Posts tagged drugs

• Prescription Errors are Tough to Swallow

  Mark Bello | May 22, 2012 1:13 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A New Jersey CVS Pharmacy mistakenly gave as many as fifty children Tamoxifen, a powerful cancer fighting medication, instead of the prescribed fluoride tablets. Although some children ingested...

• Woman Goes Blind from Deadly Cocktail of Prescription Drugs

  David Mittleman | May 25, 2012 8:56 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  It is vitally important that you don't mix prescription drugs. Typically, hospitals and pharmacists are a key component of ensuring that the wrong drugs do not get mixed together in a...

• Vaccines: Should Drug Companies Be Liable for Serious Side Effects?

  Mark Bello | October 20, 2010 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Some diseases are becoming rarer; immunization is the probable reason and we continue to immunize, even after incidents of disease become minimal. There seems to be no question that this...

• Generic Drug Immunity High Risk for Patient Safety

  Mark Bello | June 29, 2011 8:41 AM | 3 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The US Supreme Court was asked to decide whether or not a generic drug maker, which has complied with federal requirements to provide labeling similar to a brand-name drugs, should be liable for...

• The Role of the Beers List

  Mark Bello | May 24, 2012 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  I am not talking about a list of the most popular adult beverages. The Beers list, formally known as the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults, is a list of...

• Medicare Rx Coverage for Seniors Cuts Government Spending on Hospital Costs

  David Mittleman | July 28, 2011 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Social insurance programs for seniors, such as Medicare , have been one of the primary sticking points between Republicans and Democrats in efforts to come to an agreement on raising the debt...

• Whistleblowers Expose Untested and Off-Label Prescription Uses By Drug Manufacturers

  David Mittleman | October 03, 2008 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  “Off-Label” use is a practice of prescribing drugs for uses other than those approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Once a prescription drug has been FDA approved, the FDA...

• Three Frightening Teen Drug Trends

  David Mittleman | February 21, 2012 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  All parents are concerned that their children will become involved with using illegal drugs, like alcohol or marijuana. However, new evidence suggests that parents shouldn't be as concerned...

• Roche Holding Ordered to Pay $25 Million to Accutane User

  David Mittleman | February 19, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A New Jersey jury ordered Roche Holding AG to pay $25.16 million to a former Accutane user who blamed the acne medication for his inflammatory bowel disease. The man, 38-year-old Andrew McCarell,...

• Drug Name Confusing Leads to Medication Errors

  Mark Bello | February 16, 2012 2:17 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  We all take prescription medications at one time or another. Our doctor prescribes a specific medication for a specific condition, and we count on the pharmacist to be accurate in filling that...