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Nearly one in every three prescriptions for chemotherapy drugs are for off-label applications. According to a Reuters report on a study from researchers at University of Chicago, 30 percent of all prescriptions for these powerful drugs are for uses that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has only approved [...]

Federal health and consumer officials have issued a warning to a Florida company over marketing claims it makes about its GermBullet, inhaled flu remedy. According to an AP report, the Food and Drug Administration alongside the Federal Trade Commission found that Flu and Cold Defense LLC make medical claims about the qualities of its GermBullet [...]

Federal health officials along with the makers of the drug SAMSCA (tolvaptan) have issued a warning late this week on the risk of severe liver injury associated with it. According to a warning letter addressed to prescribing physicians from the drug’s maker, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, and the Food and Drug Administration, three participants in a [...]

by: Michael Werner, Esq. Anti-depressants are a very big market as consumers all over the world take medication to level out their mood and behavior. There is a class of anti-depressants commonly called SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors). These drugs include Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil. The trouble with these drugs is that they are being [...]

by: Michael Werner, Esq. With any prescription drug there are going to be adverse side effects for the consumer. But you expect them to be minor side effects that only interrupt your life for a short amount of time. For consumers who use the blood thinner Plavix they are expecting to be helped to prevent [...]

By: Jessica Vertullo The birth of a child is a beautiful thing and you only wish for the baby to be healthy and safe when born. Birth defects can be challenging and alter your child’s life drastically. Birth defects can be caused by a myriad of problems both natural and unnatural. For women taking anti-depressants [...]

By: Gerard Ryan The blood pressure drug, Tekturna, was recently reported as having an increased amount of adverse effects on patients when it was mixed with other drugs known as ACE inhibitors or ARBs. ACE inhibitors and ARBS (or Angiotensin Receptor Blockers) are basically cousins to the drug Tekturna, but when combined resulted in multiple [...]

The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public that certain patients should not take the new blood thinner drug Pradaxa due to the risk of a potentially life-threatening side effect. According to a Safety notice from the agency, health care professionals and some patients are being warned about a dangerous drug interaction. People who [...]

By: Jessica Vertullo If you’re a woman looking for alternative birth control medicines, you might have looked into the IUD device called Mirena. But what you might not have seen is the complications that have come to light, spawning many lawsuits throughout the country from women who have suffered significant harm. Among the side effects [...]

By: Jessica Vertullo If you’re a woman looking for a better birth control option than the daily pill, you may have heard of a device called the Mirena IUD. An IUD is a intrauterine device (meaning it’s placed inside the uterus) to help prevent pregnancy. Mirena is the brand name for the IUD device developed [...]