Merk & Co. pleads guilty to criminal activity and fines over fraudulent marketing of Vioxx

Reuters recently reported that a federal judge ordered Merck & Co. to pay a $321 million criminal fine for marketing Vioxx improperly as a painkiller. Merck plead guilty to having illegally promoted Vioxx for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis before it was approved for that use in 2002. In 2004, Vioxx was withdrawn from the [...]

FDA announces Prilosec and others can be dangerous!

The FDA has recently announced an alert about the safety of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).  The following is a list of common products warned about.  • AcipHex (rabeprazole sodium) • Dexilant (dexlansoprazole) • Nexium (esomeprazole magnesium) • Omeprazole (omeprazole) Over-the-Counter (OTC) • Prevacid (lansoprazole) and OTC Prevacid 24hr • Prilosec (omeprazole) and OTC • Protonix [...]

Many Drugs Can Impair Thinking – Especially in Seniors

Pain pills, antihistamines such Benadryl and many antidepressants and other mood altering drugs can affect the way our brain functions.  It is reported that even statins can affect memory. Many people buy over-the-counter products from the drugstore and some of the products with regular use can impair thinking and cause loss of memory. Elderly people can [...]

Another Pain-free Patient! Happy not to have Surgery!

Greg is twenty-nine years old and a hard working guy.  When he came to Busch Chiropractic Pain Center he was suffering from low back pain that he rated an 8/10.  He had been in pain from spinal stenosis and bulging discs for approximately a year.  This pain began affecting his daily life, work and overall [...]

Talented Whitney is a part of terrible stats!

Prescription drugs according a former drug czar is the biggest and fastest-growing part of America’s drug problem. According to the CDC the misuse of prescription medication causing fatal overdoses has shown a drastic increase.  It is a good thing gone awry and now is an unrecognized epidemic.  And is the 10th leading cause of death [...]

When you do something well, word travels fast

When you do something well, word travels fast and that is exactly how Joe heard about the Busch Chiropractic Center.  Joe had definitely heard about Busch Chiropractic Pain Center, and even though he lived 2.5 hours away, he was willing to make the drive, if Dr. Busch thought he could help Joe.  Joe had suffered [...]

Sciatic pain is a sympton of a low back problem

Sciatica or sciatic pain is symptom of a back problem, and it is not a diagnosis of the actual problem itself. Sciatic pain refers to pain along the length of the sciatic nerve, the largest nerve in the body. The sciatic nerve branches off your spine at the pelvis and travels down each leg. A [...]

New painkiller causes major worries

Four pharmaceutical makers are developing a stronger version of hydrocodone – the second most abused pain medication in the US.  The first most abused is Oxycodone. Experts on addiction are very worried that this will create even more abuse of pain pills; addicts could crush the product for a potentially lethal high.  The president of [...]

What is Cervical Radiculopathy?

Cervical Radiculopathy is a term that describes radiating nerve pain that can start with a disc problem such as herniated or degenerative discs in your neck (cervical) area.  Your pain can run down into your shoulder, into your arm and on into your hands and fingers.  Along with the pain, you can also experience numbness, [...]

Complications after spine surgery for degenerative disc disease, stenosis, and herniated discs

In the past two decades, spinal surgeries have significantly increased due to multiple factors.  Many medical experts acknowledge complications from the surgeries can reduce the success of these surgeries in both the short and long term, and seriously affect the quality of life for the patient. The authors used database information from 2005 to 2008 of [...]