WINNIPEG -- Several batches of Metformin, a drug commonly used to treat diabetes, is being recalled. Apotex Inc. is voluntarily recalling nine lots of its prescription metformin drug, APO-METFORMIN ER (extended release) 500mg tablets. Test results from the company showed one of the lots (PY7174) contains a nitrosamine impurity called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) that increased over…
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize. Gallo Images/Darren Stewart. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the health department was still paying attention to leading killer diseases in the country like TB, diabetes, Aids, cardiovascular and cancer.He believes the hype about Covid-19 should not fool anyone into thinking other diseases, which are prevalent in South Africa, have subsided. Mkhize…
ANALYSIS | The big problem with South Africa’s official Covid-19 numbersSeven Covid-19-related deaths in the Western Cape and Free State have brought the toll to 123, while the number of recoveries stands at 2 549.The Western Cape has emerged as the epicentre of the virus, with the latest data indicating it accounts for 56 of…
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ST. LOUIS — Missouri healthcare advocate Leslie Ortbals and her husband want to start a family, but she worries they can’t afford it. The 27-year-old said she takes 10 medications daily to manage multiple chronic illnesses. Now she worries the cost of those drugs could rise — not because of price increases, but because of