This article is written to discuss heart disease and ACE inhibitors, what they are and their impact on you as a heart patient. There are a variety of medications that a person can be prescribed for heart disease. One of these is known as angiotensin converting enzyme...

Night sweats from medications is more common than one would think. This article will list medications that cause sweating. In order for us to understand where the sweating is coming from, we should understand that medications cause night sweats as well as diseases and o...

High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. A condition of high blood pressure creates more risk of heart strokes, heart failure along with various other disorders that may threaten your life. Ask any doctor and he will tell you how to maintain your normal blood ...

High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. A condition of high blood pressure creates more risk of heart strokes, heart failure along with various other disorders that may threaten your life. Ask any doctor and he will tell you how to maintain your normal bloo...

Blood pressure reducing medicines are normally used when exercise and diet has failed to reduce your blood pressure to a safe level or to control your blood pressure while you are making the required lifestyle changes to get the desired results. The number of blo...

There are dozens of antihypertensive agents in use today. They can be grouped into eight different classifications: (1) alpha/beta-adrenergic blocking agents, (2) angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, (3) angiotensin II receptor antagonists, (4) antiadrenergi...

Phoenix Pharmaceuticals markets prescription drugs to underserved community Most urban dwellers who see black physicians probably aren't aware that the money generated from their prescriptions benefits the pharmaceutical industry to the tune of $100 million per week...

Byline: Marilee Reyes Staff Writer It's a mouthful to say, but ``enhanced external counterpulsation'' (EECP) is giving people with failing hearts a new lease on life. Joe Bryant, a retired land surveyor, could barely walk up stairs to go to bed without experiencing...

New regulations to increase health care worker accountability for compounding sterile preparations and safe handling of pharmaceuticals are affecting how hospitals and clinics select and administer parenteral medications. These regulations also are affecting the ...

Lost in all the current debate over PPS, RUGs and prescription drug coverage is the fact that the pharmaceutical industry continues to make progress in developing new products for the long-term care market. Some have real potential for improving the wellbeing and qua...

Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) is the separation of articular articular /ar·tic·u·lar/ (ahr-tik´u-ler) pertaining to a joint.ar·tic·u·lar (är-tky cartilage and its adjacent subchondral bone from the articular surface of a joint. (1) Koenig (2) fir...

Patients who could benefit from additional education about treatments for erectile dysfunction (ED) may prematurely discontinue or switch ED medications, resulting in unnecessary resource utilization. In a retrospective cohort study using a large, aggregated heal...

JERUSALEM -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has issued an opinion following the completion of a trial on Pfizer Inc.'s subsidiary Warner-Lambert U.S. Patent No. 4,743,450,...

MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 1999--Warner-Lambert Company (NYSE:WLA) today reported that diluted earnings per share increased 38 percent on a 20 percent sales gain -- 21 percent at constant foreign exchange rates -- for the third quarter ended Sep...

This article is written to discuss heart disease and ACE inhibitors, what they are and their impact on you as a heart patient. There are a variety of medications that a person can be prescribed for heart disease. One of these is known as angiotensin converting enz...

Ranbaxy Will Market Generic Atorvastatin in the U.S. With 180 Days Exclusivity From Nov. 30, 2011 ...

Alpha blockers or alpha-adrenergic blockers ...

Definition Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (also called ACE inhibitors) are medicines that block the conversion of the chemical angiotensin I to a substance that increases salt and water retention in the body. Purpose ACE inhibitors are used in the treatment of...

Ranbaxy to Receive License in U.S. on November 30, 2011; ...

Lost in all the current debate over PPS, RUGs and prescription drug coverage is the fact that the pharmaceutical industry continues to make progress in developing new products for the long-term care market. Some have real potential for improving the wellbeing and qual...

NEW YORK -- A federal judge has blocked sales of generic forms of Pfizer Inc.'s Accupril, a ruling seen as a setback to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., both of which had been marketing the product under its generic name of quinap...

JERUSALEM -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has issued an opinion following the completion of a trial on Pfizer Inc.'s subsidiary Warner-Lambert U.S. Patent No. 4,743,450, ...