FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Did You Know... Pain Killers Darvon and Darvocet Have Been Pulled From The Market?

  Brett Emison | November 22, 2010 11:30 AM | 9 CommentsKansas City, MO

  The FDA announced on Friday that drug maker Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has agreed to remove popular pain killers Darvon and Darvocet from the US market due to serious heart problems including...

• Did You Know... Diabetes Drug Actos Has Been Linked To Bladder Cancer?

  Brett Emison | August 29, 2011 11:04 AM | 8 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Many people taking the diabetes medication, Actos, may not realize that studies have linked prolonged use of Actos with bladder cancer. An FDA study released in June examines a suspected link...

• Did You Know... Studies Show Negative Side Effects of Propecia?

  Brett Emison | March 28, 2011 11:20 AM | 4 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Recent studies are showing that attempts to stop and reverse hair loss might backfire on the men who try them. The one hair restoration method that is at the center of this controversy is Propecia...

• Prempro Maker Wyeth Hid HRT Side Effect Dangers

  Brett Emison | January 18, 2011 10:25 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Terry Allen at In These Times recently offered a scathing critique of Wyeth's attempt to distort study results and hide deadly side effects from its hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs such as...

• First US Trial On Avandia Dangers Settles Hours Before Set To Begin

  Brett Emison | June 03, 2010 3:59 PM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Reuters news service and The Wall Street Journal have reported that the first case set for trial in the United States on Avandia's link to heart attacks and other serious side effects settled...

• Does Your Teen Understand The Dangers Of Accutane?

  Brett Emison | June 03, 2010 10:30 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Accutane (generic name Isotretinoin) was approved for use in cases involving scar-forming and disfiguring acne. Unfortunately, a two-year U.S. congressional investigation found dermatologists...

• Zyprexa Settlement: Eli Lilly to Pay Utah $24 million

  Brett Emison | November 12, 2009 12:32 PM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO

  The Deseret News has reported that pharmaceutical company, Eli Lilly, will pay the state of Utah $24 million to settle a lawsuit over Lilly's anti-psychotic drug, Zyprexa. Attorney General Mark...

• Bloomberg News: 10,000 Potential Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits

  Brett Emison | December 02, 2011 10:29 AM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Bloomberg news reported yesterday that Japanese drug maker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., may face 10,000 Actos bladder cancer lawsuits. Since the late 1990s, two diabetes drugs have dominated...

• Prescription Drugs Now Top Auto Accidents In Death Toll

  Adam Graves | September 20, 2011 4:00 PM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Within the past couple of years, deaths from presription drug overdoses have recieved National attention from the deaths of Anna Nicole Smith, Michael Jackson and Heath Ledger, but it's not just...

• Bayer's Beyaz Birth Control Pill: New Name, Same Side Effects

  Brett Emison | January 20, 2011 11:45 AM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Fifty years ago, in May 1960, the birth control pill was introduced to America. The pill gave women more control over their bodies, but not without certain health risks. One set of contraceptive...