Posts tagged drugs

• 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...

• Tips To Prevent Medication Errors

  M. Brandon Smith | July 21, 2009 1:27 PM | 2 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.5 million people are injured each year by medication mistakes, according to the Institute of Medicine. At least one quarter of these are preventable. The following...

• New Labeling Added By FDA from Infections Linked to Transplant Drugs

  Jessica Smagacz | July 19, 2009 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  According to MSNBC, this past Tuesday, Federal health regulators said they were going to add new labels regarding the risks of infection to organ transplant drugs made by several drugmakers. Some of...

• Drug Related DUIs On The Rise In Georgia

  M. Brandon Smith | July 16, 2009 2:35 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Drug Related DUIs On The Rise In Georgia DUI accidents aren’t just caused by Jim Beam, Tom Collins, or Stella Artois; they are also caused by Mary Jane, Rocky, Pharming, and other similar...

• FDA on the Option to Reduce Painkiller Overdoses

  Jessica Smagacz | July 01, 2009 12:57 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  This past Monday, AP reported that the makers of Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications attempted to dissuade regulators from placing new restrictions on painkillers, including the possibility of...

• FDA will Discuss Liver Risks with Tylenol & other Painkillers

  Jessica Smagacz | June 27, 2009 2:13 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Federal regulators and medical experts will debate next week on how to limit liver injury in patients who take painkillers such as Tylenol, according to CNN.com. The main issue under the...

• Woman with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome May be Able to See Again after Eye Surgery

  Jessica Smagacz | June 10, 2009 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Cynthia Dicks, a 51 year old Sumter native, hasn’t been able to see for twelve years. According to The Item, she is scheduled for surgery in Boston at a Harvard University-affiliated hospital...