anti-epilepsy drug sodium valproate tends to increase body weight and increase the risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
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Anti-epileptic drugs affect fertility
Men with epilepsy often have fertility problems, which can be worsened by drugs used to prevent the seizures. If fertility problems emerge in men with treated epilepsy, semen analysis should be conducted and if abnormalities are found, alternative drug treatment should be considered.
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Why drugs do not help some epileptics
Around one third of people with epilepsy are not helped by any of the available treatments. New research offers a reason why and suggests new ways to treat drug resistance in epileptic patients.
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Britain Fines Pfizer Record $107 Million For Huge Drug Price Hike
Britain's competition watchdog said on Wednesday it had fined Pfizer a record 84.2 million pounds ($106.54 million) for ramping up the cost of an epilepsy drug by as much as 2,600 percent.
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Colombia Rethinks Drug Policy With Medical Marijuana
Every year Colombian mother Ines Cano celebrates her daughter's birthday by getting a butterfly tattoo, her way of giving thanks that little Luna has survived another year of chronic epilepsy.
-
Teens of epileptic mothers lag academically
Teenagers born to women who took two or more epilepsy drugs while pregnant fare worse in school than peers with no prenatal exposure to these medications.
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Epilepsy drugs and birth defects
Pregnant women with epilepsy need to be informed about the risks of birth defects due to drugs used to control seizures.
-
Epilepsy drug may help alcoholics
Treatment with the anti-epilepsy drug topiramate appears to reduce alcohol craving and drinking in alcoholic adults.
-
Epilepsy drug linked to risk of liver disease
Recent research shows that treatment with the anti-epilepsy drug sodium valproate tends to increase body weight and increase the risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
-
Anti-epileptic drugs affect fertility
Men with epilepsy often have fertility problems, which can be worsened by drugs used to prevent the seizures. If fertility problems emerge in men with treated epilepsy, semen analysis should be conducted and if abnormalities are found, alternative drug treatment should be considered.
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Why drugs do not help some epileptics
Around one third of people with epilepsy are not helped by any of the available treatments. New research offers a reason why and suggests new ways to treat drug resistance in epileptic patients.
