Meridia Panel Split on Ban
Meridia Panel Split. Eight members of a Food & Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee have called for Meridia to be pulled from US market. Six others on the 16-member panel favored restrictions on prescribing the weight loss drug, while the remaining two members voted to add a new black box warning to the Meridia label … [Read more...] about Meridia Panel Split on Ban
Meridia Label Changes
Meridia Label Changes. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) today informed healthcare professionals that it had requested and Abbot Laboratories has agreed to add a new contraindication to the label of the weight loss drug, Meridia. The contraindication will state that Meridia is not to be used in patients with a history of … [Read more...] about Meridia Label Changes
Meridia Ban
Meridia May Cause Heart Attacks And Strokes. Public Citizen Ban Meridia, a weight loss drug marketed by Abbot Laboratories, should be banned by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) immediately, according to the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. In a press release announcing that it has filed its second petition with … [Read more...] about Meridia Ban
Renewed Attack On Diet Drug
Diet Drug May Cause Heart Problems. 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 their 20s and 30s. Also, the Food and Drug Administration has 54 reports of women who suffered stillbirths, miscarriages or had babies … [Read more...] about Renewed Attack On Diet Drug
Meridia Must Be Banned
Meridia Sales Must Be Banned. A consumer group Wednesday reiterated its request that the government immediately ban sales of Meridia, a prescription diet drug. Public Citizen said in a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Mark McClellan that it reviewed the FDA's database and found 49 cases of deaths from … [Read more...] about Meridia Must Be Banned
