Category: Drug Safety Alerts
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Avandia Label Is Getting Some Additional Contraindications And A New Warning In Europe
January 2008 Revisions Follow An Avandia Safety Review That Was Completed By EMEA In October 2007 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On January 24, 2008 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the European label for…
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Reports Of Anti-Smoking Pill Chantix Causing Depression And Suicidal Ideation Made To FDA
Pfizer Increases Warning About Abnormal Behavior Of Patients Using Its Smoking Cessation Medication In January 2008 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On November 20, 2007 the FDA issued an "Early Communication About an…
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Blood-Clot Warning On Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Increased, Again, In January 2008
Label For "The Patch" No Longer Has Conflicting Information About Its Increased Risk Of Blood Clots (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) A January 18, 2008 WebMD article, "Stronger Warning for Birth Control Patch",…
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Reports Of Tendon Ruptures Caused By Antibiotics Levaquin, Cipro, And Avelox
Public Citizen Files Lawsuit Against FDA Seeking "Black Box" Warning About This Painful And Lingering Side Effect (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ____________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: For recent developments regarding personal injury lawsuits that involve…
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Cholesterol Drug Zetia May Cause Serious Liver Injury Including Hepatitis And Liver Failure
Health Canada First Raised This Zetia Safety Issue In February 2005; News Reporter Discovers In December 2007 That Information Known By Merck and Schering-Plough About These Zetia Side Effects May Have Been Withheld (Posted…
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Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lead Defect Can Be More Of A Problem For Certain Patients
People With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy And Those With Defibrillator-Pacemaker Dual Unit Implants May Be More In Need Of Lead Wire Replacement After Medtronic Recall (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) As presented in a December…
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More Reports of Women Who Have Had Serious Blood Clot Problems When Using NuvaRing
Serious Adverse Reactions With This Vaginal Ring Birth Control Device Include Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) And Pulmonary Emboli (PE) (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) An abstract from the annual meeting of the American…
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December 2007 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Covers Sprint Fidelis Cardiac Leads, Byetta, And Bisphosphonates Such As Fosamax (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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Mixed Reactions To Avandia’s Revised Warning In November 2007 About Risk Of Heart Attacks
Drug Safety Experts And FDA Officials Discuss Avandia And The New Black-Box Warning (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On November 14, 2007 the FDA issued a news release entitled "FDA Adds Boxed Warning…
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November 2007 FDA Advisory Panel Recommends That Serevent And Advair Get Stronger Warnings About Use By Children
Some Panel Members Want Serevent Withdrawn From Market; FDA And GSK Say Asthma Drug Recall Is Not Appropriate (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On November 28, 2007 an FDA pediatric advisory panel recommended…