Potentially Dangerous Drug Similar to Ketek Marketed in Asia
Posted on November 2, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Ketek has been associated with severe side effects that are causing liver failure and liver damage among patients. Although the drug has been linked to dangers and fatalities among patients the drug is now being marketed to patients in Asia.
According to news reports a new drug known as cethromycin, part of the ketolide drug class, will begin being marketed in Asia even though a similar medicine known as Ketek, from the same drug class, raised serious red flags among physicians and drug regulators when the antibiotic was linked to severe liver toxicity among patients leading to several fatalities.
Detailed Information on Melnick-Needles Syndrome
Posted on October 26, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Melnick-Needles syndrome is generally the most severe of the otopalatodigital spectrum disorders.
Melnick-Needles Syndrome is a infrequent genetic disorder of the bones, but also affects the soft body tissue such as the kidneys and the renal tract. Melnick-Needles syndrome is a member of a group of related conditions called otopalatodigital spectrum disorders, which also includes otopalatodigital syndrome type’s 1 and 2, and frontometaphyseal dysplasia. In general, these disorders involve hearing loss caused by malformations in the tiny bones in the ears (ossicles), problems in the development of the roof of the mouth (palate), and skeletal abnormalities involving the fingers and/or toes (digits).
