Category Archive for : ‘Medications’

The American drug pricing policy, or rather the absence of any mechanisms regulating prescription drug prices, has been widely criticized. Enabling pharmaceutical companies to set inflated prices even for life-saving medicines, the system is justified in terms of capital being directed to further medical progress and drug development. However, diving deep into the facts, one

The U.S. Congress is rising the question about the increasing cost of insulin. The U.S. congressmen believe that the high prices are connected to the failure of manufacturers. The insulin producers are ready to start the discussion but without the public notice. The first insulin injections have appeared on the U.S. market back in 1923.

Canadian Health&Care Mall is actively involved in the Canadian Network for Deprescription, which aims to reduce doses, stop taking medications that may be harmful to health, or that do not bring the expected benefits. Eight out of ten medications removed from the market between the 1980s and 2000s were due to their serious side effects

One of the greatest discoveries in human history was made by accident by Alexander Fleming in 1928, when he found some of his experimental colonies of Staphylococcus killed by a mysterious mold in his lab. That mold turned out to be Penycillin. Before Fleming, more patients died from infections contracted in hospitals than of actual

The active ingredient of horny goat weed, also known as epimedium plant, is icariin and it has been reported to benefit patients with erectile dysfunction. Horny goat weed is available to consumers in several formulations, such as capsules, tablets, tea and loose powder. Icariin, which is essentially a phytoestrogen, is believed to block the activity

Tetracycline and amoxicillin are both potent antibiotics used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections. The major similarity between these two medications is that both of them are not going to be helpful in addressing viral infections. In this article the Canadian Health&Care Mall experts team is taking a closer look at both antibiotics

Not all “natural” remedies are all that “natural” after all Caverflo Natural Herbal Coffee was introduced to the US market in August 2016 as a natural male enhancement remedy. Packaged in black foil sachets, 25 grams each, Caverflo Natural Herbal Coffee was marketed directly to consumers from a dedicated website caverflo.com. However, the maker of

What makes Nexium perfect for heartburn treatment? Heartburn is caused by “washing back” (also known by term “reflux’) of unprocessed food and acids from the stomach into the food pipe (known as “oesophagus”) touching the unprotected lining of oesophagus, and resulting in discomfort and pain. Heartburn manifests through a burning sensation and feeling of discomfort

Asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, learn more about this disease) are among the top causes of chronic disability globally: each of them affects around 7% of the world’s population. These two conditons are not the same thing but they have one thing in common: they cannot really be cured. Causes of the two

It is difficult to imagine now that Viagra first entered the global market 20 years ago – it seems like a whole era has passed. Now efficient and potent erectile dysfunction drugs constitute such a habitual, natural part of life that for millions of men suffering from ED it can be hard to even remember