Posts tagged drug products

• Do You Take One Lump Or Two With Your Zyprexa?

  Bob Carroll | December 22, 2006 7:15 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Would Zyprexa have become a best-seller for Eli Lilly if its blood-sugar risks had been fully revealed? Serious Contradictions in Eli Lilly Zyprexa Data The New York Times reports that for at least a year Eli Lilly provided information to doctors about the blood-sugar risks of its schizophrenia drug Zyprexa that contradicts data circulated within the company when it first reviewed its clinical...

• Dangers of Zyprexa

  Joe Saunders | December 03, 2006 7:39 PM | 1 CommentSarasota, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Zyprexa, an antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia, has been linked to diabetes, diabetic coma, even death. The FDA issued a black box warning a few years ago concerning these dangerous side effects.

• FDA Warns of Cylert Side Effects

  Bob Carroll | October 26, 2005 5:25 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  FDA Alert Re Cylert, a drug used to treat ADHD. Coming a mere 10 years after Canada and Great Britain pulled the drug from their markets and and 5 months after the manufacturer, Abbott Labs, stopped making and marketing the drug due to declining sales, the question is why did the FDA bother at all.Does anyone need more evidence that the FDA is dysfunctional? Exhibit A: its recent Alert about...

• Paxil, A Multiple Offender Drug, Now May Cause Birth Defects

  Bob Carroll | September 28, 2005 10:46 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  WebMD is reporting that the FDA, based on a new study of Paxil, now warns that the antidepressant may be associated with birth defects. The warning is directly particularly at for women taking Paxil in the first trimester.WebMD is reporting that the FDA, based on a new study of Paxil, now warns that the antidepressant may be associated with birth defects. The warning is directed particularly at...

• Respiratory Inhaler May Pose Greater Stroke Risk

  Joe Saunders | March 19, 2008 9:05 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA is looking into whether Boehringer Ingelheim' respiratory inhaler poses a greater risk of stroke. According to the FDA, the data submitted by the German drug manufacturer, shows that its Spiriva Handihaler poses a greater risk of stroke compared with a placebo. FDA said it has not yet analyzed the figures, which were compiled from 29 patient studies. The FDA has asked doctors to report...

• FDA Issues Warning on Use of Tussionex

  Sandy Grinnell | March 12, 2008 5:11 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Tussionex Pennkinetic Extended-Release Suspension is an often prescribed childrens cough suppressant that contains hydrocodone and the extened release antihistamine chlorpheniramine. The Food and Drug Administration has issued this warning because the medication is improperly being used on patients younger than 6 years old, and is being prescribed and administered more frequently than the...

• Heparin Recalled by Baxter Healthcare

  Ed Normand | March 07, 2008 6:24 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Heparin sodium is medication used to thin the blood. It is often administered intravenously. It is used with patients that need kidney dialysis, many types of cardiac surgery, and many other conditions often those involving risk of blood clots. Severe injuries have been reported with this drug recently. The adverse events usually started within minutes of the administration of the ...

• FDA Warning - Internet Sales of Bogus STD Preventatives

  Sandy Grinnell | March 06, 2008 5:28 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA issued an emergency alert today warning consumers of drugs being sold on the Internet falsely claiming that they can prevent or treat sexually transmitted diseases. The products are sold under the names of Tetrasil, Genisil, Aviralex, OXi-MED, Imulux, Beta-mannan, Micronutrient, Qina, and SlicPlus and make claims such as:"Treatment Kills all Herpes Viruses WITHOUT having to use...

• Direct-to-Consumer Advertising by Drug Companies

  Jim Clark | March 06, 2008 3:36 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The idea of drug companies advertising the prescription medicines they manufacture on TV and in other consumer directed media has always been offensive to me. I have often wondered if other consumers like me consider the fact that the drug products these companies advertise are for conditions that never go away. In other words, with few exceptions the products do not heal anything, they just...

• Heparin Finger Pointing Has Already Started

  Brenda Fulmer | March 06, 2008 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  "A series of independent assessments, inlcuding one by the agency's own Science Board, have found that the F.D.A. is increasingly overwhelmed by its many responsibilties and is incapable of protecting the public from unsafe drugs, medical devices and food - particularly from China." While the Food & Drug Administration continues its investigation into contaminated Heparin blood thinner...