That's exactly what's happening right now in the wake of the biggest drug withdrawal ever.
People who succeed give it a few days of discomfort, like a drug withdrawal, and then they can get through it.
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"We propose that a period of drug withdrawal should be considered as part of ongoing management of hypertensive patients, " says cardiovascular epidemiologist Christopher Reid.
Last year, the hospital created a wing of private rooms that is quieter, darker and easier to control for the massive influx of babies suffering from drug withdrawal.
The Medical Review Board has blamed CMC for failing to follow its own drug withdrawal and detoxification policies, for ignoring signs of mental illness and for failing to treat some illnesses, the Press and Sun-Bulletin reported.
Amphetamine users can become dependant on the drug, and withdrawal symptoms can cause depression and lethargy.
No single person has come to more represent the big questions about drug safety that emerged following the withdrawal of Merck's painkiller Vioxx than the Food and Drug Administration's David Graham.
Mr Enoch said said there was no excuse for Dr Madan, a specialist in slimming management, to be ignorant of the Medicines Control Agency's withdrawal of the drug.
The withdrawal of a blockbuster drug brings forward the breakup of the German conglomerate.
Much of Clark's time will be spent managing the legal liability from a flood of lawsuits related to the withdrawal of the arthritis drug Vioxx, which was linked to heart attacks and strokes.
Merck, an American drug giant, suffered terribly after the withdrawal last September of Vioxx.
In the wake of the withdrawal of Vioxx and other drug safety scandals, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration hopes to compel drug companies to pay to monitor the safety of already approved medicines.
The matter became urgent last month following Bayer's withdrawal of an anti-cholesterol drug, marketed under the name Lipobay in Germany and Baycol almost everywhere else.
The withdrawal set off a firestorm of debate about drug safety.
Some opponents of the drug business say it's high time America went through withdrawal.
But in the wake of Merck's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) withdrawal of pain reliever Vioxx--the biggest drug recall ever--Gilmartin has earned himself the hot seat among our lowest-ranked execs.
The researchers note that stopping donepezil can cause withdrawal (which can temporarily worsen symptoms), so the drug should be gradually tapered down before going off it completely.
Emmert believes the fallout from Vioxx's withdrawal could also negatively impact the approval of another Merck arthritis drug, Arcoxia, which was likely to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this month.
But the Vioxx withdrawal shocked the U.S. into a national debate over drug safety and pharmaceutical advertising.
Drugs that stimulate the next subtype, the 5-HT2B receptor, have been associated with heart valve disease, the major reason for withdrawal of the fenfluramine part of the fen-phen weight loss combination drug.
Then came the withdrawal of Vioxx, the Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) arthritis drug that significantly increased the risk of heart attacks.
The withdrawal "is consistent with our expectations that if there was a cardiovascular problem, the more potent the drug, the more likely the side effect, " says Leonard Yaffe, an analyst at Banc of America Securities.
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