Posts tagged prescription

• MGH Sued By Family After Lethal Drug Error

  Chrissie Cole | March 19, 2011 10:02 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is being sued by the family of a woman who died after being given the wrong dose of a blood thinner. While in the care of MGH, after suffering a shoulder...

• Selling Prescriptions and Patient Information - More Common Than You Think

  Carrie Strasser | August 09, 2009 3:07 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The NY Times reported yesterday that people's prescriptions and personal information including Social Security numbers and addresses, are often sold without a patient's knowledge or consent. This...

• Officials Warn of Risk of Suicide with Two Anti-Smoking Drugs

  Carrie Strasser | July 02, 2009 9:58 AM | 1 CommentEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The New York Times reported that federal drug regulators advised patients taking two anti-smoking drugs to watch for signs of mental illness because of an increased risk of suicide among the drugs'...

• Hydroxycut Recalled

  Carrie Strasser | May 06, 2009 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  On Friday, consumers were warned that Hydroxycut, a line of weight-loss products, was responsible for a death due to liver failure and other adverse health events. The company that produces...

• Americans Foregoing Necessary Prescriptions to Save Money

  Carrie Strasser | January 25, 2009 5:43 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A recent study, reported by the New York Times, indicated that one in seven Americans under 65 did not take prescription medicines in 2007 because of the rising cost of such drugs. The Center for...

• FDA Asked to Overhaul its Medical Device Testing System

  Carrie Strasser | January 16, 2009 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Finally, reform may be coming to the Food and Drug Administration's medical device testing system. On Thursday, the Government Accountability Office released a report requiring the FDA to take...

• FDA Sends Warning Letters To Stop Selling Fake Cancer 'Cures'

  Chrissie Cole | June 17, 2008 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have sent warning letters to 23 U.S. companies and two foreign companies marketing products that fraudulently claim to prevent and cure cancer.The FDA...