FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Legal Drugs Can Sometimes Be As Deadly as Illegal Drugs - Know What You're Taking

  Darren Tobin | May 21, 2012 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Ever wonder how to find out exactly what inactive ingredients are in medication? Most people do not know or care to know what inactive ingredients are in the drug they are about to take, but some...

• Studies Show Conflicting Findings on Risk of VTE with NuvaRing

  Eric Chaffin | May 21, 2012 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsNew York, NY

  Preliminary results from a large-scale study report funded by Merck (the manufacturer of NuvaRing) show that there are allegedly no difference in risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE—blood...

• What is the French Study that Shows Actos Causes Bladder Cancer?

  Jackie Fedeli | May 21, 2012 12:54 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  This June will mark one year since the results of a French Study led German and French drug regulators to make changes with regard to the diabetes drug Actos. Throughout the year, there have been...

• Celexa+Actos for Depression? Is it Worth the Risks?

  Eric Terry | May 21, 2012 8:00 AM | 2 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  A preliminary study performed at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences suggests that adding pioglitazone (Actos) to a commonly prescribed anti-depressant, citalopram (Celexa), boosts the...

• Watching Out For Summer Sun? Don't Count On New FDA Rules To Clear Things Up

  Diego Avila | May 20, 2012 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Implementation of a new FDA rule on sunscreen labels is being delayed six months, which will likely lead to more consumers ... likely burned this summer, according to Rhode Island Senator Jack...

• Pradaxa – A Misfire?

  Steven Davis | May 18, 2012 4:20 PM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  According to Dr. Mark Wurster, M.D.: The problem with dabigatran is that it has been presented as a fire-and-forget medicine. That is, the doctor can write a prescription and not think...

• FDA Delays Takeda's Replacement for Actos

  Eric Terry | May 18, 2012 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  Takeda Pharmaceutical received more bad news last week when the FDA requested more information with regards to its new Type2 Diabetes Drug chemically knows as alogliptin and currently marketed in...

• The birth control catch-22

  Amber Scott | May 18, 2012 1:06 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Despite Bayer’s recent Yaz and Yasmin lawsuit settlements, a new Danish study suggests that non-oral birth control forms like patches and vaginal rings like NuvaRing may increase the risk...

• Z-pak’s quicker infection cure may equal quicker death

  Amber Scott | May 18, 2012 11:45 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  If you’ve ever had a bacterial infection like bronchitis, pneumonia, a sore throat, or an earache, your doctor likely prescribed azithromycin, commonly known as Z-pak. But a new study...

• Use of Z-packs Linked to Double the Risk of Death from Heart Attack

  David Mittleman | May 18, 2012 8:33 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Antibiotics can seem so harmless when it comes to side effects, but more research shows that we should be more careful about how much and what kinds we're putting in our bodies. Last year I...