Category: Drug Safety Alerts
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Digitek Digoxin Recall: Tablets May Be Double The Normal Dose
So-called "Digitalis Toxicity" Is Possible, Especially In Patients With Renal Failure (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In an April 28, 2008 MedWatch Safety Alert about Digitek (digoxin tablets), the FDA informed doctors and…
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April 2008 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Covers Chantix And Ortho Evra, As Well As Botox And Myobloc (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The FDA’s Patient Safety News (PSN) is a series of monthly video news shows intended primarily for…
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March 2008: Higher Doses Of Celebrex Are Associated With Heart Attack And Stroke Risks
Lower, More Popular Dose Presumed To Be Safe, But Definitive Study Results Will Not Be Available For Few More Years (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On March 31, 2008, at the American College…
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More Information About Reports Of Byetta Use Being Linked To Acute Pancreatitis
March 2008 Article In FDA's Drug Safety Newsletter Discusses Two Cases In Detail (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The quarterly issue of the FDA's online Drug Safety Newsletter [DSN] which was published on…
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FDA Proposed Rule About Drug Label Warning Changes Will Lessen Agency’s Power To Protect Us
This January 2008 Rule Issued By FDA Is An Attempt To "End-Run" Congress And Lays The Groundwork For Another Unsafe Drug Debacle Like Vioxx (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On January 16, 2008…
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Dr. Dennis Mangano Says On 60 Minutes In February 2008 That Trasylol Should Have Been Recalled As Early As January 2006
Delay By Bayer And FDA Until November 2007, When Trasylol Sales Were "Suspended", Caused 22,000 Excess Deaths Per CBS Report (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) According to interviews broadcast by CBS Television’s 60…
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February 2008 “Dear Doctor” Letter About Avelox / Avalox Is Sent By Bayer In Europe
Action Reportedly Intended To Emphasize 2007 Label Change About Severe, Possibly Fatal Liver And Skin Side Effects (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) A February 14, 2008 Reuters article, "Bayer warns doctors on rare…
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Oral Anti-Fungal Lamisil Associated With Liver Failure And Other Hepatic Adverse Reactions
February 2008 Australian Report Links Liver Failure And Hepatitis To Popular Novartis Drug (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) A February 4, 2008 article, "Anti-fungal tablet linked to liver deaths", published by Australia’s Herald…
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Debate Over Whether Zetia And Vytorin Are, In Fact, Effective Overshadows The Side Effects Of These Drugs
Ezetimibe Component Of These Drugs Is Associated With Liver Failure, Acute Pancreatitis, Rhabdomyolysis, and Thrombocytopenia (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Ezetimibe is used alone (i.e., Zetia) or in combination with other antilipemic agents…
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Medications Used For Epilepsy And Bipolar Disease Can Increase Risk Of Suicide And Suicidal Ideation
FDA Will Convene Advisory Committee Meeting To Consider Whether Anti-Epileptic Drugs, Or Perhaps Epilepsy Itself, Associated With Increase In Suicidal Behaviors (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On January 31, 2008 the FDA issued…