Archive for October, 2011
Vitamin E warning and Efficacy of Selenium?
A new study that came out in JAMA suggested that patients taking high dose Vitamin E had a higher chance of developing prosate cancer. We still await more studies for the same. The study did not show any benefit with using Selenium.
New warnings!
New FDA warnings were issued today about TNF antagonists (Remicaide, Cimzia and Humira) Fatal infections have occured with Legionella and Listeria. This is especially true with patients on TNF plus another immunusuppresant. Simvastatin has drug warnings with interactions with amidarone, diltiazem, verapamil, antifungals including diflucan and other drugs. Dose reduction or NOT using them at [...]