Looking for something to give your Breaking Bad Halloween costume the edge it deserves? Are you worried about not standing out amidst the sea of identical Walter Whites and Jessie Pinkmans this October? Don’t worry, we’ve found something to give … Continue reading
In pediatric conditions involving moderate to severe pain it’s not uncommon for physicians to prescribe oxycodone or hydrocodone off label to their patients. But recent moves by Purdue Pharma (the manufacturer of popular opioid OxyContin) to seek FDA approval to … Continue reading
A team of Glaswegian scientists are hoping to develop a machine that serves as an ‘on-demand’ drug store. The machine would concoct the specific drug you’re prescribed on the spot and churn it out for you like a vending machine. … Continue reading
Get These Motherfucking Aches of this Motherfucking Plane. The majority of flu transmission occurs five to seven days after a person becomes sick, meaning that about 87% of people who spread the flu know that they have it. Over 200,000 … Continue reading
Could a form of bacteria actually make you feel better if you ate it? For the first time scientists are studying what they call the gut-brain axis and finding a link between the bacteria in your stomach and the way … Continue reading
In a country ruled by the Man, there are very few drugs that have remained legal. You see, in the Man’s world anything that brings pleasure—or makes your lifer easier or more tolerable—must be regarded with the utmost skepticism. From … Continue reading
We had mentioned it before but now just recently The University of California San Francisco Medical Center debuted the world’s largest robotic pharmacy. Costing upwards of $15 million the ground breaking technology was created in hopes of raising productivity while … Continue reading
Granted, hindsight is 20/20, but some awfully strange substances have been used for pharmaceutical purposes in the past — and some might argue, continue to be used today. Here are some vintage advertisements touting items that we might balk at … Continue reading
Just because they’re legal doesn’t mean that pharmaceutical drugs are any less dangerous than illicit drugs. They are potentially deadly when taken in large doses or when combined with alcohol or other drugs. Sometimes it takes high-profile cases to remind … Continue reading