FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Accutane's® Legacy of Side Effects: Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s Disease, IBD … and more!

  Greg Webb | February 07, 2011 8:30 AM | 4 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  In June 2009, Hoffman LaRoche removed its prescription medication, Accutane®, from the marketplace. Accutane® had been prescribed since 1982 to treat severe acne conditions, but was found to...

• Doctor Accused of Faking Medical Research for Pfizer and Other Pharmas

  Michael Phelan | January 15, 2010 9:49 AM | 4 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Federal prosecutors filed a healthcare fraud charge against Scott Reuben, M.D., a Massachusetts doctor accused of faking research for a dozen years in published studies that suggested...

• When Will Big Tobacco Stop Going After Kids - FDA Bans Flavored Cigarettes

  Wayne Parsons | September 23, 2009 2:34 PM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  USA Today (9/23, Rubin) reports that on Tuesday, the FDA banned the sale of candy-, fruit- and clove-flavored cigarettes. The move was authorized by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control...

• Advisory Panel for FDA Votes to Ban Percocet and Vicodin

  David Mittleman | July 04, 2009 10:00 AM | 4 CommentsLansing, MI

  Tuesday—a federal advisory panel for the Food and Drug Administration voted 20-17 to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, both of which combine a narcotic with acetaminophen. The two...

• Homeopathic Drugs - "Remedies" - Potentially Hazardous?

  Greg Webb | June 29, 2009 8:00 AM | 4 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Although it was sold for many years as a drug for colds, Zicam Cold Remedy was never tested by federal regulators for safety like many other drugs. Because the drug is considered a...

• Hydroxycut Kills and Injures!

  Jon Lewis | May 03, 2009 10:23 PM | 4 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  The FDA has warned consumers to stop using the dietary supplement Hydroxycut. This drug is manufactured by Iovate Health Sciences, Inc., and they are recalling all of the Hydroxycut products. These...

• FDA Announces Hydroxycut Recall

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 01, 2009 7:11 PM | 4 CommentsChicago, IL

  The FDA announced today that people using Hydroxycut products should discontinue use immediately. Hydroxycut has been linked to liver problems, including liver failure. There has been at least one...

• 5,000 Americans Die Of Food Poisoning Each Year

  Mike Bryant | April 24, 2009 9:55 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control released these startling numbers. They also found that each year, 325,000 require hospitalization. The numbers show that over the last couple of years, our...

• Fentanyl/Duragesic: Exposing the Truth About the Pain Patch of Sudden Accidental Death-Interview With Injury Trial Attorney James Orr

  Rick Shapiro | March 05, 2009 10:13 PM | 4 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  I am on a mission to use my forum as an editor on three Injuryboard regional injury law blogs to educate consumer/patients, doctors, pharmacists and medical providers about the extreme risk of...

• FDA Globalization Act to Increase Nation's Food Safety

  Steve Klearman | March 05, 2009 1:36 AM | 4 CommentsReno, NV

  Congressman John Dingell introduced the Food and Drug Administration's Globalization Act in late January 2009, legislation that if passed would help would help ensure the safety of the...