drugs

24th June 2024

Muscoril and other thiocolchicoside-based muscle relaxants are carcinogenic and genotoxic

Thiocolchicoside-based muscle relaxants - including the well-known Muscoril - are indicated for dealing with muscle contractures, particularly those involving [...]
9 March 2024

Antibiotic resistance, with less consumption of less resistant bacteria

Against the silent pandemic of antibiotic resistance, reducing the use of antibiotics works. The good news comes from a European multi-agency report: “Countries that have reduced their consumption of [...]
20 February 2024

New drug for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia

The European Commission has approved a new drug for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia. The good news arrives in the month dedicated to rare diseases. 5 thousand [...]
9 February 2024

France bans advertising of ibuprofen-based drugs

The French Medicines Agency bans the advertising of medicines containing 400 mg of ibuprofen, widely consumed to alleviate the symptoms of seasonal ailments. The reason [...]
April 27, 2023

Thalidomide malformations. Meeting at the Academy of Medicine of Turin

That of thalidomide is a tragic story that is not over yet. This antiemetic drug, which was given to pregnant women in the late XNUMXs [...]
2 February 2020

Coronavirus and public health, the Chinese lesson

The coronavirus alarm has led to the erection of a new Great Wall for China and its population, 1 in 5 inhabitants of the planet earth. In a historical period that [...]
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