That is the question that many of our lawmakers are asking. Senators Dorgan (D-ND), Snowe (R-ME), McCain (R-AZ) and Stabenow (D-MI) brought that question to the forefront when they introduced the ‘Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2009′ (S. 525) in March. Currently waiting to be placed on the Senate calendar, the bill [...]
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Muscle Relaxant…a Friend or a Foe
Posted by injuryla on April 14th, 2011
A few years back, muscle relaxants have taken center stage after several reports of deaths due to abuse of the drug, prompting concerned agencies to take cognizant of the issue. A hospital staff was charged for murdering six elderly hospital patients by giving those overdoses of two muscle relaxants in 1996 and 1997. The suspect [...]
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No Comments »Avandia Side Effects Heart Attack Risks
Posted by injuryla on April 9th, 2011
Many of us suffer from type 2 diabetes. In fact there are about 14 million people in the United States who are in this situation and a good number are being treated with Avandia, a medicine designed to increase the body%26rsquo;s sensitivity to insulin. The drug was first marketed in 1999 by GlaxoSmithKline and it [...]
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Posted by injuryla on March 30th, 2011
When someone goes into surgery, they put their trust and life in the hands of medical professionals. These medical professionals are trained to know the ins and outs of the medicine. However, what happens when critical information is into provided to them. Whose fault does it become, the doctor’s due to ignorance or the manufacturers [...]
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Posted by injuryla on March 29th, 2011
Government Report Examines Heart Attack Risk in Avandia: The drug Avandia was approved in the U.S. in 1998 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes by controlling blood sugar levels. Millions of diabetics have taken the drug, but in recent years, sales have declined due to reports about an increased risk of potentially life-threatening [...]
Posted in fda medicine recall Tags: Attack, Avandia, fda medicine recall, Heart, injuryla, Linked, Search No Comments »The Legend Of Safe And Effective Diet Pills
Posted by injuryla on February 14th, 2011
Diet pills have taken on a character not unlike that of urban legends. You have a market with so many different products and endorsers, all saying that you can lose weight by taking diet pills on one hand. Then on the other hand we have the FDA publishing recalls and product advisories left and right. [...]
Posted in fda medicine recall Tags: Diet, Effective, fda medicine recall, Legend, Pills, Safe No Comments »Fluoroquinolones Receive Black Box Label by Fda
Posted by injuryla on February 12th, 2011
Copyright (c) 2008 Katie Kelley In America, there are thousands of antibiotics being used, created or tested. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for ensuring these drugs are safe for patients and receive the appropriate warning labels for doctors. Recently, the fluoroquinolone group of antibiotics were given the most severe warning by [...]
Abbott Laboratories recalls glucose test strips
Posted by injuryla on February 10th, 2011
The Chicago-based company pulls back 359 million because the strips may give diabetics false low readings. So far, 22 such cases have been reported. Reporting from Washington — Abbott Laboratories announced a recall Wednesday (12/22/2010) of as many as 359 million glucose test stripsused to monitor diabetics’ blood sugar because the strips may give false [...]
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Posted by injuryla on February 8th, 2011
UK release drugs warning: contain 15 kinds of cold medicine ingredients have fatal side effects, child care services carefully HC Environmental Network Cold food cold medicine, in the eyes of many people is it normal thing, but recently a British pharmaceutical and medical product management center (MHRA) released information raises concern about cold medications. The [...]
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Posted by injuryla on February 6th, 2011
One of the FDA’s responsibilities is to regulate and control prescription drugs available on the market. However recently questions have risen as to whether the FDA is setting the proper controls on how drugs get approval. The FDA in the past has had numerous drugs that have had to be recalled because they were causing [...]
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