News tagged with oral tablet

Diabetes drug shows promise against multiple sclerosis (w/Podcast)

A drug currently FDA-approved for use in diabetes shows some protective effects in the brains of patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study comparing tenofovir gel and oral tablet finds gel provides more drug to tissue

In the first study to make head-to-head comparisons between tenofovir gel and oral tenofovir – two promising approaches for preventing HIV in women – researchers found that daily use of the vaginal gel achieved ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinical trial of antiretroviral-based HIV prevention strategies for women now under way

A new, large-scale clinical trial is examining whether antiretroviral medications normally used to treat HIV infection can also prevent HIV infection in women when applied as a vaginal gel or taken as oral tablets once daily.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0