After about two years, 6.2 percent of those on BiDil had died, compared with 10.2 percent on those on placebo. Also during that period, 16.4 percent on BiDil were hospitalized for heart failure, compared with 24.4 percent of the rest.
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel recommended the sale of a heart drug for African Americans, the first medicine intended for a particular racial group, the firm developing the drug, NitroMed Inc., said in a statement.
Police have charged a North Montgomery High School teacher with going into a family’s home and stealing prescription drugs from their medicine cabinet.
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel recommended the sale of a heart drug for African Americans, the first medicine intended for a particular racial group, the firm developing the drug, NitroMed Inc., said in a statement.
You go to the doctor for a checkup, and with a few clicks she has the results of blood tests performed at a hospital weeks before. When you leave, prescriptions have been sent electronically to your drug store.
