News by Subject
List and find news items by the subject covered
Subject A-Z
To view a list of news subjects currently covered, please select a subject initial letter from the line below.
News items on 'Sildenafil'
US 'Viagra scientist' dies at 92
(BBC 23/05/2009)
Robert Furchgott shared a Nobel prize in 1998 for work showing that the gas nitric oxide played an important role in the cardiovascular system. The discovery that the gas could help enlarge blood vessels was a factor in the development of Viagra by the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Mr Furchott's family announced he had died in Seattle on Tuesday. He was 92.
Man coughs up dead rat in hard-hitting advert about dangers of buying viagra online
(Daily Mail 15/01/2009)
Thousands of men are being warned that buying fake medicines such as Viagra from internet sites could put their lives at risk. A hard-hitting cinema advertisement being screened from tomorrow shows a man coughing up a dead rat after taking a pill bought online. The 50-second commercial is supposed to illustrate how rat poison has been found in counterfeit drugs bought on illicit websites.
Advert
Advert
Advert
| Top 10 Drug Information Leaflets | |
|---|---|
| Co-codamol | |
| Citalopram | |
| Prednisolone | |
| Omeprazole | |
| Metronidazole | |
| Diclofenac | |
| Ramipril | |
| Simvastatin | |
| Flucloxacillin | |
| Mebeverine hydrochloride | |