Phentermine is a sympathomimetic amine similar to amphetamine. Also known as anorectic/anorexigenic drug. Phentermine is one of the most widely used prescribed diet pill for the treatment of obesity. html “>Phentermine is one of two drugs in the Fen-phen anti – obesity medication, the other being fenfluramine or dexfenfluramine. Phentermine was first approved by the FDA in 1959 as an appetite suppressant for treatment of obesity. Phentermine is currently sold under the brand names Iona

Yesterday, GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) received some good news with the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of Votrient (pazopanib) for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), a form of kidney cancer. However, the FDA approval does not come as a surprise to us as earlier this month the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) had voted unanimously in favor of the drug. The favorable recommendation was based on encouraging results from a phase III

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Dear Pharmacist, Sometimes after I take Viagra, my vision turns blueish-grey and it gets blurry. Is this this an expected side effect? I can’t ask my doctor because he may stop prescribing it for me. --C.G., Long Island, New York Answer: Viagra, and the two other FDA approved medications for erectile dysfunction, Cialis and Levitra are blockbuster drugs that are known to affect vision and many men fear they will go blind by using these drugs. But this doesn’t stop men from using th