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Forgoing medical care in favor of orthomolecular treatments can lead to adverse health outcomes. [6] Health professionals see orthomolecular medicine as encouraging individuals to dose themselves with large amounts of vitamins and other nutrients without conventional supervision, which they worry might be damaging to health.
Orthomolecular psychiatry began with Abram Hoffer and Humphry Osmond in the 1950s and was continued by Carl Pfeiffer, [1] although proponents of orthomolecular psychiatry say that the ideas behind their approach can be traced back to the 1920s and '30s.
In 1963, Ortho introduced the second oral contraceptive available in the United States (Ortho-Novum 10 and Ortho-Novum 2, produced by Syntex). In 1964, Ortho bought rights to and marketed the Gynekoil (Margulies Coil) and Lippes Loop inert plastic IUDs in the United States until the mid-1970s and 1985, respectively.
Ortho-McNeil was found liable in two 2013 civil suits by women who gave birth to children with birth defects after taking Topamax while pregnant. The jury found that they negligently failed to warn the patients and their doctors of the risks associated with Topamax when used by patients during pregnancy. [ 5 ]
Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc is a healthcare company of Johnson & Johnson composed of two divisions: Ortho-McNeil, based in Raritan, NJ (United States); the division is focused on primary care. [1] Janssen, based in Beerse (Belgium); formerly Janssen Pharmaceutica; the division is focused on mental health. [2]
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (now QuidelOrtho) is an in vitro diagnostics company that made products and diagnostic equipment for blood testing.Ortho served two primary industries in the medical field: clinical laboratories, by producing platforms and assays that test for a variety of diseases, conditions, and substances; and immunohematology, by providing the means to ensure blood transfusion ...
In 2017, DJO Global became embroiled in a controversy surrounding the potential mishandling of patient information. It was revealed that individuals who had received a DJO Global product while being treated at the Siena, San Martin, or De Lima campuses of St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, between July 17, 2017, and October 16, 2017, might have encountered issues with their ...
o-Toluidine (ortho-toluidine) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH 3 C 6 H 4 NH 2. It is the most important of the three isomeric toluidines. It is a colorless liquid although commercial samples are often yellowish. It is a precursor to the herbicides metolachlor and acetochlor. [2]