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Viagra, Other ED Drugs Possibly Linked With Vision Loss and Blindness
FDA To Consider Warning Label Changes for Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra The FDA is investigating numerous reports of a possible serious side effect from the use of Viagra and other impotence, or erectile dysfunction…
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Health Canada Announces Its Adverse Drug Reaction Database is Now Searchable by Public Online
FDA Should Follow Health Canada’s Lead and Permit Direct Access to MedWatch Adverse Reaction Reports Health Canada has announced it is now allowing direct access to the latest reported adverse reactions to prescription drugs…
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FDA Drug-safety Oversight Efforts Must Improve to Avoid Another Vioxx Debacle
Dr. Garret FitzGerald’s Speech in May 2005 at Edinburgh, Scotland Dr. Garret FitzGerald, a highly regarded medical doctor at the University of Pennsylvania, told a conference in Edinburgh, Scotland that the problems surrounding the…
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Crestor Side Effects: Reports to FDA MedWatch Analyzed by Tufts Doctors
Crestor-Rhabdomyolysis Link: New Study May Support Allegations by Public Citizen Group Rhabdomyolysis, proteinuria, nephropathy, and kidney or renal failure are serious side effects which apparently occur more often with the use of Crestor (rosuvastatin)…
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SSRI Drugs Can Increase Risk of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Increased Risk of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding When Taking Both SSRIs and NSAIDs Long-term use of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, increases the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding to a degree similar to that caused…
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FDA Advisory Panel Wants To Review Agency’s Drug-safety Monitoring Efforts
Concern Over FDA’s Handling of Serious Side Effects Issues, Including Recent Drug Recalls Involving Vioxx and Bextra Members of an FDA advisory panel have voted unanimously in favor of having the federal agency provide…
