MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'injectable'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:29:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758826&cid=t_113861_113_f&fid=39278&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogsite.mdbuyline.com%2F%3Fp%3D246 Would you rather have rods, screws, or an artificial disk placed in your back?  How about injectable glue?  If degenerative disc disease (DDD) is diagnosed early, most medical professionals prefer to prescribe more conservative therapies before fusion is required. Injectable glue made up of recombinant protein hydrogels is being studied as an option to slow the process of DDD.  Several companies have developed technologies to function either as a standalone therapy or as an adjunct to microdiscectomy.  The technology intends to keep a patient’s natural disc intact and to preserve the normal motion of the spine. I asked Dr. Anthony Yeung, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon at the Arizona Institute for Minimally Invasive Spine Care in Phoenix, AZ, and voluntary associate clinical professor a... MD Buyline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758826 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:53:13 +0100 4758826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4653606&cid=t_113861_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FHbgOGFlE5sE%2F The ongoing shortage of prescription medicines continues to wreak havoc in the form of rising medication errors and are costing US hospitals an extra $200 million by forcing them to purchase more expensive generics or other therapeutic substitutes, according to a survey by the Premier alliance of hospitals and healthcare provideres. Why is this happening? At least 42 percent of sterile injectable drug shortages last year were due to product quality problems, such as particulates, microbial contamination, newly identified impurities and stability changes. Another 9 percent were due to problems with raw materials and 5 percent were attributed to the shutdown of a manufacturing site. Keep in mind, Premier notes, that foreign markets are the source for up to 80 percent of the raw materials req... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4653606 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:52:12 +0100 4653606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4545254&cid=t_113861_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FabRdHoDFKxs%2F This study gives no reason why the use of this treatment should be increased” over other drugs, said Rosenheck, a researcher at the US Department of Veterans Affairs, which funded the study, explains to the news service. “It may be effective for individual patients, but as a matter of policy, this is an expensive treatment and there’s no reason to aggressively promote it.” He noted Risperdal Consta costs about $7,000 a patient, which makes the injectable the most expensive antipsychotic and the third biggest-selling med in the J&J stable at $1.3 billion in sales last year. However, J&J is already trying to shift patients to its newer Invega Sustenna. The injectable is “yesterday’s drug,” RBC Capital Markets analyst Glenn Novarro tells Bloomberg, adding ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4545254 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:46:36 +0100 4545254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3443933&cid=t_113861_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fthe-jurys-still-out-on-victoza.html Novo Nordisk is well-known in the diabetes community for its insulins, Novolog and Levemir, used to treat mainly type 1 diabetes. But in the last year, Novo launched a new kind of injectable, a “first line of defense for people with type 2 diabetes” called Victoza (generic: liraglutide). It’s a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drug designed [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3443933 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:00:37 +0100 3443933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2839010&cid=t_113861_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FaKtNJyoYU7I%2F Mark your calendars for November 5th. That’s the day that vaccines for the H1N1 virus are set to arrive in the U.S. The first shipments will go out to doctors and clinics based on a list provided from each state. The first shipment will include the nasal vaccine and then move on to the injectable variety. According to USA Today, four million doses of injectable vaccine are due in the initial run “with another 10 million to 20 million doses due weekly.” In other words, they shouldn’t run out. So be sure to get your shot. Image: sxc.hu. Post from: Blisstree Flu Vaccines to Arrive November 5th (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2839010 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:18:00 +0100 2839010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398629&cid=t_113861_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fnew-male-contraceptive-on-the-horizon%2F It’s starting to look like a injectable form of birth control for men might just be possible in the future. A new study by Chinese researchers at the National Research for Family Center in Beijing has been focusing on the effectiveness of a  monthly testosterone-based injection for men. And the results are promising with a 99 percent success rate.. For the study,  a 1000 healthy and fertile men between 20 and 45 were given monthly injections of  500mg of testosterone undecanoate in tea seed oil for 30 months. This testosterone-based product caused the disruption of sperm production and hence prevented reproduction. Better yet, no serious adverse side effects occurred and once the monthly injects were stopped, the sperm count returns to healthy levels by six months. Of course, further ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398629 Thu, 07 May 2009 09:22:15 +0100 2398629 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1216489&cid=t_113861_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F02%2F07%2Fforcibly-injecting-medication-into-people-with-schizophrenia%2F So it looks like Eli Lilly’s new medication for schizophrenia, an injectable form of Zyprexa, will be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by the end of the year. Why do you need an injectable form of a medication when pills work just as well? When people don’t want to take their medications. Furious Seasons has the story, and comes down on the side of admitting that sometimes people do need to be forced into taking their medication: I’ve recently had to rethink my stance on the use of injectables because of a murder that was committed five blocks from my apartment, allegedly by an ex-convict with a long track record of extreme violence who was blowing off his meds and whom, for some reason, did not get admitted to a psych unit. The short story is that th... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1216489 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:00:12 +0100 1216489 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=556859&cid=t_113861_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F20%2Fthought-for-the-day-a-vaccine-for-breast-cancer-too%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Drug, Research, Daily news, Thought for the DayThere's a new vaccine out there that stimulates the immune system to find and destroy breast cancer cells. In early experiments, the vaccine held off or stopped the growth of tumors in all of the mice studied. Some mice were even cured.Think about this:Research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research reveals this vaccine is different from most under development that help kick-start the immune systems of sick patients. In this case, the vaccine tells the immune system to recognize breast cancer cells and to attack and kill them on the spot.One researcher says breast cancer cells usually fly under the radar of the immune system. To combat this problem, the injectable vaccine use... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=556859 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 556859