Beware! Use of Complementary and Alternative medicines might lead to liver injury, warn AIIMS
New Delhi: The use of complementary and alternative medicines may cause liver injury, warn experts at AIIMS. Alternative medicine describes medical treatments used in place of traditional (mainstream) therapies. These medicines…
Many essential drugs priced much higher than manufacturing cost: WHO
NEW DELHI: Around 40% of the essential medicines in India with lowest MRP are priced significantly higher than estimated production costs, an assessment by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows…
New Tuberculosis drug ‘Bedaquiline’ gave side effects on 8% of its users
Report generated from the data gathered through RTI Act revealed that the new tuberculosis drug ‘Bedaquiline’ at public hospitals over the last two years experienced side-effects like depression, liver damage,…
