Category: Drug Safety Alerts
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Merck’s Popular Asthma Drug Singulair Associated With Suicide And Depression
FDA Has Gone From "No Link" In January 2009 To Wanting An Increased Warning About These Neuropsychiatric Events In June 2009 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On June 12, 2009 the FDA announced…
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Have Yasmin-Related Blood Clot Side Effect Cases Flown Below Radar In US?
In Europe Reports Of Pulmonary Embolism And Deep Vein Thrombosis Were Made Soon After Yasmin Birth Control Pill Was Approved In 2000 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) _____________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: Our Focus Page on YAZ…
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FDA Investigating Obesity Drugs Xenical And Alli For Possible Link With Liver Damage
Agency Has Received Case Reports Of Hepatotoxicity For Orlistat, The Active Ingredient For Xenical And Alli (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) There was only this brief mention in the Memorandum of Meeting Minutes…
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Birth Control Pill YAZ Is Subject Of Ongoing Safety Study Regarding Cardiovascular Side Effects
A Comparison Of This "Fourth Generation" DRSP / EE Pill To Other Established Oral Contraceptives For Incidence Of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Heart Attack (MI), And Stroke (CVA) (Posted by Tom Lamb at…
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Possible Heparin-Related Deaths In Delaware Are Different Than Last Year’s Illness Outbreak
These New Cases Involve Premixed IV Bags of Heparin And Initial Tests Did Not Detect Oversulfated Chondroitin Sulfate Contamination (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The headline used by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ),…
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Hydroxycut Weight-Loss Products Are Recalled Due To Cases Of Serious Liver Injury
Reports Made To The FDA Have Involved Hepatitis, Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, And Death (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On May 1, 2009 the FDA warned people to stop using Hydroxycut products – made…
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April 2009 Update: Another Tysabri Patient Develops Serious Brain Infection PML
What Is Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML), What Causes It, Why Is Tysabri Still On The Market? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On April 17, 2009 we learned that another multiple-sclerosis patient using the…
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April 2009 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Covers Bowel Cleansing Agents Visicol and OsmoPrep, As Well As Methadone Overdoses, Ethex Generic Drug Recall, And Medication Errors (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The FDA's Patient Safety News (PSN) is a series of…
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A Timeline For The Psoriasis Drug Raptiva, From Product Launch In U.S. To Market Withdrawal
Raptiva Recalled in U.S. Due To Link With Fatal Brain Infection, Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On April 8, 2009 Genentech Inc. — which was just acquired by Roche…