Posts tagged drugs

• Popular NSAID Pain Relievers Increase Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

  Paul Napoli | June 09, 2010 10:23 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  June 8, 2010 A new study has found that healthy people who take certain NSAID (Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) pain relievers may increase their risk of heart attack and stroke. People...

• FDA Issues Warnings for Biphosphonates

  Staff Writer | January 14, 2008 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA is reminding prescibers and patients that certain osteoporosis medications may be associated with severe or incapacitating bone, joint and muscle pain. FDA advises that these side effects may develop days, months or even years after starting the drug and may persist despite stopping the medication. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) monitors side effects of drugs that are currently...

• Bean and Soy Sprouts Recalled Due To Possible Listeria Contamination

  Chrissie Cole | May 28, 2009 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsNorthern New York, NY Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Chang Farm is voluntarily recalling Bean and Soy sprouts produced at Chang Farms with specific expiration date codes due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recalled products...

• Paxil class-action suit settles for $64 million

  Staff Writer | May 26, 2007 8:46 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  GlaxoSmithKline settled for $64 million over a class-action lawsuit by parents whose children used antidepressant drug Paxil, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.The defective drug Paxil has reportedly caused a significant increase in suicidal thinking in children and young people taking the drug for depression. There have also been suicides reported among those in this age group taking...

• Antibiotic Levaquin Can Cause Ruptured Tendon

  Alan Ripka | September 02, 2009 3:15 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Imagine being prescribed the antibiotic, Levaquin for a chest or sinus infection, and ending up with a torn tendon or tendonitis. Believe it or not, the antibiotic Levaquin has been know to cause...

• Hidden Steroids in Nutritional Supplements Causes FDA Investigation

  Alan Ripka | July 30, 2009 3:11 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The news recently reported that certain bodybuilding enhancement products that are sold as nutritional supplements might contain hidden or unknown steroids or steroid-like substances that can cause...

• New York's Liquor Liability Law - Too Much Holiday Cheer Comes With a Price...

  Jim Forde | December 30, 2008 9:34 PM | 0 CommentsLong Island, NY Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Under New York Law, bartenders, shopkeepers, wait staff and other persons who serve alcoholic beverages to visibly intoxicated persons can cause their employers to be held legally responsible for...

• 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...

• FDA Approves New Drugs too Quickly

  Christina Cole | February 13, 2007 2:41 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  An FDA whistleblower says there is a "culture of approval" that allows dangerous drugs to make it to the market far too quickly.Doctor David Ross, a former drug reviewer at the FDA, told a panel that they push to "find ways" to quickly get new drugs to the market without concern for the consumer.Ross says the FDA approved Ketek (an antibiotic) although they knew it could potentially kill people...

• Popular heartburn drugs linked to greater C. diff risk

  Jeremy Thurman | December 21, 2005 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Watch out for heartburn as you eat away over the holidays. People on popular prescription heartburn drugs - Prilosec, Prevacid and Nexium - and some over-the-counter versions seem more prone to getting a potentially dangerous diarrhea caused by the bug Clostridium difficile, new research shows. C. diff, as it's known, can cause severe diarrhea and crampy intestinal inflammation called colitis....