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Budesonide Sprays Can Be Regarded As Safe For Pregnancy
04 December 2008
Women can usually keep using the same asthma drugs they were using before they got pregnant. Budesonide sprays are the best studied and can be regarded as safe. More trials of other essential medicines are necessary however...
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Conclusive Evidence That Tainted Heparin Caused Allergic Reactions - Epidemiological Study Provides The Final Link
04 December 2008
A team of researchers led by MIT has confirmed that a contaminant found in several batches of the blood-thinner heparin is linked with severe allergic reactions in patients, dozens of whom died after receiving the tainted drug...
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Study Finds Allergic Reactions Uncommon With HPV Vaccine Gardasil
04 December 2008
Allergic reactions to Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil are uncommon, and most girls and young women can tolerate further doses in the three-dose regimen, according to a study published Wednesday in the British...
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