Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning
Hello, folks, and how are you today? Another mild, sunny day is emerging over the Pharmalot corporate campus, where we are hustling to deposit the short people at the schoolhouses and let the mascots out to fertilize the weeds. Too much at once. With all this activity, who needs more stimulation? We do. So please join us as we brew another cup and dig in for a busy day. Here are some interesting items to help you along. Hope your day goes well and drop us a line if you hear something interesting…
Compound Pharmacy Restructuring Officer Is ‘Hopelessly Conflicted’ (Reuters)
Pfizer Wins EU OK To Expand Prevn...
Source: Pharmalot - January 8, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Allergan Bausch & Lomb Beta-Blockers Bristol Myers Squibb Celgene Dementia Eisai Gilead Sciences Hepatitis C M&A Merck Migtaine New England Compounding Center Novartis Obesity Parkinson's Pfizer Prescripti Source Type: blogs
The 2013 Skinnies Awards: Kim Kardashian gets the Lifetime Achievement Award!
The Skinnies Awards are here at skinema.com! How did Kardashian win this heralded honor? With her psoriasis, herpes, acne, cellulite and more on display, how could she not? See it all now at skinema.com... (Source: Skinema, dermatology in the media blog)
Source: Skinema, dermatology in the media blog - January 7, 2013 Category: Dermatologists Authors: vail reese Tags: Television Source Type: blogs
AbbVie: The Abbott Spinoff Arrives, But What’s Next?
It is now official – AbbVie exists. For those who may not recall, AbbVie is the so-called research-based pharma that has been spun off by Abbott Laboratories and features a portfolio of existing medicines, such as Humira and Synthroid, along with a pipeline of some 20 compounds in Phase II or Phase III development.
One question, though, is what kind of shelf life will AbbVie actually have? On one hand, there is Humira, a biologic that is approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and Crohn’s disease, where the average treatment penetration rate is below 20 percent, notes Damien Conover, who heads pharma ...
Source: Pharmalot - January 2, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Abbott Laboratories Abbvie Humira Pfizer Rheumatoid Arthritis Source Type: blogs
Transcript of Dr. Bihari Video
00:00 to 02.26—Dr. Bihari gives his background and credentials.
Dr. Bihari: My medical training started at Harvard Medical School. I graduated in 1957. Then I trained in Internal Medicine at one of the Harvard teaching hospitals in Boston, Beth Israel, and then in Neurology at Massachusetts General in Boston. Then I went to the National Institutes of Health for two years doing brain physiology—brain research. I did another residency training in Psychiatry in New York, at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and then, over the following five or six years, I got very involved in working in Drug Addiction. By 1974, I was...
Source: HONEST MEDICINE: My Dream for the Future - May 16, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JuliaS1573 at aol.com (Julia Schopick) Tags: Anecdotal Treatments HONEST MEDICINE Integrative Medicine Low Dose Naltrexone Obituaries Source Type: blogs
Is argan oil good for hair and skin
Noelle needs to know: I read your post regarding coconut oil penetrating hair. How about argan oil? It seems to be the new cosmetic hype, with several brands launching their “miraculous” argan oil-based hair treatment for 45 dollars or more.. (Ahem) Is there any kind of research providing evidence that argan oil can restore health and shine to the hair? They say that argan oil has been used for centuries by Moroccan women to restore skin, hair and nails. Does this Moroccan oil really work?
The Right Brain’s oily answer:
Could argan oil be the new coconut oil? Let’s take a look.
What is argan oil?
Argan oil is produ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - May 31, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The self-fulfilling psoriasis flares
Writers are always being told “write what you know,” and obviously that is the basic and rather brilliant idea behind HealthTalk blogging. We live with these conditions and therefore are best qualified to write about life with whatever health condition, in my case psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
The thing is that with chronic conditions we may have periods where nothing much is happening for us and our condition is either reasonably well managed or simply behaving itself, so what do we write about during those times?
Usually I look to see what the support groups are talking about, what’s in the news, what ...
Source: Life with Psoriasis - February 15, 2008 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Christa Joyce Tags: Psoriasis Psoriasis community Psoriasis diagnosis psoriasis flares Psoriasis lotions psoriasis medicine arthritis blog Christa Joyce cracked skin flare-up genital psoriasis HealthTalk Life with psoriasis perinium psoriasis bl Source Type: blogs
Update on OTC creams
Some time ago, I wrote about some OTC cream I bought while we were on holiday in the U.S.A. last year…and I thought it was about time for an update and a verdict.
Initially, I didn’t see much by way of improvement to my psoriasis. However, my mother was delighted with the results when she tried it on a very stubborn patch of eczema on her leg that had not been responding to prescribed corticosteroid cream.
In light of her success, I decided to persevere and I have to say that the skin is less scaly and less prone to flaking.
The positives of this cream, in addition to the above, are the following: (Source: Life with Psoriasis)
Source: Life with Psoriasis - February 6, 2008 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Christa Joyce Tags: Psoriasis Psoriasis community psoriasis flares Psoriasis lifestyle Psoriasis lotions Psoriasis treatment corticosteroid cream creams flaking flare-up OTC over the counter prescription cream psoriasis1 skin thinning cream Source Type: blogs
I’m not hibernating, I’m just flaring!
I can hardly believe it has been so long since my last blog entry and I feel I should begin by wishing all HealthTalk bloggers and blog readers a belated but very Happy and Healthy New Year!
I haven’t been hibernating, although with the weather we’ve had that is quite an appealing option, but fell foul of a very nasty and protracted flare. It seems this was linked to a persistent throat infection and the whole sorry mess pretty much ground my life and productivity to a halt.
Throat infections seem to have a real impact on my psoriasis – both on the skin outbreaks and the flares of arthritis too. My skin was sore, cra...
Source: Life with Psoriasis - January 29, 2008 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Christa Joyce Tags: Psoriasis Psoriasis community psoriasis flares Psoriasis lifestyle Psoriasis treatment Psoriatic RA blog cracked skin flare-up HealthTalk psoriasis1 skin conditions sore skin Source Type: blogs
Surveying the changes in psoriatic arthritis
I was surfing the web looking for anything of interest, as you do, and I came across the published results of a survey: “The study of impact of psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis on lifestyle choices” conducted by the PAA (Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance) in 2005.
The main conclusions of the survey were that:
• Early diagnosis and appropriate interventions remain key to long term positive outcomes
• Education on psoriasis of healthcare providers is still perceived to be low
• Awareness of psoriasis should be more visible and positive
• Many people cope well and do not let the conditions affect their lifestyle choices
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Source: Life with Psoriasis - November 30, 2007 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Christa Joyce Tags: lifestyle choices with psoriasis PA Psoriasis community Psoriasis research Psoriasis treatment psoriasis1 psoriatic arthritis Psoriatic RA skin condition skin itching and burning Source Type: blogs
Psoriasis and your nails
It is wintery here in the U.K., and my hands are really feeling the difference. Not only is my skin generally drier, but my nails are worse too.
The ridging is more noticeable, and the splitting is a nightmare. My fingers are sore enough form the arthritis, but the added dryness and the awful nails are enough to make me hide my hands in shame.
I did find that using one of those multi nail files helped, you know the kind that is made from some type of poly nylon style covering, usually an oblong block file. Each of the four sides has a different function: filing, removing ridges, buffing and shining.
The only problem I have...
Source: Life with Psoriasis - November 27, 2007 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Christa Joyce Tags: Nails PA Psoriasis Psoriasis lotions psoriasis medicine Psoriasis treatment psoriasis1 psoriatic nails Source Type: blogs
Over the counter psoriasis lotions – have you tried them?
While we were in the States I was amazed at the wide range of over the counter products are available there. In one supermarket alone there were aisles of things we can either only get on prescription or can’t get at all. I was really interested to see that there are a number of creams available for sale aimed at psoriasis ‘sufferers.’ I must add here, as an aside, that I don’t actually like the term sufferer, although it probably technically is correct because we do suffer at time with this stuff…but it makes us sound more like victims and I hope that is not the case.
But back to the tropic; ...
Source: Life with Psoriasis - November 20, 2007 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Christa Joyce Tags: coal tar flaking skin health itch Itchy skin OTC psoriasis lotions over the counter psoriasis lotions PA psoriasis medicine Psoriasis treatment psoriasis1 psoriatic lesions Psoriatic RA red spots on skin skin condition skin i Source Type: blogs
Does air conditioning make my psoriasis worse?
We travel quite a lot. And living on a small island as we do, that usually involves flying. I’m not sure why but every time we fly my elbows in particular get very sore and extra dry.
Now I know this to be the case, and I always use extra moisturizer and or prescription creams prior to flying. What I use and how much/how often depends largely on the state of my skin at the time, but planning a complex trip – or even a simple one – can be quite stressful, and the results are often clear to see.
Now I’m not really sure why my elbows should be more affected than the rest of me? I’m not the kind o...
Source: Life with Psoriasis - November 6, 2007 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Christa Joyce Tags: air conditioning health itch Itchy skin PA Psoriasis psoriasis eyes Psoriasis lifestyle Psoriasis lotions Psoriasis treatment psoriasis1 psoriatic arthritis psoriatic elbows psoriatic lesions Source Type: blogs
The eyes have it…psoriasis, that is
I have psoriasis in my eyes. It forms on the underside of my eyelids and does its utmost to drive me crazy. Thankfully, it doesn’t itch like the rest of me, but it does feel like I have a whole handful of grit in my eye.
This first came to light when I started methotrexate. Aside from all the usual charming side effects, I also experienced blisters in my mouth and eventually in my eyes. These horrid little things would chaff my eyes and would then burst filling my eyes with stinging liquid. They would be sore for an hour or two afterwards and then would clear up…only to return again with the next weekly injection.
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Source: Life with Psoriasis - November 2, 2007 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Christa Joyce Tags: autoimmune eyes flaking skin health itch Itchy skin methotrexate methotrexate side effects PA Psoriasis psoriasis eyes Psoriasis lotions psoriasis medicine Psoriasis treatment psoriasis1 psoriatic arthritis psoriatic lesion Source Type: blogs
