Eight years ago in 2002 pharmaceutical sales were 400.6 billion U.S. Dollars. Each of the 10 leading Pharmaceutical companies had sales of over 11.5 billion U.S. Dollars. The world’s top five drug companies have a combined worth twice the Gross Domestic Product of sub-Saharan Africa (Godrej, D (2003) The Great Health Grab New Internationalist, Issue 362 ) One must question are the pharmaceutical industry in the business of healing or making money?
This humble website has been created to inform the public that not all medicines are safe.
This humble website has been created to inform the public that not all medicines are safe.
New Study - Popular Antiobiotic Increases Risk of Death
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that the antibiotic may boost the risk of death by 250 percent. The analysis found there were 47 more deaths per million in those taking azithromycin compared to those on amoxicillin (an antibiotic safer on the heart).
Antidepressant Use Associated with Increased Mortality among Critically Ill Patients
Critically ill patients were more likely to die if they were taking the most commonly prescribed antidepressants when they were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).
Why are doctors still not warning about the 'new Thalidomide'? Mother tells how taking an anti-epileptic drug while pregnant devastated the heath of two of her children
Anti-epileptic drug Epilim and Fetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome (FACS) Dr Peter Turnpenny, clinical geneticist at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, says: ‘Epilim may affect about 560 babies every year, and 10,000 to 20,000 since being introduced to the UK.’
NSAIDs and Cardiovascular Risk Explained
After nearly 13 years of study and intense debate, a pair of new papers from the Perelman School of Medicine, at the University of Pennsylvania have confirmed exactly how a once-popular class of anti-inflammatory drugs leads to cardiovascular risk for people taking it.
FDA Drug Safety Communication: New Warning and Contraindication for blood pressure medicines containing aliskiren (Tekturna)
Warning of possible risks when using blood pressure medicines containing aliskiren with other drugs called angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) in patients with diabetes or kidney (renal) impairment. These drug combinations should not be used (are contraindicated) in patients with diabetes. In addition, a new warning is being added to avoid use of these drug combinations in patients with kidney impairment.
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Updated information about the risk of blood clots in women taking birth control pills containing drospirenone
Revised drug labels (Beyaz, Safyral, Yasmin and Yaz) will report that some epidemiologic studies reported as high as a three-fold increase in the risk of blood clots for drospirenone-containing products when compared to products containing levonorgestrel or some other progestins, whereas other epidemiological studies found no additional risk of blood clots with drospirenone-containing products.
Evidence Shows That Anti-Depressants Likely Do More Harm Than Good
Herceptin Tied to Heart Issues in Breast Cancer
Off-label drug use could pose health risks
11 percent of medications are prescribed for an off-label indication, a practice that may cause adverse drug events. The study finds that 79 percent of those off-label uses lacked strong scientific evidence.
The only way to eradicate paralytic poliomyelitis is to stop vaccinating
Adverse reactions lead US patients to ask 'just how safe are antibiotics?'
Popular antibiotic ciprofloxacin linked to UK deaths
Revealed: the prescription drugs and medications most likely to harm or kill you
Fatal drugs and number of fatalities - Clozapine 1972, Ranibizumab 549, Infliximab 520
Adalimumab 295, Warfarin 191, Olanzapine 189, Methotrexate 177, Risperidone 167
Etanercept 162, Paracetamol 162
J&J's Marketing of Risperdal Violated Law, Arkansas Jury rules
“false or deceptive acts” sent a 2003 letter touting Risperdal as safer than competing drugs to more than 6,000 doctors across the state. The state is seeking more than $1.25 billion in penalties over the Risperdal marketing campaign, and a judge will decide later whether to fine J&J.
Annual childhood flu vaccines may interfere with development of crossresistance
Vaccinating children annually against influenza virus interferes with their development of cross-reactive killer T cells to flu viruses generally
Inside the Growing Prescription Pill Epidemic That's Ravaging Communities
Paralysis Cases Spike in Wake of Bill Gates’ Polio Vaccination Effort in India
How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data
Overall, admission rates are consistent with the highest estimates of misconduct obtained using other sources of data, in particular FDA data audits. However, it is likely that, if on average 2% of scientists admit to have falsified research at least once and up to 34% admit other questionable research practices, the actual frequencies of misconduct could be higher than this.
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Interactions between certain HIV or hepatitis C drugs and cholesterol-lowering statin drugs can increase the risk of muscle injury
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Revised recommendations for Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide) related to a potential risk of abnormal heart rhythms with high doses
Abnormal heart rhythms associated with high doses of Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide).
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Important safety label changes to cholesterol-lowering statin drugs
Monitoring Liver Enzymes, Adverse Event Information, Drug Interactions
Insight: New doubts about prostate-cancer vaccine Provenge
Doctors who raised doubts about it received death threats. Health regulators and lawmakers faced loud protests at their offices. A physician at the American Cancer Society was so intimidated by Provenge partisans that he yanked a skeptical discussion of it from his blog.
J&J in court over mis-marketing 'dangerous' antipsychotic drug
Risperdal - claims that the drug's side effects were suppressed.
Psychiatric adverse drug reactions reported during a 10-year period in the Swedish pediatric population
Psychiatric ADRs in the pediatric population have been reported for a wide range of reactions and drugs and display age and sex differences including a higher number of suicidal reactions in boys. An association was seen between serious reactions and off-label drug use.
Pharmacists paid by drug company for patient details
VIDEO - Dr John Rengen Virapen, Whistleblower of the Pharmaceutical Industry, Speaks Out
Part 1 of 4
GlaxoSmithKline chief's pay package more than doubles to £6.7m
Government nixes tentative $1 billion settlement with J&J: WSJ
Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C. have nixed a tentative $1 billion settlement with Johnson & Johnson, holding out for a bigger settlement with the drugmaker for alleged improper marketing of its Risperdal schizophrenia drug
FDA Adds Diabetes Warning to Statin Label
Sleeping Pill Death Toll May Top 500,000
The use of hypnotic sleep aids was associated with a three- to five-fold higher mortality risk compared with the risk for nonusers, even when the prescription was for a small number of pills, investigators reported.
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Important drug interactions between Victrelis (boceprevir) and ritonavir-boosted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitor drugs
FDA is notifying healthcare professionals and patients that drug interactions between the hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor Victrelis (boceprevir) and certain ritonavir-boosted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitors (atazanavir, lopinavir, darunavir) can potentially reduce the effectiveness of these medicines when they are used together.
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea can be associated with stomach acid drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)
FDA is informing the public that the use of stomach acid drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may be associated with an increased risk of Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea (CDAD). A diagnosis of CDAD should be considered for patients taking PPIs who develop diarrhea that does not improve.
Deadly Duo: Mixing Alcohol and Prescription Drugs Can Result in Addiction or Accidental Death
Alcohol and Xanax, both found in Whitney Houston's hotel room right after she died, inhibit the central nervous system and depend on the same enzyme for bodily clearance
Antibiotics Won't Cure Sinus Infections
“Patients don’t get better faster or have fewer symptoms when they get antibiotics,”
Novartis to revamp Rasilez label with safety risks
Novartis blood-pressure drug will get a new warning in Europe at regulators' request, after a recent trial flagged links to stroke and kidney problems.
Brand name drugs cost Medicare the most
The Truly Staggering Cost Of Inventing New Drugs
Formaldehyde in Vaccines: A DNA Adduct?
'Inactive' phthalates widespread in medications
FDA Drug Safety Communication: New risk factor for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) associated with Tysabri (natalizumab)
FDA is informing the public that testing positive for anti-JC virus (JCV) antibodies has been identified as a risk factor for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). PML is a rare but serious brain infection associated with use of Tysabri (natalizumab) for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) or Crohn's disease.
FDA Drug Safety Communication: New Boxed Warning and Contraindication for Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin)
Used to treat Hodgkin lymphoma and a rare lymphoma known as systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma
(FDA) is notifying the public that two additional cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a rare but serious brain infection that can result in death, have been reported with the lymphoma drug Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin).
Drug Companies Fight Take-Back Program for Unused Medicine
Leftover medications are fueling an epidemic of prescription-drug abuse that is killing more Washingtonians than traffic accidents, say drug-addiction experts. Yet pharmaceutical companies have consistently torpedoed efforts here to fund a statewide disposal program for unused drugs.
Melanoma Drug's Link to Second Cancers Explained
BRAF inhibitors, when used to treat patients with melanoma who harbor the BRAF V600E mutation, can lead to the remission of even advanced lesions. However, resistance to BRAF inhibitors emerges within months and there can be the development of secondary tumors, most commonly cutaneous squamous-cell carcinomas and keratoacanthomas.
Cancer drug gets stronger label warning
Second instance of a patient on cancer drug Adcetris developing a deadly brain infection
Statins Up Diabetes Risk in Older Women
Researchers - Older women who take statins may be at an increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes,
Pradaxa Linked to More MIs in Certain Patients
Anticoagulant dabigatran (Pradaxa) was associated with greater odds of myocardial infarction (MI) or acute coronary syndrome than control treatments, a meta-analysis showed
FDA Warns of Opioid Drug Mix-Up
The FDA has issued a warning that pills, tablets, or caplets of Percocet and eight other opioid products packaged by Novartis for Endo Pharmaceuticals may have been mixed up, with one drug being packaged as another.
Statins Tied to Lung Damage in Smokers
High Cholesterol medication (Statins) use appears to be associated with interstitial lung abnormalities among current and former smokers, researchers found.
Drug Companies Reduce Payments to Doctors as Scrutiny Mounts
Purdue: Block Disclosure Of OxyContin Documents
Painkiller Oxycontin
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety review of a reported death after the first dose of Multiple Sclerosis drug Gilenya (fingolimod)
An oral medication for the treatment of relapsing forms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in adults. Used to reduce the frequency of flare-ups (clinical exacerbations) and delay physical disability.
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Review update of Multaq (dronedarone) and increased risk of death and serious cardiovascular adverse events
Multaq is used to reduce the risk of cardiovascular hospitalization in patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (AFL), with a recent episode of AF/AFL and associated cardiovascular risk factors, who are in sinus rhythm or who will be cardioverted
The Champion of Painkillers
Narcotic painkillers overdoses now kill nearly 15,000 people a year -- more than heroin and cocaine combined. In some states, the painkiller death toll exceeds that of car crashes.
Gardasil boys come marching in – 4 new Gardasil deaths reported to VAERS
Canadian judge rules SSRI antidepressants like Prozac can cause children to commit murder
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Kombiglyze XR (Saxagliptin/metformin hydrochloride Tabs
Tablets approved in the U.S. for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults + serious hypersensitivity reactions + Pancreatitis
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Dilantin (phenytoin) Oral Suspension
Indicated for the control of tonic-clonic (grand mal) and psychomotor (temporal lobe) seizures.
- Coadministration of Dilantin is contraindicated with delavirdine due to potential for loss of virologic response and possible resistance to delavirdine or to the class of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
- Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS), also known as Multiorgan hypersensitivity, has been reported in patients taking antiepileptic drugs, including Dilantin. Some of these events have been fatal or life-threatening.
- The chronic use of phenytoin in patients with epilepsy has been associated with decreased bone mineral density (osteopenia, osteoporosis, and osteomalacia) and bone fractures. ...
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant use during pregnancy and reports of a rare heart and lung condition in newborn babies
Antidepressants during pregnancy + reports of rare heart and lung conditions in newborn babies
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety review of post-market reports of serious bleeding events with the anticoagulant Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate mesylate)
A blood thinner (anticoagulant) known as a direct thrombin inhibitor.
Courts Rule that Prempro Causes Cancer, but FDA Still Promotes It
Hormone Replacement Therapy know to increase risk of Breast Cancer
Bayer Withheld Yasmin Data From U.S., Former Agency Chief Says
A Bayer AG unit withheld from U.S. regulators findings by company researchers of increased reports of blood clots in users of its Yasmin birth-control pills, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration said.
More Detail on Risk Urged for a Contraceptive Label
Labels on the popular birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin should be strengthened to include more information about the possibility that the pills could lead to greater risk of blood clots in women
Antidepressents - Can anti-depressants cause people to kill themselves, or even kill others? - VIDEO
60 Minutes News Programme - New Zealand
Merck & Co agrees $1bn Vioxx settlement in US
Painkiller - Vioxx
FDA Drug Safety Communication:Review update of Trilipix (fenofibric acid) and the ACCORD Lipid trial
May not lower a patient's risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
Facts about Trilipix (fenofibric acid)
- A prescription medicine used to treat cholesterol in the blood by lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol ("bad cholesterol"), and increasing the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol ("good cholesterol").
- Can be used to lower very high levels of fat (triglycerides) in the blood to help reduce the risk for pancreatitis.
- Can be used in combination with other cholesterol-lowering medicines called statins in patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease.
FDA Drug Safety Communication: UPDATE on Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) blockers and risk for pediatric malignancy
TNF blockers include Remicade (infliximab), Enbrel (etanercept), Humira (adalimumab), Cimzia (certolizumab pegol), and Simponi (golimumab).
A class of biologic products that are used to treat Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, plaque psoriasis, and/or juvenile idiopathic arthritis
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety Review Update of Medications used to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and young adults
Stimulants
- methylphenidate (Concerta, Daytrana, Metadate CD, Metadate ER, Methylin, Methylin ER, Ritalin, Ritalin-LA, Ritalin-SR)
- dexmethylphenidate HCl (Focalin, Focalin XR)
- dextroamphetamine sulfate (Dexedrine, Dexedrine Spansules, Dextroamphetamine ER, Dextrostat)
- lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (Vyvanse)
- amphetamine, mixed salts (Adderall, Adderall XR)
- methamphetamine (Desoxyn)
- pemoline (Cylert-no longer marketed)
- atomoxetine (Strattera)
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs): Procrit, Epogen and Aranesp
ESAs are approved for the treatment of anemia (low red blood cells) resulting from chronic kidney failure, chemotherapy, certain treatments for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and also to reduce the number of blood transfusions during and after certain major surgeries.
US lawsuit extends thalidomide's reach - Drug blamed for a broader range of harmful effects.
ADHD drugs 'common source of drug reactions'
Drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were the most common source of yellow card reports in children after vaccinations, a new analysis reveals.
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety review update of Chantix (varenicline) and risk of neuropsychiatric adverse events
A prescription medicine used to help adults quit smoking. Works by blocking the effects of nicotine (from smoking) on the brain. From approval in May 2006 through July 2011, approximately 21.8 million Chantix prescriptions were dispensed and approximately 8.9 million patients received Chantix prescriptions from U.S. outpatient retail pharmacies.
Sprycel (dasatinib) and risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension
Used to treat certain adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) or acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Abbott earmarks $1.5B for off-label Depakote settlement
Ranked as the second-biggest off-label settlement in history, outranked only by Pfizer's $2.3 billion deal.
VA puts cork in Avastin use for eye disease
Controversial use of Roche's cancer drug for wet age-related macular degeneration
More eye patients go blind after Avastin injections
Roche's cancer drug for wet age-related macular degeneration
Gut Biota Never Recover from Antibiotic Use: Loss Extends to Future Generations
Birth control pills may alter memory
Patients Deserve to Know What Drug Companies Pay Their Doctor
FDA Drug Safety Communication: New contraindication and updated warning on kidney impairment for Reclast (zoledronic acid)
Used to treat or prevent osteoporosis in women after menopause. Reclast helps reduce the chance of having a hip or spinal fracture (break).
Used to increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis.
Used to treat or prevent osteoporosis in either men or women who take corticosteroid medications for at least one year.
Used to treat men and women who have Paget's disease of the bone.
Saphris (asenapine maleate): Drug Safety Communication: Serious Allergic Reactions
FDA is warning the public that serious allergic reactions have been reported with the use of the antipsychotic medication Saphris (asenapine maleate). Also prescribed for Bipolar disorders.
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Abnormal heart rhythms associated with high doses of Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide)
The antidepressant Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide; also marketed as generics) should no longer be used at doses greater than 40 mg per day because it can cause abnormal changes in the electrical activity of the heart. Studies did not show a benefit in the treatment of depression at doses higher than 40 mg per day.
Pfizer pays compensation to families of four children after 15-year legal battle over controversial drug trial in state of Kano
Pfizer was sued after 11 children died in a clinical trial when the northern state of Kano was hit by Africa's worst ever meningitis epidemic in 1996. A hundred children were given an experimental oral antibiotic called Trovan, while a further hundred received ceftriaxone, the "gold-standard" treatment of modern medicine.
Five children died on Trovan and six on ceftriaxone
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Children born to mothers who took Valproate products while pregnant may have impaired cognitive development
Valproate products include: valproate sodium (Depacon), divalproex sodium (Depakote, Depakote CP, and Depakote ER), valproic acid (Depakene and Stavzor), and their generics.
Valproate products are FDA-approved drugs to treat seizures, and manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder), and to prevent migraine headaches. They are also used off-label (for unapproved uses) for other conditions, particularly for other psychiatric condition
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Multaq (dronedarone) and increased risk of death and serious cardiovascular adverse events
Multaq is used to reduce the risk of cardiovascular hospitalization in patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (AFL), with a recent episode of AF/AFL and associated cardiovascular risk factors, who are in sinus rhythm or who will be cardioverted [Refer to Multaq label]
From approval in July 2009 through June 2011, approximately 1 million Multaq prescriptions were dispensed and approximately 241,000 patients received Multaq prescriptions from U.S. outpatient retail pharmacies.2
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Ongoing safety review of oral osteoporosis drugs (bisphosphonates) and potential increased risk of esophageal cancer
Fosamax (alendronate), Actonel (risedronate), Boniva (ibandronate), Atelvia (risedronate delayed release), Didronel (etidronate), and Skelid (tiludronate).
Osteoporosis drugs - oral bisphosphonates -Commonly used for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis as well as to treat other bone diseases such as Paget's disease. Osteoporosis is a disease that makes bones weak and more likely to break.
May cause irritation of the esophagus. Irritation of the esophagus can lead to esophagitis (inflammation) or esophageal ulcers (sores), which may bleed. The risk of these esophageal events is low when oral bisphosphonates are prescribed appropriately and the specific directions for use are followed by patients.
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Serious CNS reactions possible when linezolid (Zyvox®) is given to patients taking certain psychiatric medications
Linezolid (Zyvox®) - Used to treat infections, including pneumonia, infections of the skin, and infections caused by a resistant bacterium (Enterococcus faecium). It is a reversible monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI)
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Serious CNS reactions possible when methylene blue is given to patients taking certain psychiatric medications
Methylene Blue - Used to treat methemoglobinemia, vasoplegic syndrome, ifosfamide-induced encephalopathy, cyanide poisoning. It is used as a dye in therapeutic and diagnostic applications. It Is a potent, reversible monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI).
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety review update of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (somatropin) and possible increased risk of death
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Updated drug labels for pioglitazone-containing medicines
Diabetes drugs : Actos (pioglitazone), Actoplus Met (pioglitazone/metformin), Actoplus Met XR (pioglitazone/metformin extended-release), Duetact (pioglitazone/glimepiride) Taking drug for more than one year increased risk of Bladder cancer
FDA Drug Safety Communication:Use of long-term, high-dose Diflucan (fluconazole) during pregnancy may be associated with birth defects in infants
Antifungal drug Diflucan (fluconazole)
Used to treat yeast infections of the vagina, mouth, throat, esophagus, and other organs.
Used to treat meningitis caused by a certain type of fungus.
Used to prevent yeast infections in patients who are likely to become infected because they are being treated with chemotherapy or radiation therapy before a bone marrow transplant.
The dose of fluconazole for vaginal candidiasis is a single dose of 150 mg and is lower than for other indications.
The Truth About America's Oxy Epidemic
Oxycontin - potent painkiller derived from the poppy flower
Drug Company Profiteering, Pill Mills and Thousands of Addicts: How Oxycontin Has Spread Through America
Oxycontin - potent painkiller derived from the poppy flower
FDA panel: Revoke drug's breast cancer approval
Avastin
Antipsychotic drugs: Class Labeling Change - Treatment During Pregnancy and
Potential Risk to Newborns
including Haldol, FazaClo, Fanapt, Clozaril, Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Abilify, Geodon, Invega, Loxitane, Moban, Navane, Orap, Saphris, Stelazine, Thorazine, Symbyax
The symptoms of EPS and withdrawal in newborns may include agitation, abnormally increased or decreased muscle tone, tremor, sleepiness, severe difficulty breathing, and difficulty in feeding
Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs) in Chronic Kidney disease : Drug Safety
Epoetin alfa (marketed as Epogen and Procrit) and darbepoetin alfa (marketed as Aranesp)
Data shows increased risks of cardiovascular events with ESAs
Increased Incidence of Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Following Breast Cancer Treatment with Radiation Alone or Combined with
Chemotherapy: a registry cohort analysis 1990-2005
FDA- Drug Safety Communication: 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) may
increase the risk of a more serious form of prostate cancer
Drugs in this class are finasteride (marketed as Proscar [finasteride 5 mg] and Propecia [finasteride 1 mg]) and dutasteride (marketed as Avodart). Dutasteride is also available in combination with tamsulosin,
under the brand-name Jalyn
FDA announces new safety recommendations for high-dose simvastatin
Increased risk of muscle injury cited-
Simvastatin is sold under the brand-name Zocor and as a single-ingredient generic product. It is also sold in combination with ezetimibe as Vytorin and in combination with Niacin as Simcor.
Docs on Pharma Payroll Have Blemished Records, Limited Credentials
Drugging Juveniles - Doctors Hired to Evaluate Kids in State Custody have taken
Huge Payments from Drug Companies
Jury orders J&J to pay $10M in Motrin injury case
Motrin - Childrens Fever + Pain Medication
Federal Court Compensated 83 Vaccine-Injured Autistic Children
ADHD: Strattera Death Count Continued - 150 Reports of Deaths, 64 were
Children
Pfizer Did Not Report Chantix Side Effects Correctly?
smoking cessation drug
Another Outrageous Medical Lie
Acetaminophen tied to blood cancers
Tylenol + Paracetamol
American Regent Initiates Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Caffeine & Sodium Benzoate Injection, USP 250 mg/mL, 2 mL Single Dose Vial Due to Visible Particulates
Bristol-Myers Squibb Initiates a Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Coumadin® (Warfarin Sodium) Crystalline 5 mg Tablets, Lot Number 9H49374A
Particles, odors again drive recalls, but origins differ
Cancer treatments, among the highest ranking of drugs in short supply, are now suffering a plague of recalls.
Label-error recalls highlight weak link
Massachusetts House tries to repeal gift ban again
Top 10 Pharma CEO Salaries of 2010
Battle Over Pitching Drugs to Doctors Goes to Supreme Court
New studies point to clot risk of Bayer's Yasmin
Bayer's best-selling contraceptive Yasmin may run a higher risk of dangerous blood clots than those using older birth-control pills
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety Review update on reports of Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma in adolescents and young adults receiving tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers, azathioprine and/or mercaptopurine
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis medicines known as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers - azathioprine, and/or mercaptopurine.
SSRI Stories - Antidepressant Nightmares
A list of 4,500 people on antidepressants that have committed horrific acts of violence
Medication-Related Injuries on the Rise
In 2008, 1.9 million people became ill or injured from medication side effects or because they took or were given the wrong type or dose of medication,
FDA : Yervoy (ipilimumab): Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) - Severe Immune-Mediated Adverse Reactions
New drug for advanced melanoma
FDA - Revlimid (lenalidomide): Ongoing Safety Review - Increased Risk of Developing New Malignancies
Revlimid is used to treat a type of blood disorder known as myelodysplastic syndrome. Revlimid is also used along with other drugs to treat people with the cancer known as multiple myeloma
FDA continues to receive reports of a rare, but serious and potentially fatal adverse effect with the use of benzocaine sprays for medical procedures
Benzocaine sprays are marketed under different brand names such as Hurricaine, Cetacaine, Exactacain, and Topex. These sprays are used during medical procedures to numb the mucous membranes of the mouth and throat.
FDA : Reports of a rare, but serious and potentially fatal adverse effect with the use of over-the-counter (OTC) benzocaine gels and liquids applied to the gums or mouth
Anbesol, Hurricaine, Orajel, Baby Orajel, Orabase, and store brands - OTC - gels and liquids applied to the gums or mouth to reduce pain
WHO calls for probe of GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu vaccine after reports of narcolepsy
FDA : Citalopram And Finasteride by Greenstone: Recall - Possible Mislabeling
Citalopram (used to treat depression) may contain Finasteride (used for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia). Women who are, or may become pregnant, should not take or handle Finasteride due to the possible risk of side effects which may cause abnormalities to the external genitalia of a developing male fetus.
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Possible increased risk of fractures of the hip, wrist, and spine with the use of proton pump inhibitors
Nexium, Dexilant, Prilosec, Zegerid, Prevacid, Protonix, Aciphex, and Vimovo are available by prescription to treat conditions such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), stomach and small intestine ulcers, and inflammation of the esophagus. Prilosec OTC, Zegerid OTC, and Prevacid 24HR are sold over-the-counter (OTC) for the treatment of frequent heartburn.
Supreme Court Decisions Give Total Liability Shield to Big Drug Companies
Vaccines
HHS Told to Probe "Unethical" Novartis Trials
Indacterol, a Novartis drug for moderate to severe chronic obstructuve pulmonary disease. “The studies were marred by a failure to minimize risk to subjects and inadequate information provided to subjects,”
Flu Vaccine May Have Increased Swine Flu Risk
Designer Drugs Use Out Of Control
US Drug Prices Outstrip Other Medical Costs
Are you Meds Robbing Your Body of Key Nutrients
Drug Giant Accused of Bribing Doctors to Prescribe
FDA - Boxed Warning for Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate), Avandamet (rosiglitazone maleate/metformin hydrochloride), and Avandaryl (rosiglitazone maleate/glimepiride) Tablets
Diabetes Medication
FDA - Black Box Warning - Risk of fluoroquinolone-associated Myasthenia Gravis Exacerbation February 2011 Label Changes for Fluoroquinolones
Avelox tablets+Avelox I.V.,Cipro Tablets, Oral Suspension, IV and Cipro XR tablets,Noroxin Tablets,Levaquin Tablets, Oral Solution and Injection,Proquin XR Extended-Release Tablets,Floxin Tablets,Factive Tablets
60 Lab Studies Now Confirm Cancer Link to a Vaccine You Probably Had as a Child
HHS: 386 injury claims filed over H1N1 countermeasures
Flu Vaccination
Four infants die after vaccination in Gujarat town
The Blind Luck of Cancer Trials
Aluminum-hydroxide in vaccines causes serious health problems
FDA : Serious health problems seen in premature babies given Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir) oral solution
J&J Draws More U.S. Scrutiny on Charges of Violating Laws in Drug Recalls
Ex-chief of KV Pharmaceutical gets month or less in jail
"sending pills across the country that were twice the strength of their labels."
J&J 'lied' about Risperdal's safety, S.C. lawyer alleges
Schizophrenia drug Risperdal
SaneVax Introduces One More Gardasil Girl: Kylie from Arkansas
HPV Vaccine
Revisiting Bone Drugs and Femur Fractures
Osteoporosis Drugs - Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva
A Pinpoint Beam Strays Invisibly, Harming Instead of Healing
Radiation Overdoses
Talk Doesn't Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy
Jury to Hear $1Bln. Lawsuit Against Johnson&Johnson
False Marketing Tactics + schizophrenia drug Risperdal
The American Medical System Is The Leading Cause Of Death And Injury In The United States
FDA : Low magnesium levels can be associated with long-term use of Antacids - Proton Pump Inhibitor drugs (PPIs)
FDA : Safety Review update of Abacavir and possible increased risk of heart attack
Abacavir is an antiviral medication used in combination with other antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. Available medications that contain abacavir include Ziagen, Trizivir, and Epzicom
FDA: Risk of oral birth defects in children born to mothers taking topiramate
Migraine Medication Topamax (Topiramate)
Warning: pharmaceutical companies have turned symptoms into diseases
Death by Medicine
The New Child Abuse: The Psychiatric Diagnosing and Drugging of Our Children
Why Doctors Oversell Benefits, Undersell Risks, Side-Effects
When 'Medicine' Makes Things Worse
As Pharmaceutical Use Soars, Drugs Taint Water and Wildlife
Diabetes drug taken by thousands to be pulled from market over safety fears
Avandia
5 Billion USD the Cost to The Taxpayer of Drug Company Pricing Fraud
How Pharma Bilked the Feds by Selling Vitamins as Prescription Drugs
FDA Approved an Antibiotic Based on Bogus Data - but the Courts Don't Care
Judges Tell Glaxo Sales Reps: You're Just Glorified Coffee Baristas
Nurse Practitioners Like Pharma Lunches and Dinners
Pfizer Will Pay $330M To Settle Prempro Cases
Pfizer Must Pay $1.6 Million Drug Damages, Judges Say
Glaxo Said to Pay $250 Million to Resolve Avandia Suits (Update1
Antipsychotic drugs could shrink patients' brains
FDA: Gardasil approved to prevent anal cancer
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Avandia (rosiglitazone) labels now contain updated information about cardiovascular risks and use in certain patients
Finnish health authorities see link between Flu Vaccine -Pandemrix and narcolepsy
Are MMR Vaccines Dangerous for children
Vaccines - Get the Full Story
FDA wants birth defect data from Vivus to determine the incidence of oral cleft in women who've taken topiramate for migraines.
St. Jude pays $16M to settle gov't probe
Common Painkillers increases risk of heart attacks or strokes
Whistleblower Lawsuit Reveals Unapproved Meds
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Update to ongoing safety review of Lantus (insulin glargine) and possible risk of cancer
FDA limits acetaminophen in prescription combination products; requires liver toxicity warnings
Acetaminophen, also called APAP, is a drug that relieves pain and fever and can be found in both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) products. It is combined in many prescription products with other ingredients, usually opioids such as codeine (Tylenol with Codeine), oxycodone (Percocet), and hydrocodone (Vicodin). OTC acetaminophen products are not affected by today's action.
Merck shares battered after it shutters vorapaxar trial
Anti-clotting medicine
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Severe liver injury associated with the use of dronedarone (marketed as Multaq)
Heart Medication
Bristol-Myers recalls 65 more lots Avalide (generic irbesartan + hydrochlorothiazide)
Blood Pressure Medicine
Common sleep drug can leave people groggy, clumsy
Ambien generic name Zolpidem
Pharmaceutical Terrorism
Glaxo Whistleblower "The Worst I Ever Saw"
FDA : Abnormal heart rhythms associated with use of Anzemet (dolasetron mesylate)
Antinausea/vomiting injection associated with chemotherapy
FDA : Death resulting from overdose after accidental ingestion of Tessalon (benzonatate) by children under 10 years of age
Prescription Cough Medicine
Fluorine Poison Is Rampant in Pharmaceuticals
Asia: Guinea Pigs Aplenty for Drug Giants
Ongoing safety review of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (somatropin) and possible increased risk of death
Recombinant human growth hormone, also known as somatropin [rDNA origin] injection, is marketed under the following brand names in the United States: Genotropin, Humatrope, Norditropin, Nutropin, Nutropin AQ, Omnitrope, Saizen, and Tev-Tropin.
Pharmaceutical Settlements 2010
Merck KGaA Is Latest Pharma to Settle Justice Department Claims
Two drugs, two price-setting tales
Irish Drug Maker Settles Charges of Improper Marketing
Drug Makers New Targets for U.S. Fraud Inquiries, Report Says
FDA Public Health Alert: Potential Medication Errors with Tamiflu for Oral Suspension
FDA Recommends Against the Continued Use of Meridia (sibutramine)
Obesity Drug
Controversial painkiller Darvon pulled at FDA's request
Attorney Says CDS Study of Birth Defects Implicates Popular Fertility Drug
Deadly Medicine -Prescription drugs kill some 200,000 Americans every year.
Pharmaceutical CEO Salaries
Drug Company Used Ghostwriters to Write Work Bylined by Academics, Documents Show
Recall of Tylenol cold Liquid Products
Mylanta Recall Adds to Johnson & Johnson Woes
Health Insurance Industry Pumped 86 Million USD Into the US Chamber to Kill Reform
Diabetes Drug Mediator/Benfluorex linked to 500 deaths in France
Psychiatric Drugs from before the cradle to the grave
Painkillers in pregnancy can affect boys' testicles:study
Statin drugs cause liver damage, kidney failure and cataracts, says BMJ
Vaccines Did Not Save Us - 2 centuries of official statistics
Cancer treatment costs rise to nearly 50 Billion USD a year in USA
New Label Changes for Commonly Prescribed HIV Drug Invirase
HIV antiviral drug Invirase (saquinavir), describing potentially life-threatening side effects on the heart when used with Norvir (ritonavir), another HIV antiviral medication.
FDA: Include warnings on risk for class of prostate cancer drugs
small increased risk for diabetes, heart attack, stroke, and sudden death
Medical Groups Sign on to Tough Ethics Rules
What Doctors Get Paid The Most
FDA warns of thigh fractures with bone drugs
FDA Sees Possible Risk of Fatal Bowel Problem With GSK Vaccine
Should Neuroleptic Drugs Be Banned
Banned in Europe for Causing 83,000 Heart Attacks - Are You Taking it?
(Diabetes Drug - AVANDIA)
Abbott Laboratories has agreed to voluntarily withdraw its obesity drug Meridia (sibutramine)
Science for Sale: Protect Yourself From Medical Research Deception
Video - Psychiatry An Industry of Death
Novartis Whistleblower Speaks Out "we wasted money"
Antidepressants for Children - Prozac – how could it be approved for children in
Europe?
Prozac for children - what happened with the follow-up?
MMR Causes Autism – Another Win In US Federal Court
Why are 48,000 Hospital-Stays per Year in the US Ending in Death?
One in Six Patients Report Getting Wrong Diagnosis
THE STATS - IMMUNIZATION GRAPHS
Eli Lilly Knew of Thimerosal Dangers for Decades
Safety of Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines: A Two-Phased Study of Computerized Health Maintenance Organization Databases
Thimerosal Safety Data
Mercury in Medicines - CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—Extensions of Remarks
U.S. delays breast cancer ruling for Roche's Avastin
FDA reviewing safety of Actos diabetes drug
Family to Receive $1.5M+ in First-Ever Vaccine-Autism Court Award
Drug recalls hit a new record in 2009, with one company accounting for more than 1,000 of them.
Roche suspends dosing in diabetes drug trials
Pfizer: The Drug Giant That Makes Bank from Drugs That Can Kill You By
Diabetes drug still available despite suspension advice
Avandia also known as Rosiglitazone
Increased mortality risk associated with the use of the intravenous antibacterial Tygacil (tigecycline)
Drug firms hiding negative research are unfit to experiment on people
Schizophrenia drug quetiapine (tradename Seroquel) can cause diabetes
Evidence-based vaccinations: A scientific look at the missing science behind flu season vaccines
Mike Adams (Natural News)
Flu jab linked to fits in under fives
Cervical cancer jab for girls aged 12 can be given without parental consent
Family win 18 year fight over MMR damage to son: £90,000 payout is first since concerns over vaccine surfaced
Using Fear and Prejudice to attack people who do not vaccinate
Pharmaceutical Rep Confession
Drug companies accused of 'conning' the public
Creating Disease Big Pharma + Disease Mongering
Junk Medicine; an American Fandango
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Ongoing safety review of the angiotensin receptor blockers and cancer
Brand names Atacand, Avapro Benicar, Cozaar, Diovan, Micardis and Teveten
Rheumatoid Arthritis drug Arava (leflunomide): Boxed Warning - Risk of Severe Liver Injury
Many physicians fail to report incompetent or incapacitated colleagues
Cancer, Chemo, and Crony Capitalism
Children Are Being Exploited to Extend Pharmaceutical Patents
J&J sales plunge as new drug recall announced
Tylenol Recall 2010 Lot Numbers
VACCINATION NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN
Video - Robert F Kennedy Jr.-Shocking vaccination cover up
Cardiac Testing Puts Younger Adults at Radiation Risk
Drugmakers Prodded by FDA for Neglected Disease Drugs (Update3)
Pfizer Rejected by High Court in Menopause Drug Case (Update2)
GSK Settles 200 Paxil Lawsuits Alleging Birth Defects
Doc Goes to Jail In Pfizer Research Fraud Case
MERCK TO PAY $8M, IN DAMAGES IN FOSAMAX TRIAL
Commonly used blood pressure drugs 'increase cancer risk'
Nigerian's Can Proceed With Their Pfizer Lawsuits
100,000 Americans Die Each Year from Prescription Drugs, While Pharma Companies Get Rich
MEDICALLY CAUSED DEATH IN AMERICA
Hidden Facts about Ritalin
One man's €1m battle with the drugs industry -
Roaccutane, an acne drug + suicide
Statins and Myoglobin: How Muscle Pain and Weakness Progress to Heart, Lung and Kidney Failure Part 1
Drug labels now contain updated recommendations on the appropriate use of long-acting inhaled asthma medications called Long-Acting Beta-Agonists (LABAs)
Swine flu: BMJ investigation confirms WHO experts in pay of ‘pharma’
Pharma Targets Children-- Fastest Growing Market for Rx Drugs
Big Pharma's Crime Spree
Pfizer Settles Neurontin Suit Over Minister’s Death
Pfizer Agrees to First Neurontin Lawsuit Settlement
Avandia trial "risky", group claims
Exposure risks with cytotoxic drugs
Chromosomal abnormalities characteristic of chemotherapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome have been detected in healthcare workers who handle cytotoxic drugs
A License to Kill? Part 1: How A Public-Private Partnership Made the Government Merck’s Gardasil Partner
Ritalin and Liver cancer
WA launches flu vaccine inquiry
FDA Conducting Safety Review of Commonly Used Prostate Cancer Drugs
Medicines: corruption and pharmaceuticals - WHO
McNeil Consumer Healthcare Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain OTC Infants’ and Children's Products-Tylenol, Motrim, Zyrtec, Benadryl
Health insurers want you to keep smoking, Harvard doctors say
Health insurers make big bucks from Big Macs
FDA Drug Safety Communication: New Boxed Warning on severe liver injury with propylthiouracil - Thyroid Medication
Parent Files Lawsuit Against Gardasil Vaccine Manufacturer For Brain Damaged Daughter
FDA Warns Pfizer Over Geodon Trial Overdosing
FDA Announces New Safety Controls for Long-Acting Beta Agonists, Medications Used to Treat Asthma
Canada's Big Pharma Drug War
Psychiatric Drugging of Infants and Toddlers in the US - Part I + II
Pfizer Pays $2.3 Billion to Settle Marketing Case
Pfizer to pay $142M for drug fraud
Cancer Vaccine Programme Suspended After Four Girls Die
Vaccine Contamination: Pig Virus DNA Found in Rotarix
Seeking Funds to Fight Neglected Diseases
China : Wave of Anger Rises Over Vaccine Scandal
Scientist `deceived' by drugs giant
Drugged Warriors: Sharp Rise in U. S. Military Psychiatric Drug Use and Suicides
Prescription Drug Deaths Increase Dramatically
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Ongoing Safety Review of Stalevo (entacapone/carbidopa/levodopa)(Parkinson's Disease Medication) and possible development of Prostate Cancer
For better, for worse? A report by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (2008)- Cancer
Renowned Psychiatry Professor Helped Forest Labs Cover up Bad Results of Antidepressant in Children
Time for the truth about Gardasil
Anti-Depressants Bring Higher Risk of Developing Cataracts
Ongoing review of Avandia (Diabetes medication) and cardiovascular safety
Ongoing Safety Review of Invirase (HIV) and Possible Association with Abnormal Heart Rhythms
Videx and Videx EC (Didanosine)antiretroviral medication used to treat HIV infection - adverse event in the liver, non-cirrhotic portal hypertension - 42 reported cases, 4 deaths
Gardasil Researcher Speaks Out
FDA Warns about Increased Risk of Muscle Injury with Zocor
FDA Orders 2 Companies to Stop Marketing Unapproved Nitroglycerin Tablets
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Reduced effectiveness of Plavix (clopidogrel) in patients who are poor metabolizers of the drug
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Ongoing safety review of oral bisphosphonates and atypical subtrochanteric femur fractures
When drug makers' profits outweigh penalties
National Surveillance of Emergency Department Visits for Outpatient Adverse Drug Events
FDA Recall of Cleviprex an injectable medication that is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) in people who cannot take medicine by mouth.
Potentially Inappropriate Medication Utilization in the Emergency Department Visits by Older Adults: Analysis From a Nationally Representative Sample
Journal reports teenager nearly blinded following vaccination against HPV virus
Teen Paralyzed After Getting H1N1 Vaccine Doctors Say Boy Developed Rare Condition
An investigation is under way after a newborn baby was given 10 times the normal dose of a tuberculosis vaccine at Scunthorpe General Hospital.
Baby in Britain is overdosed with BCG vaccine and is now being treated for TB
Harvard Medical School Hires Lilly Exec As Research Chief
Byetta (exenatide) - Renal FailureAudience: Endocrine and nephrology healthcare professionals
Four More Deaths Associated With Byetta
Few Studies Compare the Efficacy of Medical Treatments Despite a growing interest in comparative effectiveness research, little medical study is being done to improve this aspect of patient care
Statin therapy was associated with a 9% increased risk for incident diabetes
Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption
Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary
Confidential report reveals: Big Pharma trying to stop long-term safety studies of ADHD drugs (Ritalin, Concerta) A confidential document, now made public by a Swedish court, tells how pharmaceutical companies (calling themselves the “Consortium”) are trying to stop long-term safety studies of ADHD drugs (Ritalin, Concerta)
DANISH AUTHOR OF KEY STUDIES SHOWING NO LINK BETWEEN MERCURY AND AUTISM VANISHES AFTER FRAUD UNCOVERED
The Other Drug War - the politics of big business
Australian Court: Vioxx Doubled Heart Attack Risk
7th Circuit Finds Paxil Manufacturer Didn't Meet Burden to Pre-empt
Environment - Hospitals' drug problem
Environment - Drugs on Tap
GSK Knew Avandia's Risks for Years
Staff Re[ort on Glaxosmithkline And The Diabetes Drug Avandia
Second Thoughts About Aspirin A Day to Prevent Heart Attacks
Why You Should Get Off Prescription Acid-Reducing Drugs
Atypical Antipsychotics Increase Cardiometabolic Risk in Childrens
Prescription Narcotics Cause More Deaths Than Both Heroin + Cocaine
Pill Poppers and the Persuasionists The average person will take 14,000 pills in a lifetime. They won't do much good either, says Tim Dowling
Conflicts of interest bedevil psychiatric drug research
FDA panel to hear testimony on antidepressants
Antidepressants may harm male fertility
