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FDA Refuses to Ban Meridia Despite Reports of Serious Side-Effects and Deaths Linked to the Diet Drug
Aug 18, 2005 | www.Newsinferno.com
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has refused to ban Abbott Laboratories’ prescription diet drug Meridia, despite numerous reports of...
Woman's Death Highlights Risk of Herbal Diet Products
Aug 15, 2005 | The Standard
Slimming aids containing fenfluramine were banned in the US in 1997.A 53-year-old woman has died and hundreds of others may be risking their lives by...
Five Brands of Risk
Dec 7, 2004 | Washington Post
It's been a tough couple of weeks for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and pharmaceutical companies. But it's also been difficult for the...
Concern About Drug Safety Doesn't Stop With Vioxx
Nov 22, 2004 | USA TODAY
Doctors have been taking calls from anxious patients ever since a Senate hearing on Vioxx last week at which an FDA scientist expressed concerns...
Medical Experts Weigh Safety In Using Five Drugs
Nov 19, 2004 | Knight Ridder
A day after an FDA official raised safety concerns about five widely prescribed medicines, doctors and patients had the same question: Should they...
Weight-Loss Drug Fattens Heart Risks
Dec 23, 2003 | www.consumerreports.org
Is the diet drug sibutramine (Meridia) too dangerous to stay on the market? The Health Research Group at Public Citizen, a Washington-based...
Dark Magic
Sep 9, 2003 | NewJournalOnline
Millions of Americans are considered obese to the point where it's become an epidemic. That's why the notion of a pill that can magically melt away...
Diet Drug Ban Urged
Sep 5, 2003 | AP
A consumer group is again urging a ban of the prescription diet drug Meridia, saying at least 49 users have died of heart problems, including some in...
Group: Meridia Must Be Banned
Sep 3, 2003 | USA TODAY
A consumer group Wednesday reiterated its request that the government immediately ban sales of Meridia, a prescription diet drug.Public Citizen said...
Consumer Group Renews Attack On Diet Drug
Sep 3, 2003 | AP
A consumer group is again urging a ban of the prescription diet drug Meridia, saying at least 49 users have died of heart problems, including some in...
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