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A new biosynthesis method has been developed to produce antibiotics from natural substances
A research team with members from Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Michigan in the USA is using bacterial biosynthesis to produce an antibiotic containing fluorine –The technology is being commercialized by a startup Goethe University Frankfurt image: Scientists working at Goethe University Frankfurt have created an enzyme capable of producing fluorinated antibiotics via a […]
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Aytu BioPharma, Inc. makes two fluoride-based prescription vitamin products
Note from Fluoride Action Network: We classified this as misinformation because fluoride is not a nutrient and thus one cannot have a fluoride deficiency. (EC) Excerpt: About Aytu BioPharma, Inc. Aytu BioPharma, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ:AYTU), a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapeutics, today announced that Chief Executive Officer Josh Disbrow and […]
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Have millions been taking antidepressants with harmful side-effects for decades – when there’s no scientific evidence they do what they claim? Some experts have suspected it for years. Now patients have been left reeling by a groundbreaking study
Published: 17:33 EDT, 20 July 2022 | Updated: 06:35 EDT, 21 July 2022 New research shows the theory justifying antidepressants is just a myth The research confirms what some medical professionals have suspected Depression being a chemical imbalance has been proven to be unfounded Like millions of patients who seek help from their GPs for depression, […]
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Management of Solid Waste Containing Fluoride—A Review
Abstract Technological and economic development have influenced the amount of post-production waste. Post-industrial waste, generated in the most considerable amount, includes, among others, waste related to the mining, metallurgical, and energy industries. Various non-hazardous or hazardous wastes can be used to produce new construction materials after the “solidification/stabilization” processes. They can be used as admixtures […]
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Fluoride Supplement Manufacturer Forced To Address Misleading Labeling Allegations
Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama decided Method Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. H-2 Pharma, LLC, a dispute concerning labeling for fluoride products that raised a variety of issues with broader implications for industries regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Because the suit was brought pursuant to […]
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Sulfur Hexafluoride.
CASRN: 2551-62-4 Drug Levels and Effects Summary of Use during Lactation No published experience exists with sulfur hexafluoride during breastfeeding. Because the half-life of the agent is about 10 minutes and absorption of the drug by the infant is unlikely. If sulfur hexafluoride is required by the mother, it is not a reason to discontinue […]
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Voriconazole-induced periostitis
Abstract Voriconazole is a fluorinated drug from the triazole group that is widely used in the prophylaxis and treatment of fungal infections in immunosuppressed patients. Chronic use of this medication can generate, as an adverse effect, a multifocal, asymmetric, diffuse and nodular periosteal reaction, associated with severe and disabling skeletal pain and elevated alkaline phosphatase […]
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Using sunlight to transform chemical manufacturing into ‘zero-waste’ industries
Chemical engineers have successfully manipulated carbon nitride to use sunlight to synthesize fluorine-based molecules, which are key building blocks of pharmaceutical products in a breakthrough on the path to the ‘holy grail’ of zero waste industry manufacturing. Researchers from The University of Manchester have discovered that simple manipulations of carbon nitride, a metal-free, non-toxic solid, […]
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Mefloquine (also known as Lariam) an anti-malaria medication
Mefloquine Molecular formula: C17-H16-F6-N2-O Molecula structure: Excerpt from article on Sara Thompson, a Peace Corps Whistleblower: … Shortly after arriving in Burkina Faso, Thompson was given an anti-malaria medication called mefloquine (also known as Lariam, the brand name). Thompson received a concentrated dose for the first three days, contrary to CDC recommendations. The Peace Corps […]
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Virginia opens door to pharmacists dispensing fluoride supplements and more without a doctors prescription
Amidst the pandemic headlines, you may have missed that in April, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law a bill allowing pharmacists to dispense self-administered birth control (like pills and patches), as well as the injection, directly to patients over 18. (The bill also allows pharmacists to furnish opioid antagonists, epinephrine, fluoride supplements and prenatal […]
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