Covid antiviral pill can halve risk of hospitalisation
Promising results mean a clinical trial has ended early and emergency authorisation is being sought. Source link
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A Pill to Treat COVID Could Be Just Months Away
By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Friday, September 24, 2021 (Kaiser News) — Within a day of testing positive for covid-19 in June, Miranda Kelly was sick enough to be scared. At 44, with diabetes and high blood pressure, Kelly, a certified nursing assistant, was having trouble breathing, symptoms serious enough to send her to … Read more
4-in-1 Blood Pressure Pill Could Improve Outcomes
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A four-in-one pill containing “ultra-low doses” of different medications can provide better blood pressure control than standard drug treatment, a new clinical trial from Australia shows. About 80% of people given the “quadpill” achieved a healthy blood pressure of 140/90 within three months … Read more
Contraceptive mini pill can be sold over the counter in UK
Dr Asha Kasliwal, president of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, said: “Progestogen-only contraceptive pills are safe, reliable, easy to use and are an incredibly popular contraceptive method. Availability over the counter in pharmacies will make it easier for women to access essential contraception to avoid unplanned pregnancies during and beyond Covid-19.” Source link
White House to Lift Restrictions on Abortion Pill Access
April 13, 2021 — A requirement that mifepristone abortion pills be dispensed only in-person by a medical provider will be put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. The decision means that health care providers in some states will be able to prescribe mifepristone via telemedicine and mail the … Read more
The pill could be sold in pharmacies without prescription
The contraception could be sold without prescription for the first time, following a public consultation. Source link
Could the Pill Reduce Asthma Attacks?
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Nov. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Women with asthma may suffer fewer severe symptom attacks if they are on birth control pills, a large new study suggests. The study of more than 83,000 women with asthma found that those who used birth control pills … Read more
Birth Control Pill May Cut Women’s Risk for Asthma
By Serena McNiff HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 19, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Could birth control pills build a bulwark against asthma? New research suggests that hormonal contraceptives, which alter the natural ebb and flow of female hormones, may do just that. A study of more than half a million women in the United Kingdom found … Read more
Can a Cheap Pill Cure Gonorrhea? New Test Can Tell
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Aug. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Researchers say a new test can tell which patients with gonorrhea will benefit from treatment with the antibiotic ciprofloxacin. The low-cost drug has been out of use amid concern that the bacterium that causes gonorrhea was becoming resistant to it. … Read more