Category: Drug Safety Alerts
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Is Advair Use Causing Asthma-related Deaths?
Glaxo’s Best-selling Asthma Drug May Be Unsafe For Some Users In an April 6, 2006 article, Forbes reporter Robert Langreth addresses this issue: "Does the world’s bestselling asthma drug sometimes kill the patients it…
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Zocor-Amiodarone Drug Interaction Causes Rhabdomyolysis; Fifth Such Case Reported
Causation Theory: Zocor Is Metabolized By Same Enzyme Which Is Being Inhibited By Amiodarone On March 14, 2006 The Annals of Pharmacotherapy published online an article about what the authors described as "the fifth…
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Concern Expressed About Heart Risks From Adderall, Ritalin, Other ADHD Drugs
Early Release of Dr. Nissen’s NEJM Article: "ADHD Drugs and Cardiovascular Risks" Cardiologist Steven E. Nissen believes that Shire Plc’s Adderall, Novartis AG’s Ritalin, and other drugs used to treat attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)…
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FDA Review Team: Stronger Warnings About Psychosis And Mania Needed On ADHD Drugs
Reports Of Hallucinations At Usual Doses Of Adderall, Concerta, Ritalin, and Strattera The FDA’s ADHD psychiatric review team is calling for stronger warnings on drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to…
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Health Canada Issues Pregnancy Warning For Antidepressants
Newborns Whose Mothers Took SSRIs At Increased Risk Of Serious Lung Disorder On March 10, 2006 Health Canada issued a warning for women taking antidepressant drugs known as Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) —…
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Pfizer’s Painkiller Celebrex May Increase Heart Attack Risk, Like Vioxx and Bextra
New Zealand Study Indicates This Increased Risk Is "Class Effect" of COX-2 Inhibitors Pfizer Inc.’s painkiller Celebrex doubles a patient’s risk of having a heart attack, according to a report about a New Zealand…
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GlaxoSmithKline Will Revise “Black-box” Warning On Its Asthma Drugs Advair And Serevent
Novartis, However, Continues To Disagree With FDA About The Need To Change Label On Foradil GlaxoSmithKline has finally agreed with the FDA to revise a "black-box" warning on its asthma medications Advair and Serevent…
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March 2006 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Edition Covers Tamiflu, Paxil, Avandia, Amicar and Omacor Name Confusion, 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…
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FDA Reviewing Safety Of Bayer’s Heart Surgery Drug Trasylol
Studies Link Trasylol To Kidney Problems, Heart Attacks, and Strokes In mid-February 2006 the FDA issued a Public Health Advisory informing doctors and patients that the agency was evaluating the safety of Bayer AG’s…
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FDA and Health Canada Issue Warnings For Antibiotic Tequin
Advising Diabetic Patients Not To Use Tequin Due To Concerns About Blood Sugar Disorders In mid-February 2006 the FDA and Health Canada issued separate alerts regarding the threat of rare but potentially fatal side…