WTVF 2011-06-10 6PM Prescription Drug Addiction.mov

Published June 2, 2012

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A New Class of Cancer Drugs May Be Less Toxic

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Fern Saitowitz's advanced breast cancer was controlled for about a year by the drug Herceptin and a toxic chemotherapy agent. But her hair fell out, her fingernails turned black and she was constantly fatigued. She switched to an experimental treatment …
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Hospitals fight drug scarcity, fear patients harmed

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A few hundred medicines make the list of drugs in short supply: anesthetics, drugs for nausea and nutrition, infection treatments and diarrhea pills. A separate list has scarce cancer drugs for leukemia or breast cancer. "Now we have to go through the …
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