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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three sexagenarian grandfathers and a Nigerien concerning the seizure of over 52.252 kilogrammes of cocaine, methamphetamine and skunk. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the agency seized 32,590 pills of opioids in Lagos, Kwara, Plateau, Sokoto, and two courier companies. He said a man on the NDLEA watchlist, Benjamin Chimaobi, who frequents Cameroun, Ethiopia and Uganda, was arrested on February 18 at Victory Estate, Iba, Ojo area of Lagos. He said the suspect was arrested in connection with the seizure of a 19.70kgs cocaine abandoned on an Ethiopian airline flight that arrived at Lagos airport on Thursday, February 9. According to him, Mr Chimaobi had travelled to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to pick up the consignment. "He claimed it was handed over to him in a black backpack bag on the plane in Addis Ababa but failed to disembark with it on arrival in Lagos. "While the agency...

Ji'an, Jiangxi, China, Dec. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Universe Pharmaceuticals INC (the "Company") (Nasdaq: UPC), a pharmaceutical producer and distributor in China, today announced that six varieties of the Company's products were included in the First Edition of Catalogue of Medicine for Patients Infected with COVID-19 (the "Catalogue"), which was published by Beijing Health Commission on December 12, 2022. The included products are Banlangen Granules, Strong Loquat Extract, Pediatric Paracetamol, Vitamin C Yinqiao Tablets, Acetaminophen Tablets and Metamizole Sodium Tablets. The Catalogue supplements the list of recommended medicine in the Ninth Edition of the National Diagnosis and Treatment Plan. The Catalogue recommends 67 types of traditional Chinese medicine products for six different types of medical symptoms, such as fever and sore throat, and recommends 41 varieties of western medicine products for four types of clinical symptoms, such as...

Issue of the Case When 2 patients who received a COVID-19 diagnosis presented prescriptions for ivermectin at 2 pharmacies, the pharmacists on duty declined to dispense them. Will the patients prevail when they file a lawsuit against the pharmacies, advancing 3 legal arguments to support their claims? Facts of the Case The husband of the couple was the first to receive a diagnosis of COVID-19. The couple first sought a source to obtain monoclonal antibodies for treatment in the state where they lived but were unsuccessful. They made the same attempt in a neighboring state without success. They had heard about use of ivermectin, an antiparasitic agent, to manage COVID-19 and investigated local prescribers who might authorize its use. Again, they were not successful. The couple then pursued a telehealth appointment with a physician in a state farther away who described herself "as an activist for medical freedom, patients' right to choose, and physicians' right to pr...

Sponsored by Senators Dominick Moreno and Lisa Cutter, SB23-176​, Protections For People With An Eating Disorder ​, was introduced on March 3. The bill seeks to restrict the sale of dietary supplements for weight loss or over the counter diet pills to anyone under the age of 18. The bills follow similar efforts in states such as California, New York, and New Jersey​ over the past 12 months. The efforts in California and New York passed the State Legislatures but were ultimately vetoed by the respective governors. Similar bills have also recently been filed in Maryland calling for restricting access of minors to dietary supplements or pharmaceuticals for weight loss. The bill does not attempt to regulate muscle building supplements. Maryland House Bill 634​ was cross-filed with Maryland Senate Bill 602​. Commenting on the new bill in Colorado, Daniel Fabricant, PhD, President and CEO of the Natural Products Association, told us: "The state legislators are becoming emboldened to pro...

As far as medications go, there are few so polarising as the acne drug Roaccutane. The internet is littered with the blogs and vlogs of teenagers praising the drug as a life saver, a game changer that saved them from the hellish torment of cystic acne and finally offered up to them the miracle of clear skin. Then there are those who describe it as the "worst drug on Earth" after suffering from Roaccutane's rare but debilitating side effects, some of which can be tragically fatal. The list of side effects for Roaccutane, also known by its former name Accutane or by its generic name isotretinoin, is long. It includes depression, suicidal thoughts, mood alterations, birth defects for pregnant women, nose bleeds, gastrointestinal disorders, hair loss, dry skin and more. The drug has been linked to five deaths from suicide in the last five years in Australia, according to the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Last month, nine.com.au reported on the case of a Queensla...

Abstract The renin–angiotensin–aldosterone-systems (RAAS) play a central role in the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure (CHF), justifying the use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) in dogs and humans with cardiac diseases. Seminal studies in canine CHF had suggested that the pharmacological action of benazepril was relatively independent of doses greater than 0.25 mg/kg P.O, thereby providing a rationale for the European labeled dose of benazepril in dogs with CHF. However, most of these earlier studies relied on measures of ACE activity, a sub-optimal endpoint to characterize the effect of ACEi on the RAAS. The objectives of this study were ( i ) to expand on previous mathematical modeling efforts of the dose-exposure–response relationship of benazepril on biomarkers of the RAAS which are relevant to CHF pathophysiology and disease prognosis; and ( ii ) to develop a software implementation capable of simulating clinical trials in benazepril in dogs be...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Princess Margaret Hospital's probe into the death of mother-of-three Kenise Darville last month has been completed with the facility allegedly taking responsibility for "irregularities" in her treatment. Kenise Darville Her husband, Jerad Darville, told Eyewitness News that he met with officials last Thursday but does not yet have a written report. He said he felt the investigation was thorough but was disappointed that the report didn't identify any of the individuals responsible for administering care to his wife. "They sat me down last week Thursday and they explained to me that their investigation saw irregularities in the way that healthcare was administered to my wife. And so we just further inquired on when we could get the written report, not until we get it in writing does it mean anything. Darville said: "They said that there were irregularities in the treatment that she got, that if done differently she could have ...