No drug is safe: Drug developers decry Texas abortion pill ruling

[ad_1] Enlarge / Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. A federal judge in Texas issued a ruling Friday to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s nearly 23-year-old approval of the safe and effective abortion and miscarriage medication, mifepristone. Although expected, the ruling throws into question the FDA’s…

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Alzheimer’s drug slowed cognitive decline overall in trial, but with major side effects for some

[ad_1] An experimental drug for Alzheimer’s disease from Eisai and Biogen slowed cognitive decline in a closely watched trial, but may carry a risk of dangerous side effects for certain patients, according to new data presented on Tuesday. The drug, lecanemab, was associated with a type of brain swelling in 12.6 per cent of trial patients, a side effect previously seen with similar drugs. Fourteen per cent of patients had microhemorrhages in the brain —…

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Does CBD Show Up on Drug Tests? Know the Facts

[ad_1] Does CBD Show Up on Drug Tests? There are certain situations when you may have to take a drug test. In most cases, this involves screening a sample of your urine for illicit substances, one of which is marijuana. If the test reveals the presence of an illicit substance in your system, the outcome of your situation will likely be unpleasant. Because of its close relationship to marijuana, many new users face a common…

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UN Drug Report on Environmental Impact of Cannabis Legalization

[ad_1] Despite inherently flawed and overlooked data, the United Nations annual drug report tries to make sense of an increasingly expansive and convoluted global cannabis landscape. The United Nations released its annual World Drug Report on Monday, and, for the first time, it looks at cannabis legalization outcomes and the environmental impacts of different types of cannabis cultivation. The member states’ self-reported data is lacking and inconsistent as the UN tries to keep tabs on…

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