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Nov-2-09 Pittsburgh, PA MRI contrast side effects and MRI health risks could prove to be a problem for multinational General Electric (GE), according to the October 26 issue of Business Week. GE makes Omniscan, a contrast agent that contains gadolinium. Omniscan is one of a handful of contrast agents that have come under scrutiny by the US Food and Drug Adm... - Gadolinium and MRI Health Risks Continue to Pose Problems
Oct-13-09 New Haven, CT In May 2007, the FDA ordered that a black box warning be added to all Gadolinium-based contrast agent labels concerning the life-threatening risk associated with the use of contrast dyes containing Gadolinium. Even with this warning, contrast agents using Gadolinium continue to pose MRI health risks , particularly to kidney patients on dia... - Keeping the Faith Despite Black Box Warning for Chantix Suicide
Aug-17-09 Washington, DC There is no doubt that Chantix works for some. But even those who credit Chantix for helping them kick the nicotine habit admit to thoughts of suicide and various other Chantix side effects . Chantix warnings last month included a new black box warning for Chantix and suicide. The manufacturer of Chantix, meanwhile said in a conferenc... - Health Canada Removes Bowel Cleansing Indication for OTC OSPs
Aug-12-09 Ottawa, ON: Concerns over oral sodium phosphate (OSP) continue, with the latest salvo in the OSP debate coming from Health Canada. Earlier this month the Canadian health agency declared that oral phosphate soda is no longer indicated for purgative use (bowel cleansing) due to a risk for OSP kidney damage, while stressing oral sodium phosphate product... - Attorney says Clock's Ticking on Filing Avandia Lawsuits
Aug-12-09 Minneapolis, MN If you believe you may have been harmed by the use of Avandia, it is important to note that your time to file a lawsuit against the maker of the drug could be running out. According to Stuart Goldenberg, senior partner at Goldenberg & Johnson, the statute of limitations in many states is coming up soon, and there still may be people w... - Avelox Vicious Circle: The Cure Caused the Problem
Jul-27-09 Nashville, TN "I had surgery to cure a chronic sinus problem and I was given Avelox in the hospital," says Sean (not his real name pending a lawsuit). "About two weeks later I had ruptured both Achilles tendons; I'm no athlete so how could this happen?" Sean was shocked, to say the least, when he discovered that torn and ruptured tendons are linked t... - Attorney Says Time's Running Out for Filing Avandia Lawsuits
Jul-22-09 St. Louis, MO If you are a patient taking Avandia and have suffered a heart attack or stroke, your time for filing a lawsuit may be running out, according to attorney Jeff Lowe, with The Lowe Law Firm. Avandia is used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus but studies have linked Avandia to an increased risk of adverse heart events. "Avandia was found t... - FDA Continues to Advocate Caution Over Chantix
Jul-17-09 Washington, DC The last thing the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants is to advocate that people stop taking Chantix . Rather, in the face of risk for Chantix suicide and various other Chantix side effects the various FDA warnings since 2007 is an effort to see an increase in patient monitoring. Chantix warnings now include a black box warning... - Advocate for Levaquin Adverse Events
Jul-7-09 Hummelstown, PA John Fratti has been working on Levaquin advocacy and awareness for the last few years. "After taking Levaquin, I have suffered from Levaquin-induced central nervous system damage,and damage to my nerves and tendons," says Fratti. Ironically, Fratti worked as a pharmaceuticals sales rep for more than 8 years, until he was given the... - Avelox Yet Another Drug Linked to Tendonitis
Jun-26-09 Washington, DC Yet another antibiotic that has been linked to the onset of tendon rupture has everybody talking, including a doctor who earns part of his living advising society at large with regard to health and medicines such as Avelox . In his daily medical column that appeared in various publications, including the New Brunswick Times & Tr... - Oral Sodium Phosphates—a History
Jun-2-09 Washington, DC: It is necessary for the colon to be free of solid matter to allow a doctor to examine the large colon and part of the small bowel during a colonoscopy. Purgatives (also known as bowel cleansers) such as oral sodium phosphates , which were readily available over-the-counter until recently, are generally administered to clear out the bowels... - Avandia Heart Attack Risk, Questions Remain
May-25-09 Washington, DC Today is a milestone for GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia. According to various sources it was May 25, 1999 that Avandia received regulatory approval for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. However, much has happened in the ten years since Avandia first surfaced with so much promise: various studies and other analyses pointing to heart attack and v... - JAMA Urges Black Box Warning for Flomax
May-23-09 Toronto, ON The TV images depict middle-aged men and seniors enjoying their golf games and other outdoor pursuits without the pain or discomfort of urinary problems—often the bane of older men with enlarged prostates. However with Flomax (tamsulosin hydrochloride) there is more than meets the eye…literally. And a respected medical journal is calling fo... - Oral Sodium Phosphates: Laxative vs Purgative
May-12-09 Washington, DC: On March 5, 2009 Health Canada issued a warning not to use oral sodium phosphates as bowel cleansers (also referred to as a "purgative") as they may cause serious adverse effects. However, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved safety labeling revisions to advise clinicians of the risk for acute kidney injury in patie... - FDA Cites Testosterone Gels for Physical Changes in Children
May-8-09 Washington, DC Children grow up way too fast anyway, without having to contend with enlarged genitalia and other adverse effects caused by secondary exposure to topical testosterone gel products. Yesterday the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that two prescription testosterone medications would be required to carry black box warnings . ... - FDA Warning Links Use of Prescription Drug Reglan to Tardive Dyskinesia
Apr-8-09 Austin, TX If you are one of the more than two million people who has been prescribed Reglan, then you are probably concerned about recent reports linking the drug to serious Reglan side effects, which include a type of movement disorder called Tardive Dyskinesia. Reglan, the most commonly known brand name for the generic drug metoclopramide, now include... - Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Suspended in Other Countries. Not in US.
Mar-26-09 Washington, DC Canada is the latest country to bring the hammer down on the use of Raptiva after the psoriasis drug had been linked to 3 confirmed and one suspected case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a neurological condition that can result in reduced brain function and ultimately, death. Three, of the four patients died. All f... - Do Raptiva's Risks outweigh Benefits?
Mar-16-09 Washington, DC: On February 19 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a public health advisory concerning three confirmed, and one possible report of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a rare brain infection, in patients using the psoriasis drug Raptiva . However, the FDA knew of Raptiva's potentially lethal side effects back in O... - Pfizer Settles 80 Percent of Chantix Lawsuits
Washington, DC: Pfizer, the maker of the controversial smoking cessation drug Chantix (known generically as varenicline), has settled or agreed to settle some 80 percent of the Chantix lawsuits filed over allegations that the drug causes suicide, suicide attempts and other psychiatric disturbances. The settlements equate to roughly four fifths o... - FDA Tags Entire Class of Drugs for Risk of Suicide
Dec-17-08 Washington, DC As if the current economic morass America finds itself in isn't enough to drive people to despair, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that patients prescribed antiepileptic drugs could face the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The agency has mandated that a veritable basket of drugs, used to treat everything from...