FDA & Prescription Drugs

• FDA Mandates New Warning for Botox, All Botulinum Toxin Products

  C. Todd Alley | May 04, 2009 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The FDA has ordered its most serious safety warning be attached to all botulinum toxin products due to reports of serious adverse reactions and also due to risks associated with the lack of...

• Obesity Obsession – Dangers revealed in Diet Pills

  Alyssa DiEdwardo | May 01, 2009 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Obesity in America has reached epidemic proportions. According to the World Journal of Gastroenterology 30% of adults are obese and 65% overweight. As the population reaches out for a quick fix or...

• Pharmacy Error Kills 21 Champion Polo Horses

  Vincent Leonard, Jr. | April 30, 2009 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Tragedy struck innocent victims in Palm Beach County. Franck’s Pharmacy has admitted an error in mixing medications which led to the needless loss of the lives of 21 innocent animals. Blue...

• FDA Closes Major Testing Loophole

  Don Greiwe | April 27, 2009 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  On April 8, 2009, The Food and Drug Administration announced it would be ending loophole exploited for years by manufacturers. This loophole allowed all medical devices “manufactured and...

• Nationwide Dietary Drug Recall

  Joe Saunders | April 23, 2009 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  After an FDA analysis, Universal ABC Beauty Supply International, Inc. has recalled diet drugs that have been marketed under 34 different names. The FDA investigation found that these diet drugs...

• Raptiva Voluntarily Recalled

  Diego Madrigal | April 21, 2009 11:16 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The makers of the drug Raptiva announced a volutary, phased in recall of the drug. The safety of the drug (which is used to treat psoriasis) has been called into question for years because it is...

• Digoxin Manufacturing Blunders Abound

  Brenda Fulmer | April 21, 2009 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Not even a year has passed since the massive recall of Digitek pills by Bertek/Mylan and Actavis, yet cardiac patients are facing yet another scare. On March 31, 2009, Caraco Pharmaceutical...

• Obama Asked To Ensure a Clean Slate at the FDA

  Jim Clark | April 20, 2009 4:18 PM | 2 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Bold assertions were made against the Food and Drug Admistration to President Obama in a letter written April 2, and most of the assertions do an excellent job at capturing the frustration of...

• Raptiva-Genentech's Psoriasis Drug is Recalled

  Joe Saunders | April 10, 2009 10:04 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL

  Genentech's psoriasis drug, Raptiva has been voluntarily recalled due to several deaths related to use of the drug. Raptiva has been linked to a potentially fatal brain infection, progressive...

• Is the Duragesic transdermal patch recall worrisome? How about the possibility of an ultra hazardous mini-pain pump malfunction?

  Armand Rossetti | March 04, 2009 3:08 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL

  Due to a Duragesic transdermal patch fold over defect, ALZA Corporation has been in the news lately. A recent FDA recall involved several lots of Duragesic with an expiration date in December 2009....