Driving while asleep among risks of sleeping pills
Drugs included in the label warning update are the following 13 products: Ambien/Ambien CR (Sanofi Aventis) Butisol Sodium (Medpointe Pharm HLC) Carbrital (Parke-Davis) Dalmane (Valeant Pharm) Doral...
View ArticleFDA 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...
View ArticleStudy: diabetics better off avoiding new drugs in favor of cheaper, safer old...
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...
View ArticleFDA Adds Boxed Warning for Heart Attacks to Anti-Diabetes Drug Avandia;...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that the manufacturer of Avandia (rosiglitazone), a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, has agreed to add new information to the existing boxed...
View ArticleFDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Chantix: Agency requests that...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a Public Health Advisory to alert health care providers, patients, and caregivers to new safety warnings concerning Chantix (varenicline), a...
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Smoking Cessation Drug Chantix: Emotional Side Effects
Smoking cessation drug Chanitx has been under scrutiny in recent months as links to dangerous side effects emerge. Made by drug manufacturer Pfizer, Chanitx was approved by the FDA in 2006 and quickly...
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Newsweek Top Attorneys Showcase, 2011
The March 28, 2011 edition of Newsweek magazine features a showcase of Top Attorneys nationwide, including Goldberg, Persky & White, P.C. Pioneers in complex and challenging asbestos litigation...
View ArticlePANCREATIC CANCER AND DIABETES DRUGS
Recent studies have caused researchers to become concerned that patients who take certain drugs to treat their diabetes have an increased risk of developing cancer of the pancreas. The drugs at issue...
View ArticleDialysis, stroke, & heart attack: GranuFlo and NaturaLyte dialysis concentrates
On March 29, 2012, the FDA issued a recall for GranuFlo and NaturaLyte dialysis concentrates. These products, manufactured by Fresenius Medical Care North America, are associated with an increased risk...
View ArticleCommon antibiotic can cause severe nerve damage
Americans spend more than $300 million each year on medications expected to improve health or remedy infections. Too often these drugs cause severe complications that can have permanent consequences....
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