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Questions tagged [medications]
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How are vaccines tested for very young children or infants?
I've heard people claim that vaccines aren't tested before being given to infants. I looked into it and found lots of references to extensive human trials, but the best reference I've found about testing in children is this from a site run by the…
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Is the same hep C medicine available for 900$ in India and 84000$ in the United States?
This is the pill that cures Hepatitis C
India: $900
America: $84,000
This is what happens when big pharma has bought all your politicians
Are these numbers accurate?
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Does Paracetamol reduce fever?
My wife who is in hospital was given Paracetamol when the nurse noticed her temperature was above normal. Medical professionals have often recommended to my family members that Paracetamol be taken to treat light fevers.
Paracetamol is typically…
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Do antioxidants improve immune responses in dogs?
The claim "Antioxidants can also be important in improving immune responses in dogs." is being made on this web page. They go on to say
Because antioxidants play a key role in minimizing damage to cells,
such as those that make up the immune…
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Do statins contribute to dementia?
A documentary, Cholesterol, the Great Bluff (2016) - IMDb (depending upon location, available in Cholesterol: The Great Bluff), contains many examples of why statins are not only useless, but are actually harmful.
It claims that statins have severe…
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Can SSRI make things worse in the long term or cause delayed depression?
I found these two articles that mention that taking SSRI for depression can actually make the depression worse.
Is it true? Can Tardive Dysphoria (delayed depression) be caused by…
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Can this drug make "zombies" out of people in the sense they will do whatever they are told?
From here the drug referred to as Devil's breath "renders a person incapable of exercising free will". In the video at 3:27 one person claims people under the influence are completely susceptible to suggestion and would do things like write a person…
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Does Aderall make you less creative?
In this discussion on the Hacker News forum, there is a debate about whether
taking Aderall makes you less creative.
This science blog quotes the New Yorker magazine:
In the New Yorker Magazine of April 27, 2009, Margaret Talbot has an extensive…
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Was propoxyphene (Darvocet) as dangerous as claimed when it was banned?
I recently found out that Darvocet had been banned in the US. Being allergic to pain killers in the Vicodin family this severely limited my doctors choices in prescribing pain killers for me.
So I did some research into why...
Nov. 19, 2010 -- The…
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Can FishMox be used for humans as an antibiotic?
Is it true that the fish antibiotic FishMox can be used as an antibiotic by humans? The advantages would be that it does not require a prescription and is cheaper.
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Do African countries using Ivermectin have a better Covid-19 situation?
In the great Ivermectin debate, one frequently mentioned argument on the pro-side is a comparison among African countries. They argue that a set of countries in Africa having significantly lower cases and mortality are the countries with endemic…
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Have COVID-19 vaccination trials started in Seattle?
I am reading conflicting information on this.
In a supposed Associated Press Exclusive, a report went out March 16th saying:
U.S. researchers gave the first shots in a first test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday, leading off a…
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Do SSRIs cause mass shootings/violence?
I'm am frequently seeing claims that anti-depressants are causing mass shootings.
Here's one example from 1 Apr 2013: Ammoland
Manasquan, NJ –-(Ammoland.com)- Nearly every mass shooting incident in
the last twenty years, and multiple other…
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Do Testofen supplements "increase drive, improve performance, and enhance muscle mass"?
This is a paid ad for a testosterone booster, which seems to be pretty widely displayed
The ad makes the following claim:
Studies from India and Queensland, Australia have shown strong and even spectacular results with the key ingredient in…
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Do hockey players sniff smelling salts?
This City News Toronto segment claims that many ice hockey players have been sniffing smelling salts (based on ammonia carbonate) for a supposed performance boost. (They go on to quote an expert explaining there is no evidence for the boost.)
Now,…
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