FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Hope For Patients With Gadolinium-Induced Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis?

  Brenda Fulmer | October 31, 2008 10:39 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  A rheumatologist once told me that scleroderma patients were the “guinea pigs” of the medical world. These are the patients who are suffering the most horrible of diseases for which...

• Will the Supreme Court Listen?

  John Hopkins | October 31, 2008 9:06 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  In the case of Wyeth v Levine, the high court is going to potentially change the entire system that protects consumers from bad drugs and medica devices. They will decide a hot issue concerning...

• Avandia Focus Of Petition By Public Citizen

  Eddie Farah | October 30, 2008 11:15 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Type-2 diabetes drug Avandia once showed great promise in reducing blood glucose levels in patients. GlaxoSmithKline thought they had a winner on their hands. But then the reports of heart and liver...

• Should Drug Manufacturers have immunity from legal liability if their drugs get FDA approval?

  Vincent Leonard, Jr. | October 30, 2008 4:38 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL

  Well for the health and safety of American consumers I certainly hope not. However, don't take my word for it, even top doctors at the head of the New England Journal of Medicine agree. According to...

• An Aspirin is an Aspirin; Or is It?

  Armand Rossetti | October 28, 2008 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Today, the FDA released informatioin concerning Bayer HealthCare and its illigal marketing of two aspirin based drugs: Bayer Aspirin with Heart Advantage and Bayer Women's Low Dose Aspirin +...

• JAMA Favors Consumers In Upcoming Levine Pre-emption Case

  Eddie Farah | October 27, 2008 11:22 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Coming up next week before the U.S. Supreme Court is an issue that affects all Americans who take any kind of prescription drug from time to time – that would be virtually all of us. The case...

• Chantix May Receive Stronger Warnings from FDA

  Joe Saunders | October 23, 2008 11:14 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  The smoking cessation drug Chantix may receive a stronger warning label from the FDA after a non-profit group found the drug linked to seizures and motor vehicle accidents. The group, Institute for...

• FDA Refuses to Name Supplier of Tainted Heparin Ingredients

  Brian W. Smith | October 21, 2008 12:13 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL

  According to an article in Natural News, the FDA has come into conflict with Congressional investigators over its refusal to release information on which Chinese companies supplied a tainted blood...

• Oops, They Did It Again! Dangerous Drugs and Preemption

  Brenda Fulmer | October 20, 2008 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  On October 16, 2008, the FDA announced the recall of dextroamphetamine sulfate tablets manufactured by ETHEX Corporation. Apparently, these tablets were sold for more than a year (from January 2007...

• Zyprexa Settles Lawsuits with 33 States

  Joe Saunders | October 13, 2008 11:13 AM | 1 CommentSarasota, FL

  Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of the schizophrenia and bipolar disorder drug, Zyprexa, has settled lawsuits with 33 states that sued the drug company for falsely marketing its drug to patients with...