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...

• Balding Medication May Do Much More Than Just Stop Hair Loss

  Darren Tobin | April 19, 2012 10:26 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Are you currently taking Merck & Co.’s prostate drug Proscar or Propecia, the company’s drug that treats male pattern baldness or any generics to this prescription drug? New...

• Proscar and Propecia Not Helping Men

  Darren Tobin | April 17, 2012 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  The Food and Drug Administration recently added and expanded the warning label on the drug called finasteride. The expansion occurred this past Thursday, April 12th. Finasteride is a drug...

• Hello Baby - Pfizer Birth Control Pills Recalled

  Darren Tobin | February 06, 2012 1:58 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA

  One million packets of Pfizer birth control pills are now subject to a recall after a packaging error surfaced. The error could reduce the effectiveness of the birth control pills for those who...

• FDA Reclassifies Mesh Devices

  Darren Tobin | January 10, 2012 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  The FDA recently released an update on the surgical mesh implant devices based on an assessment of Medical Device Reports that were given to the FDA. The FDA is considering the recommendation...

• Drug Induced Lupus Reportedly Connected with Acne Fighting Solodyn's Minocycline

  Darren Tobin | November 16, 2011 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Millions of Americans turn to acne-fighting medications when it comes to clearing up their acne. And while many acne-treating medications are available to consumers, some acne-treating...

• Dangerous Blood Clots Connected to Yaz and Yasmin

  Darren Tobin | November 01, 2011 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Last week on October 27, 2011, federal health scientists reported that Yaz, the birth control drug manufactured by Bayer Healthcare as well as other newer birth control treatments increase the risk...

• High Grade Prostate Cancer Connected to Anti-Hair Loss Drug Propecia

  Darren Tobin | October 31, 2011 4:56 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA

  As previously reported, Propecia must now warn its users that high-grade prostate cancer may result from the use of the hair loss prevention drug. The FDA has notified healthcare professionals...

• Propecia Linked to Prostate Cancer

  Darren Tobin | October 28, 2011 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  The FDA recently notified all healthcare professionals that the precautions section of labels for 5-aplha reductase inhibitor class of drugs should now include new safety information of the...

• Actos' Cancer Risk Acknowledged by FDA

  M. Brandon Smith | September 25, 2011 11:09 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  An increased risk of developing bladder cancer has been linked to the diabetes drug Actos (generic: pioglitazone). The increased risk of developing bladder cancer is a staggering 40%. Actos was...