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Generic drug manufacturers often change the way in which prescription drug ingredients are made in order to lower costs of making them, so this kind of contamination may be more widespread and undetected in generic drugs. [21] 2022–2023 United States P. aeruginosa outbreak in eye drops
A recent study has shown that people who take SGLT-2 inhibitors for type 2 diabetes management have a 35% lower diabetes risk, overall. A diabetes drug may help prevent dementia, new research ...
[46] 15% of older adults are potentially at risk for a major drug-drug interaction. [47] Older adults are at a higher risk for a drug-drug interaction due to the increased number of medications prescribed and metabolic changes that occur with aging. [48] When a new drug is prescribed, the risk of interactions increases exponentially.
Other diabetes drugs, specifically sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, can also lead to a reduction in lean mass. This includes canagliflozin (Invokana®) and dapagliflozin (Farxiga®).
A study found that 9.4% of global deaths between 2000 and 2019 – ~5 million annually – can be attributed to extreme temperature with cold-related ones making up the larger share and decreasing and heat-related ones making up ~0.91% and increasing. Incidences of heart attacks, cardiac arrests and strokes increase under such conditions.
(Reuters) -Eli Lilly's weight-loss drug, Zepbound, drastically cut the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in overweight or obese pre-diabetic adults after three years of weekly injections, the ...
Lung restriction in diabetes could result from chronic low-grade tissue inflammation, microangiopathy, and/or accumulation of advanced glycation end products. [46] In fact the presence restrictive lung defect in association with diabetes has been shown even in presence of obstructive lung diseases like asthma and COPD in diabetic patients. [47]
Alcohol is contributing too, accounting for more than 8.5% of excess deaths in 2023. Related health problems, including liver disease and alcohol-induced accidents, were responsible for the deaths ...