Posts tagged defective drugs

• Certain Zicam OTC Products Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | June 17, 2009 8:33 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers to avoid using certain over-the-counter Zicam products, after receiving 130 reports of loss of sense of smell associated with...

• Three Deaths Linked To Psoriasis Drug Raptiva

  Chrissie Cole | February 20, 2009 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA has received three reports of death from progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) associated with the Psoriasis drug, Raptiva. A fourth case is being looked at as well. PML is a...

• Genetech Updating Rituxan Label After Patient Death

  Chrissie Cole | September 15, 2008 2:24 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Genetech notified healthcare professionals of revisions to the prescribing information on the drug Rituxan after a woman who was treated with it died from a brain infection, according to the Food...

• Regranex Use May Increase Risk of Cancer

  Chrissie Cole | March 30, 2008 8:44 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is researching data that shows an increased risk of cancer, in diabetic patients who use Regranex Topical Gel (becaplermin) for the treatment of foot and leg ulcers.The FDA received information from a study that was performed to investigate the possibility of increased cancer risk in connection with use of Regranex.The study was based on diabetic...

• FDA Issues Alert on Tussionex

  Chrissie Cole | March 11, 2008 12:37 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA has issued a safety alert regarding the proper use of Tussionex Extended-Release Suspension, a potent long acting prescription cough medication, following several reports of adverse events - including death - associated with inappropriate use.The medication contains hydrocodone (a narcotic) and chlorpheniramine (an antihistamine) and is prescribed for use in adults and children six years...

• FDA Warns of Contaminated Syringes

  Chrissie Cole | January 25, 2008 12:38 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a nationwide drug recall of all lots of heparin and saline pre-filled flush syringes manufactured by AM2 PAT, Inc. under the brand name(s) Sierra Pre-filled, Inc. and B. Braun. The recall was announced after samples tested positive for Serratia marcescens, a bacterium that can cause death and serious injury. Serratia marcescens has been...

• Antidepressants Have Little Effect

  Shannon Weidemann | January 20, 2008 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A study in the New England Journal of Medicine is reporting that many antidepressants do not work. The antidepressant study was performed by researchers at Oregon Health and Science University. They based their data on 74 studies that had been submitted to the FDA. The study shows that of the 74 studies registered with the Food and Drug Administration from 1987 through 2004, 38 were deemed...

• Trasylol License Suspended

  Shannon Weidemann | December 21, 2007 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The anti-bleeding drug Trasylol was recalled in early November after a study revealed the risk of death was 50 percent higher than on other drugs. The BART study examined results on over 3,000 patients that had been given Trasylol and two similar drugs. The Commission on Human Medicine decided this week to suspend Trasylol's license. The CHM decision to suspend the licence was made on the...

• Sierra Heparin Syringes Recalled

  Shannon Weidemann | December 19, 2007 9:54 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Pre-filled syringes manufactured by Sierra Pre-Filled have been recalled after being contaminated with Serratia marcescens. The recalled syringes had sicked approximately 40 people in two states. It is not known if the contaminated item was the syringe or the Heparin contained in them. Syringes from that batch also were sent to Colorado, Florida and Pennsylvania but infections so far have...

• HPV Vaccine Linked to Paralysis

  Shannon Weidemann | November 14, 2007 9:48 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The vaccine Gardasil was introduced last year as a way to combat cervical cancer in women. It works by preventing an infection with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Now there are reports of girls having adverse affects after receiving the vaccine. One such report is from the family of a 12-year-old girl in Florida that had paralysis in one leg two weeks after receiving the first injection. The...