Pre-wedding weight loss packages with Indian clinics market Monjaro and Vigoi India’s obesity drug market to reach $860.34 million by 2030 Drug regulators are raising concerns about potential abuse as local drugmakers launch cheaper weight-loss drugs HYDERABAD, India, April 3 (Reuters) – Soon-to-be brides and grooms looking for shortcuts to shed pounds before the big … Read more
I’ve written recently about nitazines ( here and here ), a class of deadly synthetic opioids that have started showing up in the street drug supply over the past few years. Just what we don’t need. These bad boys are extraordinarily potent—often more so than fentanyl—and easy to make using common laboratory chemicals. In other … Read more
Despite US drug overdose deaths declining from 2022 to 2025, the supply of illegal drugs is unpredictable. Illicitly manufactured fentanyl is involved in many deaths and is frequently mixed with other drugs such as benzodiazepines or xylazine. Meditomidine, an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist sedative, more potent and longer-acting than clonidine and xylazine, was first identified in … Read more
Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD GLP-1s are now available as pills or shots.Credits: Design by Health; Getty Images GLP-1 medications are now available as pills and injections, providing more options for weight loss treatment. The two forms work similarly and have comparable results, but differ in dosage, absorption, and regimens. Experts say the best … Read more
Maggie Linton had never liked injections, so when she heard that Eli Lilly was working on a GLP-1 pill, she was eager to sign up for a clinical trial and put the new drug to the test. Linton took a daily pill called Foundive for nearly two years and said she lost about 60 pounds. … Read more
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N-desethyl-fluornitrazene, or DFNZ structure.” class=”w-100″ decoding=”async”/> Structure of N-Deacetyl-fluoronitrazine, or DFNZ. Using the long-abandoned class of opioids as a starting point, scientists have discovered opioid painkillers that do not have the typical side effects of this class of drugs (nature 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10299-9). In tests with mice, the molecule – known as N— desethyl-fluornitrazene, or … Read more
Being born as a scientist in the Middle East, and especially in Iran, is a legacy of obstacles to your education, your mobility, and often your sense of belonging before publishing your first paper. For many students, the obstacles start early. Access to higher education depends on geography, religion, ethnicity or family background. Some research … Read more
Drug industry giants managed last year to allay some concerns about drug prices. Pharmacy Benefit Managerswhile publicly agreeing to lower some rates with the White House. These flashy announcements helped create the illusion that action was being taken to help Americans pay less for their prescription drugs, and the pharmaceutical industry received some improvement in … Read more
In a phase 3 study population of patients with PPD (N = 90), LPCN 1154 did not demonstrate a statistically significant reduction from baseline in the HAM-D17 total score at 60 hours (primary endpoint) compared to placebo. The primary endpoint was not met In a post hoc analysis of participants (n = 54) with a … Read more