Posts tagged drug

• 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 Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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 Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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 Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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...

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

  Darren Tobin | November 16, 2011 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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 Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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...

• Actos' Cancer Risk Acknowledged by FDA

  M. Brandon Smith | September 25, 2011 11:09 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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...

• ACTOS Drug Label Revised to Include Bladder Cancer as Possible Risk

  Darren Tobin | September 19, 2011 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Patients who have been taking ACTOS, a popular diabetes drug, have been warned by the FDA that there is an increase in the risk of bladder cancer when the drug is ingested for more than 12 months....

• Bladder Cancer Risks Associated with Anti-Diabetic Drug ACTOS

  Darren Tobin | September 14, 2011 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA recently issued a warning regarding ACTOS and the risk of developing bladder cancer. There have been recent studies suggesting that patients who take ACTOS longer than 12 months increase the...

• Consumer Advocacy Group Demands More of FDA and Transvaginal Mesh Inserts

  Darren Tobin | August 31, 2011 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group representing more than 225,000 members and supporters nationwide, has petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the current use of surgical...

• Actos Drug May Increase Risk of Bladder Cancer

  Darren Tobin | August 09, 2011 10:35 AM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Actos (pioglitazaone) has recently been associated with the risk of bladder cancer, according to the FDA. On August 4, 2011, the FDA approved updated drug labels for the pioglitazone-containing...