As a result, the side effects of the drugs can be as dangerous as the disease itself.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

The drugs nifurtimox an eflornithine will be given out in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

Officials from the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative say the new treatment has fewer side effects.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

Crucell says studies have shown the drugs may work better when combined than they do independently.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

The drugs are of two kinds. A doctor must order these medicines for patients.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

It is also more effective and less costly than the drugs traditionally used.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

Doctors are advised to give the drugs within the hour before surgery.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

The drugs are developed from the venom of poisonous snakes.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

However, the drugs are very costly.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

Most of the drugs were painkillers.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

However,the drugs are costly.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

Dr.Robert Bunning, of the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, co-authored a study of about 50 patients who have been on the drugs.

VOA: standard.2010.03.14

"If the drugs ended tomorrow, it would not have a major effect on the Taliban source of funding,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

But it turned out the elderly patients had fewer adverse effects from the drugs than younger patients.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

In the meantime, he is urging more frequent monitoring of the children who are taking the drugs.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

But now those side effects have apparently been replaced by something else: rapid weight gain, even in the first week of taking the drugs.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

The U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it will conduct a review of the drugs' safety.

VOA: standard.2010.03.14