Category: Drug Safety Alerts
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FDA Report Says Popular Asthma Drugs Serevent And Advair May Have Deadly Side Effects For Some Children
November 2007 Advisory Panel Meeting To Consider Safety of These Glaxo Drugs As Well As Novartis’ Foradil (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) An October 24, 2007 FDA staff report about Serevent (SUBJECT: 1-year…
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FDA Announces In November 2007 That It Will Investigate Possible Link Between Maxipime And Increased Risk Of Death
A Medical Journal Article Published In May 2007 Suggested This Emerging Drug Safety Issue; Why Was There A Six-Month Delay In Starting This FDA Investigation? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In mid-November 2007…
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Will New Black Box Warning About Heart Attacks Lead GlaxoSmithKline To Withdraw Avandia From Market?
One Wonders Whether GSK Might Do A "Soft" Recall Of Its Embattled Diabetes Drug, As Was Done By BMS With Serzone And Tequin In Recent Years (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Avandia (rosiglitazone)…
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Trasylol Sales In U.S. And Canada Suspended Temporarily By Bayer In Early November 2007
Market Withdrawal Or Recall Of Trasylol Seems Possible As Bayer Waits For Final Data From Halted BART Study (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On November 5, 2007 the FDA announced and Health Canada…
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Is This What Medtronic’s March 21, 2007 “Dear Doctor” Letter Said About Sprint Fidelis Lead Problems?
One Person Took The Impression That Medtronic Was Trying To Lay Blame For Lead Wire Failures On Those Physicians Who Were Doing The Defibrillator Implants (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) To start, our…
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Cephalon Added Warning To Provigil Label About Serious Skin Reactions In August 2007
A "Dear Doctor" Letter About Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Associated With Provigil Was Sent In September 2007 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On October 24, 2007 the FDA sent an email…
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Children And Young Adults Apparently Have A Higher Risk Of Their Sprint Fidelis Heart Wire Fracturing
This Medtronic Defibrillator Lead Line Was Particularly Popular In Younger Patients Due To Its Smaller Size (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In an October 19, 2007 article, "Heart Wires May Pose More Risk…
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FDA Alerts Doctors About Diabetes Drug Byetta And Acute Pancreatitis Reports
Package Insert Will Be Changed To Include Stronger Warning About This Potentially Fatal Side Effect (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On October 16, 2007 the FDA issued an alert to doctors informing them…
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Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Wire Leads Fracturing In Defibrillators May Have Caused Five Deaths
Events Leading Up To October 2007 FDA Recall Include A Little Noticed March 2007 "Dear Doctor" Letter And July 2007 Medical Journal Article About Model 6949 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) An October…
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Health Canada Provides 2007 Update On Reports Of Suspected Meridia Adverse Reactions
Meridia Can Increase Blood Pressure And Heart Rate Leading To Possible Serious Cardiovascular Problems (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The Canadian Adverse Reaction Newsletter (CARN) released in October 2007 (Volume 17, Issue 4)…