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Do Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Cause Blindness, Or Not, That Is The Issue
Public Citizen Compares Viagra And Cialis Against Lipitor To Find Out The Answer Sidney M. Wolfe, MD, Director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, recently alleged that there have been inadequate warnings that erectile…
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FDA Consumer Magazine: Prescription Drug News and Information, And More
Offers Broad Coverage, Including Reports On Current FDA Regulatory Activites FDA Consumer magazine is available online at no cost, while the traditional paper version of this federal government publication has a $14 annual subscription…
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Many “Canadian” Online Drugs Are, In Fact, Not From Canada
FDA Says These Are "Drugs Of Dubious Origin, Safety, And Efficacy" In mid-December 2005 the FDA reported that the majority of Web sites believed to be Canadian pharmacies selling prescription drugs manufactured in Canada…
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WHI Study Was Perhaps Flawed And Subsequent HRT Advice May Be Wrong
Cyclical Hormones, But Not Prempro, May Be Protective Against Heart Disease Many people will recall that in July 2002 women were told to talk to their doctor about perhaps stopping their hormone replacement therapy…
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Bextra Will Not Return In Canada As Safety Risks Outweigh Benefits
Health Canada Safety Panel Cites Heart Attacks, Strokes, and Severe Skin Reactions Bextra, Pfizer’s anti-inflammatory drug for arthritis patients, will not be returned to the Canadian market according to a Health Canada announcement in…
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FDA’s David Graham Says U.S. Drug Safety System No Better in 2005
Graham Criticizes Agency’s Performance During The Year Since Vioxx Recall In November 2004 David Graham, associate director for science and medicine at the FDA’s Office of Drug Safety, criticized the FDA’s drug oversight practices…
