Category: Drug Safety Alerts
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Should The Popular Asthma Drug Advair Be Pulled From The Market?
Study Finds Increased Risk Of Serious Side Effects For A Broad Range Of Users A study published in June 2006 by a leading medical journal concludes that GlaxoSmithKline’s popular asthma drug Advair is perhaps…
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Natrecor: A Definitive Safety Study Is Long Overdue
Off-label Use Of Natrecor Continues To Be A Problem A year ago two medical journal articles raised serious safety issues about Natrecor; in summary: (1) a 50% increased risk of kidney damage or renal…
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Antibiotic Ketek: FDA Staff Recommends “Black-box” Warning
As Of May 1, 2006 There Are 23 Reports Of Serious Liver Injury, Including 12 Cases Of Liver Failure, In U.S. After finding the antibiotic Ketek (telithromycin) has been associated with 12 cases of…
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Birth Control Patch Lawsuits Being Settled Early By Johnson & Johnson
Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch Causes Blood Clots Resulting In Strokes, Heart Attacks, Pulmonary Embolism, And Deep Vein Thrombosis According to a May 16, 2006 article in the New Jersey Law Journal, Johnson & Johnson…
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Phenergan And Similar Drugs Associated With Infant Deaths
FDA Cautions That These Drugs Should Not Be Given To Children Under Two On April 25, 2006 the FDA issued a drug safety alert about promethazine hydrochloride, warning doctors and parents that drugs containing…
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Antibiotic Tequin Should Be Banned By FDA, Says Public Citizen Petition
Tequin Ban Is Needed To Prevent Any Further Use Of This Unsafe Drug On May 1, 2006 the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen asked the FDA to ban Tequin, an antibiotic made by Bristol-Myers…
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Bristol-Myers Squibb To Stop Selling Antibiotic Drug Tequin
BMS Action Follows Reports Of Serious Blood-Sugar Problems And Recent Warning Label Changes An April 27, 2006 article by Peter Loftus for Dow Jones Newswires broke the news that Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has decided…
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April 2006 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Edition Covers Ketek, Clozaril, Benzocaine Sprays, and More The FDA’s Patient Safety News (PSN) is a series of monthly video news shows intended primarily for doctors and other health care professionals. Generally, this series…
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Did Merck Fail To Warn About Fosamax Side Effects?
Osteoporosis Drug Fosamax Associated With Reports Of Osteonecrosis Of Jaw Merck & Co. allegedly failed to warn doctors and patients in a timely manner about osteonecrosis of the jaw (rotting of the jaw bone),…
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Some Common But Severe Drug Interactions Involving Coumadin (Warfarin)
Beware Of "G" Herbs and Supplements: Garlic, Ginseng, Ginkgo Biloba, and Ginger In April 2006 Douglas S. Paauw, M.D., a University of Washington medical investigator, spoke at an American College of Physicians meeting about…