Posts tagged medicine

• FDA -- Regulating Consumer Safety or Manufacturer Convenience?

  Brenda Fulmer | February 16, 2011 10:32 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Do you know the Food & Drug Administration performs very little independent testing of drugs and medical devices? Do you know the Food & Drug Administration relies mostly on data and...

• Dietary Supplements -- Navigating a Minefield of False Claims and Tainted Ingredients

  Alyssa DiEdwardo | September 28, 2010 12:08 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Dietary supplements are big business! Annual sales of dietary supplements have spiked to over $25 billion a year, with 50% of United States adult population taking some type of dietary supplement....

• Dragons, Tort Reform and Other Myths

  John Hopkins | October 20, 2009 10:47 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I am not just picking on Jay Hancock at the Baltimore Sun and his comments about tort reform. Actually, Mr. Hancock’s comments, although containing the typical unsubstantiated statements that...

• Bad Drug Reactions in Kids

  Jerry H. Trachtman | September 29, 2009 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to a study released in the October issue of Pediatrics, national statistics based on visits to clinics and ER's between 1995 and 2005 indicate that more than half a million children a year...

• Cold Medicines Not for Children Under 4

  Brian W. Smith | October 07, 2008 1:07 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Children under 4 should not be given over-the-counter cough and cold remedies, drug companies said Tuesday, in a concession to pediatricians who doubt the drugs do much good and worry about...

• FDA Rejects Pleas for Recall of Children's Cold Medicines

  Brian W. Smith | October 03, 2008 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Rejecting pleas from pediatricians for an immediate ban on over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for young children, FDA officials said they were uncomfortable with the lack of solid scientific...

• FDA urged to recall cold medicines for children

  Brian W. Smith | October 02, 2008 8:16 AM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Pediatricians are urging the Food and Drug Administration to demand a recall of Over The Counter cold medicines for children younger than 6 years of age. Parents should know that there is less...