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Medication Errors are Often Preventable: Patient Advice
How to Avoid being Dispensed or Prescribed the Wrong Drug It has been a few years since the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (IOM) published their report To Err is Human: Building…
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Serzone Class Action Settlement: Confidential Inventory Form Due May 13, 2005
Settlement Covers All Serzone Users Who Did Not "Opt-out" by April 8, 2005 Deadline All persons in the United States and its territories who were prescribed Serzone — an anti-depressant drug marketed and distributed…
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Drug-safety Information Database Project by UnitedHealth Group
Serious Side Effects Monitoring of New Medications Should Improve UnitedHealth Care Inc., one of the nation’s largest health maintenance organizations in the U.S., has announced a new drug-safety monitoring tool which should provide more…
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Trileptal Associated with Life-threatening Skin Reactions and Multi-organ Hypesensitivity: Health Canada Alert
Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) On April 28, 2005 Health Canada posted an alert on its web site concerning the association of Trileptal (oxcarbazepine), an anti-epileptic medication, with life-threatening dermatological…
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Grassley-Dodd Bill Would Allow FDA to Order Immediate Drug Recall or Increased-Risk Warning
FDA Would No Longer Have to Negotiate Safety with Drug Manufacturers Unfortunately it took more than a year for the US FDA and Merck & Co. to agree on labeling changes for the now…
