Posts tagged drugs

• FDA Tightened Approval Process Since Vioxx Debacle

  IB Contributor | January 10, 2007 1:17 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Apparently, the Food and Drug Administration is getting very picky about the drugs it approves after the Vioxx debacle. As it should be. The nations health depends upon their expertise. According to a news report by George E. Jordan for Newhouse News Service, FDA has approved only 17 new drugs last year, which is a new low since the peak of 53 approvals a decade ago."That compares with 36...

• Prescription Drug Warning

  IB Contributor | January 05, 2007 10:56 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Alzheimer's drugs may cause heart valve damage.Aging is a tough process and diseases such as Alzheimer's make that process even more challenging for millions of Americans, both sufferers and care givers.Two drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease may cause similar problems as the withdrawn fen-phen diet drugs, leading to heart valve damage in about one in four patients, according to two studies...

• Ortho Evra Named in Suit Filed by Johnson & Johnson Exec.

  Christina Cole | December 30, 2006 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In a civil complaint filed by Dr. Joel S. Lippman, he alleges he was unlawfully terminated on May 15, after being employed by Johnson & Johnson for 15 years because he continually complained of product safety problems and urged several products be recalled or not launched. Lippman, former vice president at two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries claims in the suit that he was fired for seeking...

• Controlling Birth Can Be Fatal

  Greg Owen | December 14, 2006 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Ortho Evra is the first birth control patch approved by the FDA for use in the United States as a safe and effective way to control reproduction through a transdermal system. This form of birth was first marketed nationwide beginning in 2001. In 2005, concerns about serious problems relating to the birth control patch began to surface. However, these claims were refuted by many...

• NSAID Study Shows Increased Liver Damage

  Greg Owen | December 11, 2006 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  New research at Washington University School of Medicine reveals mechanisms that contribute to liver disease in alpha-1AT deficiency patients.With the use of an experimental mouse model of the disorder, the researchers investigated the effects of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) on liver injury. The study shows that the NSAID indomethacin, administered at doses usually nontoxic to...

• Drug Coated Stents Increase Risk of Blood-Clot Fivefold

  IB Contributor | December 10, 2006 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  An ever increasing amount of evidence strongly supports our position that drug-coated (-eluding) stents, when compared to bare-metal stents, significantly increase the risk of blood clot formation long after they are implanted in a patient. Heart attacks can be triggered from these blood clots. We are actively pursuing Boston Scientific Corporation (Taxus stent) and Cordis, a subsidiary of...

• 11 Million Bottles of Acetamenophen Recalled

  Staff Writer | November 09, 2006 6:40 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA announced today that there is a nationwide acetamenophen recall which affects 11 million bottles of the drug. The recall covers store-brand acetamenophen, not brand-name Tylenol products, is voluntary, and is being conducted by Michigan-based Perrigo Company due to metal fragments being found in a small number of the pills.FDA is currently investigating the cause of the metal particles...

• Novel Drug therapies create new morbidity

  Ed Smith | October 23, 2006 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  During the recent Fourth INternational Conference on Inflammnatory bowel diseases, an Italian physician, Dr. Eduard Strange stated tha it is not surprising that this treatment [Remicade] is associated with side effects, including severe infections such as tuberculosis, and opportunistic infections including listeriosis, histoplasmosis, and many others (published as case reports or in the large...

• Ortho Evra and "confidentiality agreements" - We may never know how many have been injured.

  Ed Smith | October 18, 2006 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In what may be viewed by some as a "disturbing" business practice, the maker of the Ortho Evra birth control patch appears to be 'settling Ortho Evra lawsuits almost as quickly as they are filed', in exchange for confidentiality agreements which prevent the persons settling from discussing the facts of their cases (and, in doing so, preventing the public from becoming better educated as to the...

• Bone Death in Women taking osteoporosis Drugs

  Ed Smith | October 18, 2006 5:16 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  It was recently reporter that there is a link between women taking certain bone strengthening drugs known as bisphosphonates, including ( Fosamax, Actonel, Boniva, Skelid, Didronel, Zometa, Aredia, and Bonefos) and death of bone tissue.The study was printed in the Harvard Women's Health Watch (September 2006).The above drugs are widely prescribed for osteoporosis and also to treat bone pain...