Posts tagged drugs

• Brayer to Suspend Trasyol Marketing

  Pete Strom | November 09, 2007 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The United States Food and Drug Administration announced that Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation has agreed to suspend marketing of the drug Trasyol until preliminary results from a Canadian study suggesting an increased risk for death can be reviewed.Trasyol is used to control bleeding during heart surgery in patients with an increased risk for blood loss. In 2006, the FDA strengthened the...

• Hidden dangers: the controversy over breast milk sharing

  Carmen Scott | December 03, 2010 4:54 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Pediatricians and nutritionists promote breast-feeding as the optimal way to provide infants with the nutrients necessary for healthy development. Recently, a trend has surfaced among mothers who...

• Identical Drugs Wellbutrin and Zyban May Be Linked to Birth Defects

  Kimberly Barone Baden | August 19, 2010 4:48 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bupropion hydrochloride is a generic drug commonly branded as Wellbutrin, Wellbutrin SR, Wellbutrin XL and Zyban. Each of the Wellbutrin drugs is used to treat Major Depressive Disorder and...

• Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella and NuvaRing: How Safe is Your Birth Control?

  Carmen Scott | June 04, 2010 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The prevention of unwanted pregnancy is an increasingly important factor in many young American women’s lives. While multiple options have been developed, for most young women...

• Fosamax and the link to Femur Fractures in Osteoporosis Patients

  Carmen Scott | October 22, 2010 4:20 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Every day, aging Americans live with the reality that Osteoporosis may limit their mobility and impact their daily lives. Osteoporosis is a debilitating condition that reduces bone mineral density...

• Arkansas Woman Sues Wyeth Over Prempro

  Shannon Weidemann | January 22, 2007 10:24 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Helen Rush of Little Rock, AR is suing drug manufacturer Wyeth on the allegation that the drug Prempro caused her to develop breast cancer. She sued the company in 2005 and the jury is now being selected. Prempro is a combination of estrogen and progestin, used for hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women. Rush took the drug for nine years and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999. ...

• Addictive Actiq Lozenges Prescribed For Off-Label Use

  Pete Strom | November 21, 2006 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Actiq is a drug approved for use in cancer patients who have bouts with severe pain that cannot be relieved with other pain killers. However, there is a growing trend that shows the majority of Actiq prescriptions being written are for patients who don't have cancer. The drug comes in the form of a lozenge on the end of a stick, much like a lollipop.Off-label prescribing isn't illegal, but it...

• Panel Recommends Against Avastin for Breast Cancer Treatment

  Carmen Scott | August 16, 2010 4:34 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Avastin, a drug often used to treat metastatic breast cancer, has ignited widespread controversy regarding the relationship between its high cost and potential benefit. Prescribed each year to...

• Pregnancy and Unborn Children: What You Need to Know to Prevent Injury

  Kimberly Barone Baden | January 25, 2010 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  January is birth defect prevention month. In addition, February 7_ 14, 2010 is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Congenital heart defects affect approximately 40,000 babies each year. One of...

• Avandia and Actos to Contain "Black Box" Warning Labels(2)

  Pete Strom | August 17, 2007 1:32 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Health officials announced this week that the diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos will contain "black box" warnings. "Black box" warnings are the most severe warnings that a prescription drug can receive.The new warnings will alert consumers that the drugs may cause or worsen heart problems and that patients should be carefully monitored. The new warnings come just weeks after the Food and Drug...