Gonorrhea Evades Antibiotics, Leaving Only One Drug to Treat Disease
Gonorrhea Evades Antibiotics, Leaving Only One Drug To Treat Disease
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"We're basically down to one drug, you know, as the most effective treatment for gonorrhea," Bolan said. Cefixime and ceftriaxone are in the same class of antibiotics. That means it's only a matter of time before ceftriaxon goes, too, she says. "The …
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Macaulay Culkin attends Natalie Portman's wedding amid addiction allegations
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The Enquirer claims Culkin's gaunt appearance is due to heroin addiction declaring the actor has: “6 months to live.” The magazine posted the cover story August 1, claiming in addition to heroin, Culkin was addicted to prescription medication including …
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Two-drug combination has potential to fight cocaine addiction: study
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A fine-tuned combination of two existing pharmaceutical drugs has shown promise as a potential new therapy for people addicted to cocaine—a therapy that would reduce their craving for the drug and blunt their symptoms of withdrawal. In laboratory …
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FDA approves Sanofi/Regeneron colon cancer drug
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it had approved the Sanofi SA and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc drug Zaltrap for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer whose tumors have failed to respond to earlier treatment …
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Gonorrhea
Wyeth, the manufacturing company, ceased production of cefixime, the only drug to which gonorrhea has Leaving the disease untreated can also have long-lasting health effects (CDC, 2005). the world, which severely limited the usefulness of the penicillin antibiotics to treat gonorrhea (Levy … Doc Viewer
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Gonorrhea Evades Antibiotics, Leaving Only One Drug To Treat Disease
Most of the antibiotics that once worked against gonorrhea have stopped working. Now federal health officials say doctors should stop using one of the two remaining drugs. "The big worry is that we potentially could have untreatable gonorrhea in the United States," one expert says. read more … Read News
Gonorrhea Evades Antibiotics, Leaving Only One Drug To Treat Disease
Most of the antibiotics that once worked against gonorrhea have stopped working. Now federal health officials say doctors should stop using one of the two remaining drugs. "The big worry is that we potentially could have untreatable gonorrhea in the United States," one expert says. … Read News