Drug Labels
topic on 1 show · 2 statements across 1 episodes
2 statements about Drug Labels, every show
Insights for repurposing drugs come from side effects, not approved labels
“If you're going to repurpose a drug, though, All the information in the drug label that was focused on getting you approved for one indication is not going to be where you're going to get the insight about the new uses. You're going to get the insight about th…”
Combining Paxil and Pravastatin causes unexpected spikes in blood glucose levels
“And in one story that I'll just summarize very briefly, we looked for drugs that might cause glucose in, glucose increases, diabetes, if you will, in combination, where individually, they did nothing. So we had a very strong signal that the drugs, when taken a…”