Study: diabetics better off avoiding new drugs in favor of cheaper, safer old ones A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that most type-2 diabetics are better off using older, cheaper diabetes drugs than their heavily advertised, newer counterparts. With the exception of those who cannot tolerate specific drugs like Glucophage (metformin), the […]
FDA Issues Safety Alert on Avandia
FDA Issues Safety Alert on Avandia The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is aware of a potential safety issue related to Avandia (rosiglitazone), a drug approved to treat type 2 diabetes. Safety data from controlled clinical trials have shown that there is a potentially significant increase in the risk of heart attack and heart-related […]
Driving while asleep among risks of sleeping pills
Driving while asleep among risks of sleeping pills The FDA recently demanded stricter warnings on the labels of various prescription sleep medications in response to some alarming side-effects. Most notably, some sleeping pill patients have been driving in their sleep; in addition to sleep-driving, those on sleep medications are also completing other “complicated activities” while […]
FDA Requests Label Change for All Sleep Disorder Drug Products
FDA Requests Label Change for All Sleep Disorder Drug Products The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested that all manufacturers of sedative-hypnotic drug products, a class of drugs used to induce and/or maintain sleep, strengthen their product labeling to include stronger language concerning potential risks. These risks include severe allergic reactions and complex […]
Zyprexa & Diabetes (Olanzapine)
Zyprexa & Diabetes (Olanzapine) Injured by Zyprexa? Side effects of this antipsychotic drug include diabetes, weight gain, hyperglycemia, pancreatitis, and diabetic ketoacidosis. Zyprexa Risks The following are the risks and side effects associated with Zyprexa therapy. This list is not exhaustive. From the FDA web site, Zyprexa’s risks include: A life-threatening nervous system problem called neuroleptic […]
Bush Republicans Keep Insurance Companies Healthy
Bush Republicans Keep Insurance Companies Healthy With Bush Republicans in the Senate seeking to use their “health” week to push Medical Malpractice legislation that will do nothing to fix the health care crisis in America today, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid delivered the following remarks on the Floor of the U.S. Senate. The text […]
New FDA Labeling for Pfizer’s Celebrex and All Other NSAIDs to Reflect Similar Cardiovascular Profile
New FDA Labeling for Pfizer’s Celebrex and All Other NSAIDs to Reflect Similar Cardiovascular Profile Pfizer said today it will work with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to add expanded risk information in the Celebrex label following an FDA decision announced this morning to require boxed warnings of potential cardiovascular risk for all […]
Forbes Regional Hospital alerts 200 patients who received colonoscopies that they may be at risk for hepatitis, HIV
Forbes Regional Hospital alerts 200 patients who received colonoscopies that they may be at risk for hepatitis, HIV Some 200 patients who received colonoscopies at Forbes Regional Hospital recently received news that improperly cleaned colonoscopes may put them at risk of infection. Patients who received colonoscopies between October 28, 2004 and February 26, 2005 were […]
FDA Announces Plans to Prohibit Sales of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra; Consumers Advised to Stop Using Ephedra Products Immediately
FDA Announces Plans to Prohibit Sales of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra; Consumers Advised to Stop Using Ephedra Products Immediately HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a consumer alert on the safety of dietary supplements containing ephedra and has notified manufacturers of its intent to publish […]