FDA & Prescription Drugs

• FDA commissioner endorses legislation to improve food safety.

  Wayne Parsons | October 23, 2009 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Los Angeles Times (10/23, Zajac) reports, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Thursday strongly endorsed legislation that would give her agency new tools to improve...

• Injectable Pain Drug Recall Expanded

  Joe Saunders | October 23, 2009 11:40 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The manufacturer of an injectable pain medicine is expanding its recall due to possible contamination. The recalled drug Ketorolac Tromethamine Injection USP 30 mg/ml, is used to treat moderate to...

• H1N1 Means All Sorts Of Charlatans

  Mike Bryant | October 22, 2009 8:45 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The FDA is warning the public about the number of fake offers for preventing or curing people form H1N1. Right now there are large number of websites that offer miracle protections. These offers...

• Yaz: Riskier than Other Birth Control Pills?

  Paul Kiesel | October 22, 2009 5:53 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA

  Here's another sad story about woman from the Bay Area that suffered from a stroke and, subsequently, was in a comma and then hospitalized for six months, after only taking Yaz for a month for...

• Plaintiff Wins First Zometa Trial

  Jean Martin | October 22, 2009 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  A jury in Montana has ordered drug manufacturer Novartis to pay $3.2 million to a woman who developed osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ)after taking Zometa. The case of Peggy Stevens was the first of...

• FDA Required Black Box Warning On Phenergan

  Gary Shipman | October 22, 2009 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  There was uproar concerning the courageous fight by Diana Levine, a musician from Vermont who lost her arm because of the drug Phenergan. Wyeth no longer sells Phenergan but many makers of generic...

• Researchers Urge FDA to Provide Consumer-Friendly Summaries of Prescription Medications

  David Mittleman | October 22, 2009 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  The Food and Drug Administration may know all the risks associated with various pharmaceutical drugs, but chances are if you’re a consumer, you don’t. However, if several drug safety...

• H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine

  Paul Napoli | October 22, 2009 1:51 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Vaccinations start in New York City schools next week. Consent forms have been sent home and Mayor Michael Bloomberg is keen for parents to sign the forms and have their children vaccinated. As...

• Risks of Ortho Evra

  Carrie Strasser | October 22, 2009 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsStoughton / Canton, MA

  The Boston Globe reported yesterday on the risks associated with the birth control patch, Ortho Evra, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. The article reported the story of an otherwise healthy...

• Bayer, Birth Control Products and Blood Clots: Every Young Woman's Nightmare

  Paul Kiesel | October 21, 2009 6:36 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  From Reuters: Kent L. Klaudt of the national plaintiffs` law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP announced that Candice Atkinson today filed a personal injury lawsuit against Bayer...