Category: Drug Safety Alerts
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December 2005 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Edition Covers Paxil, Strattera, Menactra Meningococcal Vaccine, 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…
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Consumer Reports Identifies 12 Unsafe Drugs To Be Used With Caution
January 2006 Edition of Magazine Addresses Drug-safety System Problems The January 2006 edition of Consumer Reports magazine includes an investigative report entitled, "Prescription for Trouble". This Consumer Reports article identifies 12 prescription drugs taken…
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COX-2 Inhibitors Reportedly No Safer for Stomach Than Older Painkillers
British Study Finds Increased Risk Of GI Problems For COX-2 Inhibitors And NSAIDs Vioxx, Bextra, and Celebrex, those "new" painkillers called COX-2 inhibitors, were suppose to be safer for your stomach than many traditional…
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Ortho Evra Lawsuits May Get MDL Status in Federal Court System
Birth Control Patch Allegedly Causes Serious Cardiovascular Problems Late in 2005, a motion was filed with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) by a plaintiff’s lawyer requesting the consolidation of all federal court…
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FDA Warns MS Patients Not to Use Leukemia Drug Campath
Reports of Severe Blood Disorder ITP In 3 Campath – MS Study Patients On November 30, 2005 the FDA issued a public health advisory warning against the use of Campath in patients with multiple…
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Study On Cardiovascular Safety of Celebrex Reported at 2005 ACR Meeting
No Increased Risk Of Heart Attack Or Stroke For Patients Taking Celebrex According to a meta-analysis reported by Dr. Lee Simon, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the COX-2 specific…
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Did GlaxoSmithKline Mislead The FDA As Regards Asthma Drug Serevent?
Consumer Group Public Citizen Allegation In Medical Journal The Lancet In an early October 2005 edition of The Lancet, a British medical journal, a published letter by the American consumer group Public Citizen accused…
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Serevent, Advair, and Foradil: Increased Risk of Severe Asthma Episodes and Death
FDA MedWatch Alert About LABA Asthma Drugs Follows Health Canada Warning In October 2005 On November 18, 2005 the FDA issued a MedWatch alert regarding Serevent, Advair, and Foradil to inform doctors and patients…
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“Black-box” Warnings On Drug Labels Often Ignored By Doctors And Patients
Study Indicates Need For Better Presentation of Drug-safety Information On November 18, 2005 the medical journal Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety published findings from a new study which reveals that doctors and patients, both, often…
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ReoPro Stroke Trial Halted by Lilly and J&J Due To Emerging Safety Issue
Higher Risk of Brain Hemorrhage In Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated With ReoPro On October 28, 2005 Eli Lilly & Co. and Johnson & Johnson’s Centocor unit announced that they had permanently stopped a…