Topamax Gets Stronger Warning Label Due to Birth Defect Data
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is strengthening the warning label on antiseizure drug topiramate, also sold under the brand name Topamax... Read more »
Tips to Help You Avoid Dangerous Pharmacy Errors
When you pick up your prescriptions at the pharmacy, your expectation is that your medication will keep you healthy or make you better. The result can be drastically different, however, if you become a victim... Read more »
Children's Medications Recalled by Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson has announced a massive recall of over-the-counter children's medications. The recall includes four million packages of children's Benadryl tablets and 800,000 bottles of junior-strength... Read more »
Darvon and Darvocet Pulled From Market
Prescription pain pill Darvon and related brand Darvocet will be removed from the U.S. market, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced. Public health officials say the medications can... Read more »
Antipsychotic Drugs Are the Target of Numerous Lawsuits
Antipsychotics are the top-selling class of drugs in the country. More than a half-million young people take the medications and one-quarter of nursing home residents have used them.... Read more »
Meridia Has Been Removed From the Market
Oct 08 2010 UPDATE – Abbott Laboratories has agreed to take weight loss drug Meridia off the market, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced. Clinical trial studies have... Read more »
Evaluating Drug Safety Isn't an Exact Science
With all of the drugs that end up with warnings or getting recalled, you may wonder how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) makes decisions on a drug's safety. Even the FDA admits that drug laws are vague, so what makes a drug too... Read more »
Diabetes Drug Avandia Gets Restrictions From FDA
Sept 23 2010 UPDATE –The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided that Avandia will stay on the market, but the agency has restricted its use to patients whose type... Read more »
McNeil Knew About Contamination, FDA Says
May 05 2010 UPDATE – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reporting that McNeil Consumer Healthcare knowingly used bacteria-contaminated materials to make recently recalled children's medications.
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Zocor Gets Muscle Injury Safety Warning
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about the cholesterol drug Zocor (simvastatin), saying that its highest available dose can cause muscle and severe kidney damage.
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