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In December 2016, 20 American attorneys general filed a civil complaint accusing Aurobindo Pharma of a coordinated scheme to artificially maintain high prices for a generic antibiotic and diabetes drug. The complaint alleged price collusion schemes between six pharmaceutical firms including informal gatherings, telephone calls, and text ...
Guaifenesin is an oral medication used to try to help cough out phlegm from the airways. [1] It is often used in combination with other medications. [1] It is believed to work by making airway secretions more liquid. [1] Side effects may include dizziness, sleepiness, skin rash, and nausea. [2] Guaifenesin has been used medically since at least ...
Bottle of ephedrine, an alkaloid found in ephedra. Ephedra is a medicinal preparation from the plant Ephedra sinica. [1] Several additional species belonging to the genus Ephedra have traditionally been used for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a possible candidate for the soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion. [2]
In 1997, the FDA proposed a regulation on ephedra (the herb from which ephedrine is obtained), which limited an ephedra dose to 8 mg (of active ephedrine) with no more than 24 mg per day. [78] This proposed rule was withdrawn, in part, in 2000 because of "concerns regarding the agency's basis for proposing a certain dietary ingredient level and ...
Guaifenesin is used in combination with, for example, ketamine, since guaifenesin does not provide analgesia or produce unconsciousness. [26] [27] In horses, the drug's biological half-life is 77 minutes. Premedication with xylazine (1.1 mg/kg) can reduce the dose required from 163 mg/kg (in geldings) to just 88 mg/kg. [27]
In January 2002, Health Canada issued a voluntary recall of all ephedrine products containing more than 8 mg per dose, all combinations of ephedrine with other stimulants such as caffeine, and all ephedrine products marketed for weight-loss or bodybuilding indications, citing a serious risk to health. [2]
Guaifenesin protocol is an unapproved treatment for fibromyalgia suggested in the 1990s by R. Paul St. Amand, M.D. The protocol involves three parts: titrating the guaifenesin dosage, avoiding salicylates , and following a low-carbohydrate diet if the patient is hypoglycemic .
Conversely, ephedrine is the enantiopure (1R,2S)-enantiomer. [1] Racephedrine has been marketed for medical use in Italy . [ 1 ] Like ephedrine, racephedrine is a releasing agent of norepinephrine and to a much lesser extent of dopamine .