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Drug Injury Watch: March 2008: Only High Doses Of Celebrex Are Associated with Heart Attacks And Strokes

Posted by tjlpa 713 days ago (http://www.drug-injury.com)
Category: Blogs | Tags: celebrex drug-injury drug-safety

On March 31, 2008, at the American College of Cardiology's annual meeting, a recent analysis of several studies involving Pfizer Inc.'s arthritis drug Celebrex was presented. read more »
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Drug Injury Watch: April 2008: FDA Web Site Adds Two New Pages For Learning About Drug Safety

Posted by tjlpa 696 days ago (http://www.drug-injury.com)
Category: Blogs | Tags: fda drug-safety drug-injury

The FDA added a page that gives definitions for some important terms used in the realm of prescription drug safety, and a page that is intended to assist one when researching medication safety issues read more »
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Drug Injury Watch: FDA's 2007 Report On Outstanding Post-approval Studies: No Progress Made By Big Pharma

Posted by tjlpa 686 days ago (http://www.drug-injury.com)
Category: Blogs | Tags: pharma fda drug-safety drug-injury

Each year the FDA issues a so-called "report card" on how the pharmaceutical companies are doing as regards post-approval studies for their products that have been approved for sale in the U.S. read more »
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Drug Injury Watch: FDA Says It Doesn't Know How Long Defective Digitek / Digoxin Pills Were Sold

Posted by tjlpa 682 days ago (http://www.drug-injury.com)
Category: Blogs | Tags: digitek drug-safety drug-injury fda

The facts surrounding the late April 2008 recall of Digitek (digoxin) pills that may have twice the active ingredient is becoming less clear as we learn more in the days following the FDA recall. read more »
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Drug Injury Watch: Extent Of Digitek Recall Remains A Mystery Ten Days Later; Patients Are Left In The Dark

Posted by tjlpa 678 days ago (http://www.drug-injury.com)
Category: Blogs | Tags: digitek fda drug-safety drug-injury

Heart Medication Sold By Mylan Was Made In Actavis Plant That Received FDA Letter About Manufacturing Problems Over A Year Ago read more »
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Drug Injury Watch: Recall Notice For Digitek Marketed Under Bertek Label Goes Back To March 2006

Posted by tjlpa 672 days ago (http://www.drug-injury.com)
Category: Blogs | Tags: digitek fda drug-safety drug-injury

North Carolina Board Of Pharmacy Has Posted A Copy Of The Bertek Digitek Drug Recall Notice On Its Web Site read more »
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Drug Injury Watch: FDA Safety Evaluation Of Antibiotic Maxipime Is Not Completed, Yet

Posted by tjlpa 668 days ago (http://www.drug-injury.com)
Category: Blogs | Tags: maxipime fda drug-safety drug-injury

Six Months After It Announced Start Of This Investigation, FDA Gives An Update On Status Of Maxipime Safety Review read more »
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Drug Injury Watch: Actavis Tells Us More, But Not Much More, About Extent Of Digitek Recall

Posted by tjlpa 664 days ago (http://www.drug-injury.com)
Category: Blogs | Tags: digitek fda drug-safety drug-injury

Actavis, Mylan, Or The FDA Should Tell Public Their Current Estimate Of How Many Defective Digitek Pills Were Distributed To Pharmacies, And During What Time Period read more »
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Drug Injury Watch: Adverse Drug Reactions Lead To Significant Number Of ER Visits Each Year

Posted by tjlpa 650 days ago (http://www.drug-injury.com)
Category: Blogs | Tags: drug-safety drug-injury

A study published in June 2008 by the Canadian Medical Association Journal which concerned 1,017 patients who presented at the Vancouver General Hospital emergency room (ER) during a 12-week period ba... read more »
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Drug Injury Watch: Do Enbrel, Humira, Or Remicade Cause Cancer In Children And Young Adults?

Posted by tjlpa 648 days ago (http://www.drug-injury.com)
Category: Blogs | Tags: fda drug-safety drug-injury

The FDA has started an investigation into the potential link between certain TNF blockers used to treat Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), Crohn’s disease, or other diseases and the development of read more »
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