Addyi — The “Female Viagra” Dr. Peter Rice explains
A few weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a little pink pill that patients call “viagra for women”. The approval of Addyi™ (brand name) or flibanserin (generic name) followed a lobbying campaign by Sprout Pharmaceuticals, and by a group called...
HPV Vaccine and Concerns about Vaccines — Dr. Peter Rice
My colleagues and I from the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy were “on the air” last week at 9News in Denver answering vaccine questions at 6:45am. We were surprised that so many of the calls we received expressed concerns about vaccines, until we...
Whooping Cough (Pertussis) is Serious!
Boo, the older sister, came to talk with me one night. “Please let Emi sleep in your room. I just know she’s going to die, and I don’t want to be sleeping next to her when she does.” Emily will soon be 22, but Boo’s prediction was much closer to reality than I ever...
