National News Desk

FDA Pulls Imitrex Advertisement

Posted by Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:00 AM EST
Category: Major Medical
Tags: Defective Drugs, Painkillers, Imitrex, Sumatriptan Succinate

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has pulled a television commercial promoting the use of the migraine medication Imitrex. According to FDA officials, the advertisement portrays the drug as being superior to all other pain reliever medications, but because no studies currently exist comparing Imitrex to other prescription pain relievers, the statements are unsubstantiated. GlaxoSmithKline, the drug's maker, agreed to discontinue the commercial as well as other advertisements about sumatriptan succinate side effects that make similar claims.


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