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“Awake Pill” Making Millions from Off Label Prescriptions


In the USA, Italy and the United Kingdom, it’s called Provigil®. In at least nine other countries it carries a different name. Whatever it is called, the drug “modafinil” – its generic name – is making hundreds of millions through off-label prescriptions for the drug company Cephalon.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Provigil to treat [...]

The Wrong Drug Torments a Four-Year-Old to Death


The youngster named Ian Malone, after suffering through a short four year life with numerous physical and mental defects, died in Everett, WA on May 1, 2004. The cause of his needless suffering was mistakes made during his birth process.
When Christine Malone’s pregnancy was taking what her medical doctor thought was too long, he decided [...]

Drugs Send 700,000 to U.S. Emergency Rooms Every Year!


An important government study found that adverse reactions to some commonly prescribed medicines send over 700,000 Americans to emergency rooms each year. Allergic reactions and accidental overdoses to prescription drugs were the most common cause of serious illness, including medications like insulin and common antibiotics.
The study was developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control [...]