We know that children are not just small adults when it comes to prescriptions – yet many are prescribed the same powerful antipsychotic drugs as adults. According to a newly published report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Psychiatry, children prescribed Seroquel, Risperdal, Zyprexa and Abilify were more […]
Category: Defective Drugs
Just when you thought the Vioxx defective drug chapter had ended comes word that Merck & Co. is on the hook for another $23 million to settle claims by patients. The settlement was announced in papers filed in Louisiana federal court. Plaintiffs claim they suffered an economic loss when Merck […]
What happens when low quality diabetes test strips enter the market? They give inaccurate readings which can prove fatal to a diabetic who must monitor the amount of sugar in his blood and deliver a dose of insulin according to the reading. Writing in Huffington Post, diabetes advocate Riva Greenberg […]
Ambien is an over-the-counter drug used to help people get to sleep and stay asleep. Chronic sleep disorders, also known as insomnia, are estimated to affect about 50 to 70 million Americans. But the active ingredient in many of these insomnia medications, zolpidem tartrate, is also landing many users in […]
Researchers from the British Medical Journal have dug into the data previously withheld on Byetta and Januvia, drugs, known as incretin mimetics, and found the diabetes drugs could be riskier than previously thought. Both drugs are used to treat type 2 diabetes. Byetta (exenatide) is made by Bristol-Myers Squibb and […]
It was 2005 and Karen Bartlett, 53, took a generic drug, a version of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug Clinoril. Instead of relieving the pain in her shoulder, Bartlett’s skin began eroding from two-thirds of her body. Her reaction was identified as Stevens-Johnson syndrome, which is an allergic reaction triggered by […]
They are advertised on the web and in retail stores as sex supplements, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says the products contain hidden drugs. The names are catchy – Nights to Remember, Cave Diver, Super Cheetah and Reload, but an FDA laboratory says it has identified the drug […]
A new analysis of federal data finds that pain pill addiction is now a woman’s problem that has spiked 400 percent in recent years. It used to be that more men were addicted to pain pills, men who did backbreaking physical labor, but since 1999 there has been a turnaround. […]
It may sound good – bee pollen, green tea, all natural ingredients, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers that Fat Zero is anything but natural. Consumers are being warned not to purchase Fat Zero for weight loss or any other reason. It is sold on […]
Statins are drugs that are commonly prescribed to lower cholesterol. It’s estimated about one-quarter of all Americans over the age of 45 with high cholesterol is prescribed a statin to avoid a heart attack or stroke. They are generally thought of as safe, but researchers have linked these drugs to […]
