Metformin—the new wonder drug?

Penicillin: The Old/New Wonder Drug

Although it was discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming, a microbiologist at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, penicillin languished for more than a decade before its importance was noticed. As its antimicrobial properties became more apparent, large enough quantities were produced for clinical trials through the efforts of Florey et al. [1]. Then came World War II, and the U.S. government became ...

Neuraxial Dexmedetomidine: Wonder Drug or Simply Harmful

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Imatinib for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - Wonder Drug or Killer Drug?

tinib showed significant improvement in hemodynamics and physical capacity after 24 months of therapy [7] . Based on these data and independent of any interests on the part of the pharmaceutical industry, pulmonary hypertension specialists in several countries have offered open-label imatinib to their PAH patients as a palliative treatment, but, unfortunately, with little in the way of publishe...

neuraxial dexmedetomidine: wonder drug or simply harmful

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