If youâre using B vitamins to help prevent hot flashes, be sure to use the form of niacin called niacinamide. Other forms of niacin dilate the blood vessels, which can cause flushing and worsen hot flashes, rather than relieve them. Folic acid helps the body manufacture and use estrogen.
And the title of âMost Expensive Drug in the Entire Worldâ goes to Glybera, a drug so far not approved in the U.S. but recently approved in the European Union. Glybera is a gene therapy used to treat a condition called familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency, a disease affecting only about one in 1 million people.
Heartburn drugs are among the most frequently prescribed medicines in the U.S. with sales exceeding $13 billion annually. In the year 2000 Prilosec was the worldâs most frequently prescribed drug with sales topping $6 billion annually. Now Nexium, âthe purple pillâ made by the same manufacturer, has taken the lead. These drugs block production of stomach acid thereby providing symptomatic relief from heartburn.