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7,000 Trips Annually to Emergency Rooms for Children Taking Cough and Cold Meds


If there is any question about cough and cold medicines being completely safe for chil­dren, well consider this. Annually, about 7,000 children ages 11 and younger require a hospital emergency room visit because of an adverse reaction to one of these substances.
This figure comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To [...]

Merck Settles for $58 Million with 30 States


Merck and Co. Inc., has been ordered by the court to pay again. This time it will be $58 mil­lion that will be divided among 30 states. The settlement came in a case that had alleged decep­tive advertising practices for the drug VIOXX® and the courts agreed.
VIOXX® is a drug that Merck promoted as a [...]

Anti-Smoking Medication Grounded. Chantix® Disallowed for Pilots, Controllers!


The anti-smoking drug Chantix from Pfizer, Inc., has been steeped in controversy since it came on the market in 2006. It has been the subject of U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisories due to reports of Chantix-induced dreams, attempted suicides and at least one death. Now the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered any pilots [...]

Diabetes Inhaler Testers Get Cancer, FDA Warning Issued


Persons who use an Exubera® inhaler to control high blood sugar, or who are thinking of using this product, should definitely consider an alternative form of treatment. This is especially important now that six cases of lung cancer have been reported in persons who participated in clinical trials of the product.
Exubera is a drug made [...]

The Potential of Sudden Hearing Loss Prompts FDA Mandated Label Changes


Sudden hearing loss among people taking two separate classifications of drugs has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to require new label warnings. One class of drugs involves those taken for erectile dysfunction and the other is taken by people to treat a severe high blood pressure situation.
An FDA investigation into hearing loss followed on [...]

FDA Study Raises Concerns About Anesthesia Risk for Children


“More research is needed to assess the safety of anesthetics on newborn and young children”, says a recent study published by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists in the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia.
“There is no scientific evidence that anesthetics commonly administered for decades cause brain damage in children”, the report said. No studies have been [...]

“Singulair®” Placed Under Ingvestigation for Possible Link to Suicide


Yet another drug is being placed under investigation by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration. This time it is the pharmaceutical drug Singulair manufactured by Merck & Co. Inc.
The FDA has received reports that the drug is responsible for causing behavior/mood changes, suicidality (suicide thinking and behavior) and suicide. The agency has issued a warning to [...]

FTC and FDA Act Against Internet Vendors of “Fraudulent” Diabetes Cures and Treatments


The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), working with government agencies in Mexico and Canada, have launched a drive to stop “deceptive Internet advertisements and sales of products misrepresented as cures or treatments for diabetes.”
The ongoing campaign has so far included approximately 180 warning letters and other advisories sent to [...]