FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Pharmacy Error Gives Pregnant Woman Abortion Drug Instead of Antibiotic

  Paul Napoli | February 09, 2011 5:41 AM | 9 CommentsNew York City, NY

  February 8, 2011 A Colorado pharmacy mistakenly gave a pregnant woman the wrong drug, placing the life of her unborn child at risk, reports the Denver Post. Mareena Silva, 19, went to the Safeway...

• CDC &FDA Investigating Reports of Seizures in Young Children after Flu Vaccine

  Paul Napoli | January 22, 2011 11:02 PM | 8 CommentsNew York City, NY

  January 22, 2011 Reports of young children having seizures after receiving the flu vaccine have prompted government agencies to investigate. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the...

• FDA adds memory loss and diabetes risk warnings to statin cholesterol drugs labeling

  Paul Napoli | March 01, 2012 3:33 PM | 6 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Federal regulators are updating the safety labeling of cholesterol fighting statins, some of the most widely used medications in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

• Kroger Issues Recall of Select Dog and Cat Foods

  Chrissie Cole | December 19, 2010 6:19 PM | 6 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Select packages of dog and cat food have been recalled by The Kroger Co. in 19 states because the products pose a health risk to pets. According to the company, the recall involves some bags of...

• FDA Restricts Zocor (simvastatin) Use Due to Muscle Injuries

  Paul Napoli | June 10, 2011 1:20 AM | 5 CommentsNew York City, NY

  June 9, 2011 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it wants doctors to stop prescribing 80mg Zocor (simvastatin), the highest dosage approved by the FDA, to new and recent...

• FDA Considering “Little Pink Pill” for Women

  Paul Napoli | May 26, 2010 10:54 PM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will consider approval of a drug nicknamed “Women’s Viagra” which is designed to increase sexual desire in women next month, according...

• Denture Creams Super Poligrip and Fixodent May Cause Neurological Damage

  Paul Napoli | October 13, 2009 4:34 PM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Normal 0 Thirty four million Americans have dentures and about one third utilize denture cream to secure dentures in the mouth. Users of denture creams are being...

• FDA logging into social media sites

  Marc Jay Bern | October 05, 2009 10:58 AM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Officially, the Food and Drug Administration has set a date in the fall of 2009 for a public hearing on how to deal with social sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc., but one has to ask, why? There is...

• FDA warns Lap-Band doctors to stop misleading consumers

  Paul Napoli | December 18, 2011 10:45 PM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warnings several medical centers to stop their misleading advertising for the Lap-Band weight loss device. The Lap-Band is a silicone gastric...

• FDA Warns about Transvaginal Mesh used in Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence Surgery

  Paul Napoli | July 14, 2011 10:09 PM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY

  July 13, 2011 Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about complications with transvaginal placement of surgical mesh during surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and...