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“Black-box” Warnings Are Forgotten Or Ignored By Some Doctors
The So-called Black Box Is FDA’s Highest Form Of Drug Safety Alert In the February 14, 2006 edition of the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine there is a report that many patients are…
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Advisory Panel Wants “Black-box” Warning For Adderall, Ritalin, ADHD/ADD Drugs; FDA Balks
Drug-safety Experts And Top FDA Officials Disagree About Increased Heart Risks Associated With Stimulants On February 9-10, 2006 the FDA convened an advisory panel committee of outside drug-safety experts to consider the issue of…
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Health Canada Warning: Possible Link Between Ketek And Liver Failure
Reports Of Hepatitis And Serious Liver Problems Involving Ketek Use On February 7, 2006 Health Canada issued a Warning about the antibiotic Ketek and its possible association with potentially serious liver problems. According to…
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Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Linked To Increased Risk of Serious Blood Clots
2005 Label Change Warns About Higher Levels Of Estrogen Found In Ortho Evra In July 2005 the Associated Press (AP) published an investigative article that linked the birth control patch Ortho Evra to an…
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February 2006 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Edition Covers Alpha-1 Blockers, Amevive, Salagen – Selegiline Name Confusion, and More The FDA’s Patient Safety News (PSN) is a series of monthly video news shows intended primarily for doctors and other health care…
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Critics Say FDA Drug-safety Oversight Needs To Be More Independent
Big Pharma Tells IOM Panel, However, No Major Changes Are Needed In the January 12, 2006 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), an article by Wayne A. Ray and C. Michael…
