Posts tagged drugs

• Older Adults Have More Drug Interactions

  Wayne Parsons | December 29, 2008 2:24 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  ScienceDaily (Dec. 25, 2008) — At least one in 25 older adults, about 2.2 million people in the United States, take multiple drugs in combinations that can produce a harmful drug-drug...

• FDA Warns Public: Diet Pills May Contain Cancer Causing Unlisted Ingredients.

  Wayne Parsons | December 23, 2008 1:44 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The CBS Evening News (12/22, story 10, 0:25, Smith) reported, There is a new warning tonight for Americans looking to take a short cut to weight loss. The FDA has listed more than 25 weight loss...

• WARNING! One Out of Five Doses of Medications Given In Hospitals is Wrong

  Wayne Parsons | October 31, 2008 6:28 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Medication errors cause 7,000 deaths each year and the frightening truth is that 1 out of every 5 doses of medication given in hospitals is wrong according to the Academy of Managed Care...

• U.S. House Report Further Confirms Bush Administration’s Preemption Plot

  Wayne Parsons | October 30, 2008 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Hot topic these days is pre-emption. Think of it as complete immunity for drug companies. The american association of Justice (AAJ) just released some blockbuster news about a Bush...

• Drug Industry Immunity Endangers Women According To New Study

  Wayne Parsons | October 30, 2008 3:26 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  One week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case, Wyeth vs. Levine, that would give the Drug Industry and Big Pharma complete immunity, the Center For Justice & Democracy...

• Complete Immunity For Drug Companies? Doctors and Attorneys Both Say "No"!

  Wayne Parsons | October 28, 2008 5:56 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  In an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), doctors oppose the Bush Administration attempt to grant complete immunity to drug companies through a doctrine know...

• Bush Usurps State Rights With Federal Preemption

  Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2008 2:36 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  For years we have listened to conservatives from Reagan to Bush to McCain rail against federal laws and regulations that take away state powers. Let the states decide is probably the most spoken...