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SPOT ON

Price of the hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir (SOVALDI) remains astronomical - the myth of a 27% price reduction

THERAPY FROM A CRITICAL VIEWPOINT

Weight loss by use of drugs: a worrying therapeutic approach

e a-t IN INTERNET

Pharmacotherapy of overweight - looking back with horror

NEW ON THE MARKET

Tiotropium bromide (SIRIVA RESPIMAT) now also for asthma bronchiale

a-t READER'S QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS

Coumarin anticoagulants: position of phenprocoumon compared to warfarin

Contraception with the GYNEFIX frameless copper IUD

On taking simvastatin (ZOCOR, generics) in the evening

LICENER shampoo against head lice

IN BRIEF

Quality of oral anticoagulation with phenprocoumon (MARCUMAR, generics) in Germany
free

Ezetimibe (EZETROL) in IMPROVE IT - benefit not evaluable without full publication

Quinine (LIMPTAR) against leg cramps - prescription requirement only after sell-off

SIDE EFFECTS

High risk of bleeding due to combination of anticoagulants with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

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