Ranitidine, which is most often sold under the brand name Zantac, is one of the most popular medications in the United States: since 2009, there have been over 15 million annual prescriptions of ranitidine, securing its rank as the 50th most highly-prescribed drug in 2016.…
As an attorney who has handled many food safety cases here in the San Francisco Bay Area, I am always interested to learn about food safety news. As a parent, I would want to know the latest information coming out about the food I would…
The New York times today has a great article on the mentally ill's burden with Zyprexa's link to diabetes. Zyprexa is an anti-psychotic drug that has also been linked to Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS) and Tardive Dyskinesia (TD). According to the article, approximately 20 percent of mentally ill patients develop diabetes. It is important to note that there are two types of diabetes: Type...
