Category: Drug Safety Alerts
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Gadolinium-Containing Contrast Agents Omniscan And Magnevist Being Recalled In The United Kingdom In February 2018
In Comparison, This December 2017 Regulatory Action By FDA In The US: “new class warning… for all gadolinium-based contrast agents” (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) There seems to be a consensus…
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FDA Recommends A Recall For Limbrel “Medical Food” Product But Primus Pharmaceuticals Is Not Complying
Reports Of Drug-Induced Liver Injury And Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Are At Center Of This Unusual Drug Safety Controversy (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) UPDATE: Primus Pharmaceuticals Inc. Finally Removes Its Osteoarthritis Capsule Limbrel…
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New Heart Failure Drug Entresto Apparently Has Safety Signal For Hypotension (Low Blood Pressure) Side Effect
Will Recent ISMP QuarterWatch Report Prompt FDA Regulatory Action, Including Possible Drug Label Change By Novartis? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The FDA approved Entresto™ (sacubitril and valsartan) tablets in July…
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Invokana – Amputations Of Lower Limbs: A Drug Side Effect Which Needs Further Explanation As Regards “How” And “Why”
Future Clinical Trials And Investigations Need To Clarify Whether This Amputation Drug Injury Could Be A Class Effect Of All SGLT2 Inhibitors (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) During this year we…
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Viberzi – Pancreatitis Side Effects Can Develop At Any Time While Taking This IBS Drug, According To FDA Safety Warning
Severe Cases Of Pancreatitis And Sphincter Of Oddi Spasm Reported Even After Just The First Dose Of Viberzi, With Some Resulting In Patient Deaths (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In March…
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Potential Safety Signal: Rhabdomyolysis May Be Linked To Onglyza, Nesina, Januvia, And Other Diabetes Drugs
FDA Was Already Investigating The Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV (DPP-IV) Inhibitor Class Of Diabetes Drugs For Kidney Or Renal Failure (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) According to a new FDA quarterly report,…
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Will Ocaliva Get Black-Box Warning For Liver Injury Side Effects After September 2017 FDA Report?
19 Patients Have Died While Using This New Liver Disease Drug, Some When Prescribed Higher-Than-Recommended Doses (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) UPDATE: “FDA adds Boxed Warning to highlight correct dosing of Ocaliva…
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A “Dear Doctor” Letter For Invokana Amputations Side Effect Was Sent September 2017 By Janssen In Canada
In US There Was A “Black-Box Warning” Added On Revised Drug Label Issued In July 2017 But Without Any Such Letter, It Seems (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The “FDA Drug…
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August 2017 ED Drugs Label Change Warns That Some Users Of Cialis, Levitra, And Viagra Have Developed NAION Vision Loss
There Is An Approximate Two Times Increased Risk Of NAION According To Recent Medical Study, Which Is Consistent With Some Earlier Medical Research (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) As reported previously,…