Tag: side effects
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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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Diabetes Drugs Kombiglyze And Onglyza: Heart Failure Side Effect Seems To Be Valid, And FDA Notes There Is A Possible Increased Risk Of All-Cause Mortality
As Analysis Did Not Reveal Causes Of The Increase In Death Incidents, FDA Asks Its Advisory Committee To Discuss This Safety Issue At April 2015 Meeting (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ______________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: "AstraZeneca, Takeda Diabetes Drugs…
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A 2004 Medical Journal Article Indicated A Possible Link Between The “Morning Sickness” Drug Use Of Zofran And Hypospadias
However, It Seems No Further Research About This Congenital Birth Defect Being Caused By Zofran Use During Pregnancy Has Been Done By GlaxoSmithKline (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)So-called “morning sickness”, or nausea and vomiting (NVP), is…
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YAZ / Yasmin Litigation Update For March 2015: According To Bayer’s 2014 Annual Report, “Additional lawsuits are anticipated.”
Bayer Claims It Settled About 300 Of These Cases While Another 1300 Lawsuits Were Filed From Mid-October 2014 To The End Of January 2015 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)For establishing a baseline as regards the current…
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Cardiovascular Safety Issues For Onglyza And Kombiglyze Will Be Discussed At April 2015 FDA Advisory Committee Meeting
These Two New AstraZeneca Diabetes Medications With Saxagliptin Are Part Of The Incretin Mimetic Class Of Drugs (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)At an April 14, 2015 meeting of the FDA's Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee, results of the…
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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…
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Viagra / Cialis / Levitra: Prostate Cancer Recurrence When Used After Radical Prostatectomy Surgery
Researchers Surprised By Their Finding As Earlier Medical Studies Suggested Anticancer Effect In Prostate (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Findings about increased cancer risks being associated with the use of erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs such as…
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Pancreatic Cancer As A Side Effect Of Diabetes Drugs Bydureon, Byetta, Januvia, And Victoza
Health Canada Currently Conducting Epidemiological Study Of These Incretin-Based Type 2 Diabetes Medications To Assess This Potential Drug Safety Issue (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)From the October 2014 edition of the Canadian Adverse Reaction Newsletter we…