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Research > Drug Development
Should Your Child Participate in a Clinical Trial? A Parent's Decision Framework
...understand, for a drug that may or may...figuring out dosing, side effects, and whether...out dosing, side effects, and whether the...and whether the drug is tolerated. This...highest-risk phase. The drug may not work at...answered. Phase 2 tests effectiveness in 100 to...signal that the drug does what it's supposed...participants or more. The drug has shown promise...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
Dietary Therapy for Epilepsy: A Parent's Guide to Ketogenic and Modified Atkins Diets
...anticonvulsants. Maybe four. Each one came with side effects, and none of them worked well...Maybe four. Each one came with side effects, and none of them worked well enough....intervention that's been used for drug-resistant epilepsy since the 1920s....fully understood, but the clinical effect is well documented: many children who...
Health > Treatment
Managing Multiple Medications for Children with Medical Complexity: A Parent's Safety Guide
...left holding the schedule, the side effects, and the question no...holding the schedule, the side effects, and the question no one else...times higher risk of adverse drug events than children on single...and last review date Known side effects your child has experienced...last review date Known side effects your child has experienced...
Lifestyle > Recreation
The Perfect Boss on Lifetime Movie Network
...track their new drug through FDA approval....FDA approval. This drug will save the company...attention that the drug is responsible for...about the miracle drug. The deadly side...drug. The deadly side effects are discovered...The deadly side effects are discovered by...this new wonder drug. Dr. Renfro (Gary...problems with the new drug at Mickelson pharmaceuticals....
Health > Treatment
Is There a New Drug for Cerebral Palsy?
...the use of a new drug that might limit...were administered a drug that targets and...not receive the drug. If the new drug...drug. If the new drug works for humans...an examination of side effects. Researchers...examination of side effects. Researchers say...Researchers say the drug must be administered...birth in order to be effective.
Health > Treatment
Quick Fixes and Long Term Damage
...under-funded school systems, drug companies, and publicly...finder, most often drug companies, and supported...have received from drug companies while touting...companies while touting a drug-based approach. Or...being paid millions by drug companies to tour around...about the long term side effects...the long term side effects...
News > Research
FDA Approves First Non-Antipsychotic Drug for Alzheimer's Agitation. What Families Caring for Adults With Down Syndrome Need to Know.
...antipsychotics due to these safety concerns and side effects like sedation, motor problems, and metabolic...antipsychotics due to these safety concerns and side effects like sedation, motor problems, and metabolic changes....reducing agitation isn't fully understood, but the drug doesn't work through antipsychotic pathways. The...
Health > Treatment
Are Meds Making Your Child Sick?
...result of drug interactions...actually a side effect of...actually a side effect of the medication?...disease and the drug: "You have...of when the drug is taken and...and when the side effect occurs....when the side effect occurs. "When...you take a drug and get a...to see the side effect in...see the side effect in correlation...you took the drug because it...while for a drug...
Career > Finding Jobs
Work Incentives Planning and Assistance: Benefits Counseling Before Returning to Work
...people who receive SSI or SSDI, that question isn't hypothetical worry. Your monthly cash benefit, your Medicaid or Medicare coverage, your prescription drug access: all of it runs through formulas that change when you earn wages. Get the calculation wrong and you can lose coverage you depend on, sometimes...
News > Research
The FDA Just Gave a Rare Pediatric Gene Therapy Its Fastest Regulatory Track. Here's What Families of Children with NGLY1 Deficiency Need to Know.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to GS-100 on April 14, 2026, an investigational gene therapy developed...
Research > Drug Development
Fragile X Drug Trials: The First Real Breakthroughs and What They Mean for Families
If you've been following Fragile X drug research for any length of time, you've probably learned to hold good news...it carefully rather than cautiously. In 2024, Zatolmilast became the first drug to produce unequivocally positive results in a Phase 2 trial for Fragile...
Research > Drug Development
The Drug Development Pipeline for Special Needs: What Parents Need to Know About How Treatments Go from Lab to FDA Approval
...about a promising autism drug entering Phase 2 trials,...Understanding where a drug sits in the development...question about whether a drug is safe enough and effective...drug is safe enough and effective enough to use in humans....Testing Begins. Before a drug is tested in people, it...an Investigational New Drug (IND) application, which...