New Year Medicare Plan To Confuse Many

12/29/2005: The new Medicare drug plan kicks-in on New Years day, 2006 and doctors are expecting a deluge of questions from confused senior citizens. Patients who are also on Medicaid (dual-eligible recipients), will be automatically enrolled in a drug plan as of January 1st if they do not choose one themselves.
Full Article: The Medicare plan headache

Ranbaxy Prepared to Mass Produce Tamiflu

12/01/2005: The generic drug company, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. based in India, just released that it was prepared to mass produce Tamiflu for the United States to combat the Avian flu threat.
Full Article: Ranbaxy Says Set to Make Large Quantity of Tamiflu

New UnitedHealth Medicare Plan Shows Interest

11/17/2005: The AARP promoted UnitedHealth Group, Inc. has received over 1 million applicants for their new Medicare prescription drug program that takes effect Jan 1st, 2006.
Full Article: UnitedHealth: 1M apply for Medicare plan

Viagra and Raynaud's Phenomenon

11/07/2005: According to a new German study, Viagra, generically known as Sildenafil Citrate, helps relieves the symptoms associated with Raynaud's phenomenon in patients that do not respond to conventional therapy.
Full Article: Viagra Reverses Symptoms of Raynaud's Phenomenon

Pain drugs Cut Mouth Cancer Risk

10/7/2005: New resarch shows NSAID medications (COX enzyme blockers) like asprin may play a role in reducing oral cancer. The research indicates that COX enzymes, commonly associated with pain, may be directly linked with certain types of oral cancers.
Full Article: Pain Drugs Cut Risk of Mouth Cancer

New Once-Daily Version of Tramadol Approved in EU

9/6/2005: Labopharm Inc received regulatory approval for a new version of Tramadol in 22 European Countries on 9/6/2005. The new Once-Daily Tramadol has been approved in daily doses ranging from 100-400mg. Labopharm expects to submit their once-daily Tramadol to the United States Food and Drug Administration this year which may be approved as early as 9/2006 if there are no snags.
Full Article: Labopharm set to launch Tramadol pain drug in EU

09/19/2005: If you live in or near the following Florida counties: Miami, Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Monroe, Collier, Hendry or Glades, shipments may be affected. Check out our Weather Alerts Florida Page to see the latest severe weather alerts in your in your area.

09/15/2005: Check out our Weather Alerts Page courtesy of the National Weather Service to see if Hurricane Ophelia may affect shipments and delivery times in your area.

09/13/2005: Hurricane Ophelia approaches Carolinas
Hovering off the coast of the Carolinas, Ophelia again reached hurricane status Tuesday evening, with top winds of at least 75 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

08/30/2005: Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi were hit hard by Hurricane Katrina which made landfall off the Louisiana Coast early Monday morning at about 6:10 am CDT. If you are expecting or will be expecting a UPS package, please click the following link to visit the
UPS Hurricane Katrina Page

If you have an outstanding US Post Office package, please use this link to get more information about service delays in the affected areas:
USPS Hurricane Katrrina Page

Can Erectile Dysfunction (ED) Drugs Save Lives?

08/20/2005: According to a new study, Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitors such as Sildenafil Citrate better known as Viagra, Vardenafil (Levitra) and Tadalafil (Cialis) have been found to have potential future applications beyond Erectile Dysfunction such as pulmonary hypertension, various cardiovascular diseases and preeclampsia.

Full Article: Potent Medicine

Could Viagra Raise STD Risks in Gay Men?

06/01/2005: Researchers have begun asking the federal government to impose new restrictions on Viagra due to recent findings that gay men are more likely to engage in unprotected sex and are thus more susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases while taking the drug. The findings of these studies published in the June 2005 issue of the American Journal of Medicine surveyed gay and bisexual males, mostly from the San Francisco area. The study authors would like the government to consider making Viagra a controlled substance which would eliminate the free samples and make it harder for traffickers to sell.

Full Article: HealthDay News