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Online Proscar pills – a synthetic 4-azasteroidnoe compound – a drug from a new class of specific inhibitors of 5-alpha reductase, an intracellular enzyme that converts testosterone into a more active androgen – dehydrotestosterone. Proscar has no affinity for androgen receptors.

Prostate growth and subsequent development of adenomas depend on the conversion of testosterone into dehydrotestosterone within the prostate gland. As a result of inhibition of 5-alpha reductase inhibitor for 24 hours after ingestion of the drug there is a noticeable decrease in the concentration of DHT in the system circulation and within the prostate gland.
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Gilead Sciences Inc., one of the world’s biggest producers of AIDS drugs, will allow some of them to be made by generic manufacturers — potentially increasing their availability in poor countries, particularly in Africa, officials said Tuesday. In the first deal of its kind, the Foster City, California-based pharmaceutical company has agreed to allow four of its AIDS drugs to be made by generic drug companies at a cheaper cost in return for a small proportion of royalties, United Nations health officials said.

Most of the 33 million people worldwide who have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, live in Africa. One of the drugs will also be used to treat people with hepatitis.
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Today, effective drug treatment of schizophrenia is possible with the use of only one drug, carefully chosen in the required dosages, excluding adverse effects, implying a relatively low cost of treatment, rather than multiple drugs, which have only plenty of side effects.

Preferred atypical antipsychotics, like generic Zyprexa, with a minimal number of side effects and which can affect almost all the symptoms of schizophrenia (productive, negative and neurocognitive deficits). Atypical antipsychotics are presented at the market by: azaleptin (leponex), respiridone, olanzepin (Zyprexa), kventiapin (Seroquel), amisulpirid (solian).
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Health experts in Portugal said Friday that Portugal’s decision 10 years ago to decriminalise drug use and treat addicts rather than punishing them is an experiment that has worked.”There is no doubt that the phenomenon of addiction is in decline in Portugal,” said Joao Goulao, President of the Institute of Drugs and Drugs Addiction, a press conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the law.

The number of addicts considered “problematic” — those who repeatedly use “hard” drugs and intravenous users — had fallen by half since the early 1990s, when the figure was estimated at around 100,000 people, Goulao said. Other factors had also played their part however, Goulao, a medical doctor added.
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“Finasteride” (the patented name generic Propecia) – a medicine for the treatment of male type of baldness (ITO) – the only remedy to treat baldness, approved by Food and Drug Administration for use under doctor’s prescription. But in spite of the fact that this medication should be used strictly according to prescription from your doctor, at online drug store you can easy buy Propecia without prescription.

In clinical trials, comparing Finasteride and placebo, the first has proved that it can provide a lasting improvement in the stimulation of hair growth and reduce hair loss. A side effect of Finasteride on sexual function has notices less than 5% of men who use it, and the symptoms disappeared completely after treatment.
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The health benefits of gastric bypass surgery may go beyond helping people lose weight, new research suggests.

The new study included 15 people who had gastric bypass surgery. Six months after surgery, the participants showed a decrease in proteins that cause inflammation associated with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and an increase in proteins that reduce such inflammation. The study was released online in advance of publication in an upcoming print issue of the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.
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Currently, Citalopram or generic Celexa has the most selective effect of all SSRIs and not without reason, regarded as a new standard for selectivity. In addition to the selective inhibition of serotonin reuptake drug and its metabolites are virtually no effect on the noradrenergic and dopaminergic neurotransmitter systems.

It causes the choice of this antidepressant drug in the accompanying somatic diseases, treatment of older persons or in an outpatient practice in the treatment of patients who continue to work. A significant advantage of Celexa without prescription drugs it that has smaller risk of drug interaction than other antidepressants.
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Food allergies affect about one in 13 U.S. children, double the latest government estimate, a new study suggests. The researchers say about 40 percent of them have severe reactions — a finding they hope will erase misconceptions that food allergies are just like hay fever and other seasonal allergies that are troublesome but not dangerous.

Overall, 8 percent of the children studied had food allergies; peanuts and milk were the most common sources. That translates to nearly 6 million U.S. children.
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Statistics show that the need for treatment of hair loss encountered 30-35% of men aged 25 years. Male-pattern baldness – androgenetic alopecia – the most common form of male hair loss and up to 95% of all cases is required appropriate treatment. Androgenic alopecia in women is only about 5% of all cases of hair loss that require treatment. The main form of female hair loss is temporary hair loss – 95% of all observations. From alopecia areata, which, in contrast to androgenic, is a disease requiring mandatory treatment, suffers about 0.1% of the population.

Each type of hair loss – androgenetic alopecia, temporary hair loss and alopecia areata – requires specially selected treatment methods and means.
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Hong Kong has ordered pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline to recall an antibiotic used to treat infections in children which contained a chemical additive twice recommended European safety limits. A government spokesman said Friday that tests revealed the Augmentin antibiotic syrup produced by the British firm’s French factory contained an unsafe level of a plasticiser known as Diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP).

France’s drug regulator had been notified of the syrup recall on Thursday, he added. The drugs maker is the latest company to become embroiled in a scare over plasticisers — chemicals used to make plastic pliable — with Hong Kong banning several Taiwanese drinks in recent weeks after tests showed they were tainted with excessive amounts of another plasticiser. Taiwan has issued a major recall of products, including nearly half a million bottles of sports drinks and fruit juice, over fears they contained the chemical used in plastics.
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