FDA urges smaller packaging for loperamide

Drug maker urges group to lobby FDA on testosterone for women.

1255 The major household products manufacturer Procter & Gamble recently sought support from an international medical society, which it sponsors, asking the group to get involved in a regulatory hearing assessing the company’s experimental testosterone patch. No peer reviewed data on the testosterone patch have been published, but it has been granted a fast track review by the US Food and Drug ...

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Bishop urges dialogue for stronger church.

Active Packaging for Food Applications - A Review

The purpose of food packaging is to preserve the quality and safety of the food it contains from the time of manufacture to the time it is used by the consumer. Recently, the demand for safe and high quality foods, as well as changes in consumer preferences have led to the development of innovative and novel approaches in food packaging technology. One such development is the active food packag...

Loperamide abuse and cardiotoxicity

With increasing restrictions and safety protocols implemented in prescribing opioids, there has been an increased incidence of recreational abuse of over-thecounter medications, including loperamide. Loperamide is a peripherally-acting μ-opioid receptor agonist in the gastrointestinal tract which, if taken at high doses, can cross the blood-brain barrier to produce euphoria and analgesia effects.