FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Are You Aware the FDA Has Recalled Certain Cold Products?

  Ed Normand | January 14, 2010 8:30 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  During the winter season, when you feel a cold coming on, how many times have you run to the pharmacy and grabbed the first cold remedy off the shelf? If it was a certain Zicam cold remedy - pay...

• Safety Questions Surround Merck’s Gardasil Expansion

  Mike Ferrara | January 13, 2010 8:19 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  As Merck seeks FDA approval to expand the use of the HPV vaccine Gardasil in women ages 27-45 (so far it is approved only for use in females ages 9-26 to prevent HPV, and for use in males...

• Nurture Inc. Recalls Select Baby Foods Due to a Packaging Defect

  Chrissie Cole | January 13, 2010 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Nurture Inc. announced a voluntary recall of certain varieties of HAPPYTOT Stage 4 and HAPPYBABY Stage 1 and Stage 2 pouch meals. The affected baby food products have a date code expiring between...

• The Sheller Law Firm Sues Over Risperdal

  Jamie Sheller | January 12, 2010 10:51 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Recently, Sheller, P.C., a Philadelphia law firm, filed 10 lawsuits regarding the drugs Risperdal and Invega. The suits were filed on behalf of boys and young men who suffered serious side effects,...

• Has the FDA Fallen Ill?

  Brenda Fulmer | January 12, 2010 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The FDA: our government-run watchdog out to protect us from harmful drugs and medical devices. But is that still the case? After great public scrutiny and numerous discoveries of one shocking drug...

• Mark McGwire – Steroids and a Medicated Society

  Jeremy Thurman | January 11, 2010 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I am a baseball nut. As a kid growing up in the 80s I was more interested in batting averages, homeruns and stolen bases than a typical adolescent. I spent my off hours at the batting cage with...

• Tardive Dyskinesia Tied to Reglan

  Jamie Sheller | January 11, 2010 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  In 2009, the FDA issued an alert regarding side effects of metoclopramide, which is a main ingredient in Reglan. A serious side effect of the drug is tardive dyskinesia, which is a very serious...

• Bayer Facing Hundred of Lawsuits Over Yaz

  Jamie Sheller | January 10, 2010 11:59 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Hundreds of women have instituted lawsuits against Bayer over its oral contraceptive Yaz. In August 2009, a study was published in the British Medical Journal, which found that Yaz and Yasmin had...

• Manhattan Company with History of Violations Recalls Fish Again Because of Botulism Risk

  Paul Napoli | January 10, 2010 5:18 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  January 7, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Bao Ding Seafood Co. Inc. of New York, NY 10002 is recalling the company’s Boiled Horse Mackerel due to the...

• USDA Revokes Beef Products Inc. Beef Testing Exemption

  Mike Bryant | January 10, 2010 9:52 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  In 2007, the FDA began exempting Beef Products Inc. from routine testing of meat used in hamburger sold to the general public . The exemption was credit for the companies development of a...