The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Tekamlo® (aliskiren and amlodipine) tablets, a single-pill for the treatment of high blood pressure combining the only approved direct renin inhibitor, Tekturna® (aliskiren) with the widely used calcium channel blocker, amlodipine1. Tekamlo is approved as initial therapy for patients who are likely to need multiple drugs to achieve their blood ...

A pricey cancer drug and 29 generic medications have been added to the provincial pharmacare program, health officials announced today. Revlimid, an oral drug to treat multiple myeloma, is one of eight drugs that are now included through Manitobas Exception Drug Status.

Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 69-year-old woman, 5 feet 3 inches and 120 pounds. My blood pressure is high-normal. Otherwise, I am healthy.

The Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association (MTEA) union is asking a judge to force the region's school board to reinstate Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs to their taxpayer-funded health care coverage, according to a Friday report by Associated Press (AP) writer Ryan J. Foley.According to Foley, "The filing is the latest in a two-year legal campaign in which the union has ...

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