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• s  active over a long period of time

• Cialis stands out as particularly long-acting--up to 36 hours, compared with four or five hours for the others--Testosterone: For men who don't produce enough, patches .
• FDA "hawks," who favor drastic action, wanted to pull the long-acting sulfas off the market on the grounds that the short-acting drugs are equally effective and are safer.
• The problem might be solved by long-acting local anesthetics.

News & Articles

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• PROLOR Biotech To Present New Data On Its Long-Acting Human Growth Hormone And Long-Acting Oxyntomodulin At ENDO 2013
  SAN FRANCISCO and NES-ZIONA, Israel, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --   PROLOR Biotech, Inc. (NYSE MKT: PBTH), today announced that the company will present new data on its long-acting human growth hormone ...
  June 13, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Edwin Ernest Salpeter in eMaxHealth.com
  In total, there are about 5,000 deaths a year due to asthma, whether or not a person is taking a long-acting beta-agonist,said Edwin Salpeter, the JG White Distinguished Professor of Physical Sciences Emeritus at Cornell, who led the...
• Eric Carter in CNNMoney.com
  Dr. Carter added, "We believe Acura and our long-established partner, Pain Therapeutics, have developed unique platforms designed to address the challenges related to abuse and misuse of immediate release and long-acting pain medicines. Acura's...