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Study shows metyrapone effective for treating rare Cushing’s Syndrome
The first ever prospective study to test the safety and efficacy of metyrapone in patients with Cushing’s Syndrome in a real-life setting has shown...
Study shows triple-combination therapy reduces COPD exacerbations
Results from a Phase III trial have shown how a triple-combination therapy reduces the rate of moderate or severe COPD exacerbations.
The results from the...
Senolytic drugs: can this antibiotic treat symptoms of ageing?
Professor Michael P Lisanti of the University of Salford highlights the potential applications of senolytic drugs in treating age-associated conditions.
Professor Michael P Lisanti, Chair...
How medical cannabis can help fight against the US opioid crisis
Abuse of opioids is a real crisis and the US Government have worked hard to solve this issue, but it has endured over the...
Tetra confirms FDA conditions met for CAUMZ drug
FDA conditions met for Fast Track programme where the patient population has a serious condition with significant morbidity.
Leaders in botanical-derived drug discovery and development,...
Opioid Pandemic: more people knowingly use fentanyl
New research out of the University of British Columbia reveals that the use of the synthetic opioid, fentanyl, has doubled since 2015
Fentanyl is a...
Cannabis and driving: road and workplace safety laws should focus on impairment not use
Legalisation of cannabis by several countries and US states has raised legitimate concerns about increases in impaired driving and threats to workplace safety.
Unfortunately, many...
Chemical factories: cannabis trichomes under the microscope
A recent study has revealed the internal structures of cannabis’ biochemical factories – trichomes – and note that these hairs can be used as...
Police boss says UK should regulate cannabis and allow home grows
A UK police boss has said that the UK should regulate cannabis and people should be allowed to grow a small amount in their...
UK police boss demands crown prosecution protects cannabis patients
A UK police and crime commissioner in Wales is calling for assurances that people using cannabis for medicinal purposes will not be prosecuted.
North Wales...
Partnership for new drugs derived from cannabis to prevent vision loss
A new partnership has been formed to license two new synthetic drug candidate formulations derived from cannabis.
The cannabis research program at the University of...
Is exercise the new prescription drug? Experts say yes
Experts on the BBC 5 Live podcast, All Hail Kale, advise that exercise can be just as powerful as prescription drugs in boosting mental health.
Professor of...
Fycompa: Eisai’s new anti-epileptic drug is ready for the market in China
Fycompa is a first in class anti-epileptic drug (AED) discovered and developed by the pharmaceutical company, Eisai and it's ready to be marketed in...
Baroness Meacher: access to medical cannabis in the UK
Baroness Meacher is the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform and has a long history in social work and mental...
Why MDMA must be reclassified as a Schedule 2 drug
Amanda Feilding of the Beckley Foundation discusses the organisations new report ‘Roadmaps to Regulation: MDMA’ which recommends rescheduling MDMA to a Schedule 2 drug.
MDMA...
Ketamine may hold potential as treatment for autism and Tourette’s
To this day there is no known cure for either autism or Tourette’s syndrome, however, new research has revealed how a common anaesthetic could...
Nerve pain drug could help restore limb function after spinal cord injury
A mouse study has shown that nerve pain drug gabapentin promotes regeneration of neural circuits.
New research in mice suggests that long-term treatment with gabapentin,...
Long-term use of opioids could increase risk of PTSD
Links have been drawn between long-term opioid use and increased risk of PTSD.
According to a study published in Neuropsychopharmacology, long-term treatment with opioids could...
NIH study finds anti-seizure drugs equally effective
New findings reveal that three anti-seizure drugs, levetiracetam, fosphenytoin, and valproate, are equally safe and effective in treating patients with this condition.
These three anti-seizure...
New antibiotic on the horizon to combat drug resistance
Today, more and more bacterial pathogens of infectious diseases are becoming resistant to customary antibiotics.
A new discovery, from an international team of researchers, with...