Category: Health Canada News
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Potential Retinal Detachments Link With Avelox, Levaquin, And Cipro Cannot Be Ruled Out According To Health Canada Safety Review
These Popular Fluoroquinolones Antibiotics Have Been Suspected Of Causing Serious Vision Problems And Visual Side Effects During Past Several Years (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In January 2016, Health Canada issued…
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FDA Adds Ketoacidosis Warnings To Diabetes Drugs Invokana, Farxiga, And Jardiance As Well As Other SGLT2 Inhibitors
This Follows October 2015 Safety Alert By Health Canada Concerning Increased Risks Of Kidney Problems (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: “Health Canada Warns About Link Between DKA & Popular Diabetes…
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Potential Link Between MS Drug Gilenya And Cancers, Neoplasms, Or Tumors According To Health Canada
This September 2015 Drug Safety Alert Is Based Primarily On Reports Of Skin Cancer And Lymphoma Blood Cancer (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Health Canada recently conducted a review of safety…
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Xarelto: Drug-Induced Liver Injury Reports Received By Health Canada And Found In Medical Literature
Should New Liver Side Effects Warning Be Added By Janssen Pharmaceuticals To Prescribing Information For Xarelto? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In the August 2015 edition of the Health Product InfoWatch…
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In The Shadow Of Recent Announcement About Diabetes Drug Jardiance Medical Study Results There Lingers Safety Concerns For SGLT-2 Inhibitors
As With Invokana and Farxiga, Jardiance Is Subject Of Several Drug Regulatory Agency Investigations About Ketoacidosis And Other Side Effects (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: “Health Canada Warns About Link…
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Invokana Lawsuits Are Expected To Be Filed While FDA And Other Drug Regulators Investigate Side Effects Reports
Drug Injury Lawyers Also See Possible Farxiga And Jardiance Cases For Patients Who Have Ketoacidosis, Kidney Failure, Stroke, Or Heart Attack (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: “Health Canada Warns About…
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Farxiga / Jardiance / Invokana Safety As Regards Diabetic Ketoacidosis Now Being Studied By Health Canada In Addition To Current FDA Investigation
Institute For Safe Medication Practices Signal For Invokana Kidney Failure Risks Seems To Apply To Farxiga, Jardiance, And Other SGLT2 Diabetes Drugs Also (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: “Health Canada…
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Drugs Concerta And Ritalin Get New Warnings For Rhabdomyolysis In US And Priapism In Canada
Muscle-Wasting Side Effect "Rhabdo" Seems To Apply To Entire ADHD Class Of Drugs Given That April 2015 FDA Letter Was Sent To All Manufacturers (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)We start in the US where an April…
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A New Case Of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) In A Patient Using Gilenya Is Reported By Novartis In Canada
Company Is Investigating This Gilenya – PML Case To See Whether Brain Disease Might Be A Side Effect Of Its MS Drug (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Gilenya (fingolimod) capsules were approved by the FDA in…