"Drug Products" archive
Thursday 28 December
- Link Between Some Heartburn Drugs and Hip Injuries (15:40) - A study published this week in The Journal of the American Medical Association, there is a connection between hip fractures and certain heartburn drugs such as Prilosec, Nexium, and Prevacid. All three medications are proton pump inhibitors. The largest risk... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 6 December
- Kava Kava- A Dangerous Drug (13:22) - Kava Kava, known for its mood enhancing capacity, is coming under increasing scrutiny after studies have shown it to cause liver toxicity, even death. There are many forms of Kava Kava and it can be ingested in pill form or... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 3 December
- Dangers of Zyprexa (19:39) - Zyprexa, an antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia, has been linked to diabetes, diabetic coma, even death. The FDA issued a black box warning a few years ago concerning these dangerous side effects.... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 10 October
- Coumadin Gets Tougher Warning Label (10:43) - Bristol Myers Squibb, the manufacturer of the blood thinning drug Coumadin, has strengthened its warning label concerning the dangers of potentially fatal bleeding. Coumadin, known generically as Warfarin, had previously cited a "risk of hemorrhage" and wasn't highlighted in a... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 3 October
- Glaxo Drug Lamictal Linked to Birth Defects (07:54) - Lamictal, the Glaxo Smith Kline drug is used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder, has been linked to certain birth defects including cleft palate or lip exposed to the drug during pregnancy. According to a Wall St. Journal article "... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Bayer's Tardy Report to FDA (07:49) - Bayer AG has failed to disclose to regulators potentially serious safety concerns about its antibleeding drug Trasylol. The FDA has disclosed that preliminary test results indicate that the drug may cause serious kidney damage, congestive heart failure and strokes and... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 21 September
- Docs Told to Avoid Financial Ties to Drug Research (13:55) - Physicians' financial interests should not overtake the needs of a patient when it comes to dealing with drug and medical device manufacturers. This was the obvious conclusion arrived at by a group of bio-ethicists at a conference hosted by Cleveland... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 22 August
- Concerns Over Acne Drug Acutane Continue (09:02) - According to a recent study, Acutane can cause more than birth defects. The use of the acne drug can potentially cause heart and liver problems as well. The study, published in the Archives of Dermatology, pointed to test results from... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Glaxo Smith Kline Adds Warning to Drug (08:55) - According to a published report in the Wall St. Journal, Glaxo Smith Kline became the latest drug manufacturer to add a warning label to its ADHD drug, Dexedrine. The new warning label will include a warning about cardiac risks and... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 17 August
- Big Defeat for Merck, Maker of Vioxx (15:39) - A New Orleans jury returned a $50,000,000 award to a 62 year old plaintiff who had taken Vioxx for 31 months. Mr. Barnett had suffered a heart attack four years earlier and stopped taking the drug shortly before Vioxx was... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Merck Hit With $50 Million Vioxx Verdict (15:34) - A New Orleans jury found for a heart attack victim in the latest round of Vioxx court battles. The jury awarded Gerald Barnett, a 62-year-old retired FBI agent $50,000,000 in compensatory damages. Mr. Barnett took Vioxx for 31 months and... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 16 August
- Infant Tylenol Manufacturer to Pay $5 million (09:37) - A Philadelphia jury has returned a $5,000,000 judgement against the manufacture of Tylenol for infants. McNeill-PPC was slapped with the verdict for failure to warn of overdose dangers that caused liver damage and death to a 5 year old. Infant... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Jaw Bone Death and Fosamax-an Update (09:24) - Since the initial news broke about a link between the arthritis drug Fosamax and jaw bone death or osteonecrosis, a panel of medical and pharmacological experts has been convened to study the issue. In most instances, the resulting jaw bone... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Epilepsy Drugs and Birth Defects (09:17) - A drug touted as an effective treatment of epilepsy has been shown to cause birth defects or fetal death in cases where mothers were taking the drug during pregnancy. The birth defects include malformed hearts and genitals, cleft palate, and... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 10 July
- FDA Asked to Improve Oversight of Drug Studies (08:01) - The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a plea to the FDA to tighten its monitoring of promised studies by drug companies. According to a Wall St. Journal story, "The Food and Drug Administration doesn't know the status... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 12 June
- The 101st Senator (06:25) - At a recent political fundraiser I heard a congressman refer to the pharmaceutical industry as the "101st Senator" in the United States Senate. He was commenting on the tremendous influence that this industry holds over our elected officials in Washington.... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 4 June
- Fosamax and Jaw Death (10:05) - There was an interesting article published this morning in the NY Timesregarding osteoporosis drugs and osteonecrosis. According to the article, two groups of people take the osteoporosis drugs which belong to the bisphosphonate family. The first group, those suffering from... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 23 May
- FDA Urges Stronger Warning for Ketek (08:10) - Citing a growing number of deaths related to liver failure, the FDA has called for a stronger warning label for the antibiotic drug KetekThe FDA has received reports of 12 cases of acute liver failure, including the four deaths, in... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 22 May
- Increased Fungal Risk Confirmed with ReNu Product (09:01) - In the same week that Bausch & Lomb decided to permanently withdraw its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution from shelves worldwide, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed on Friday (May 19) that the product was the... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Fosamax Linked to Serious Injury (08:55) - While physicians say they're rare, Fosamax users can be susceptible to "dead jaw" disease or commonly known as jaw rot. Fosamax, an osteoporosis drug belonging to the bisphosphonate family, can lead to "dead jaw" syndrome -- a painful condition that... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 18 May
- Ketek Facing the Heat (07:02) - US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) has called on the maker of Ketek, Sanofi-Aventis, to produce its investigator as part of a probe of the company's handling of the antibiotic. The letter released last night by Mr. Grassley,... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 17 May
- FDA: Bausch & Lomb Failed to Promptly Notify (07:20) - The FDA said yesterday that ReNu maker Bausch & Lomb failed to promptly report 35 cases of the fusarium keratitis infection. The failure to inform the FDA within a 30 day time period is part of a larger list of... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 16 May
- American Medical Association Missed Vioxx Warnings 5 Years Ago (22:35) - In 2001, the American Medical Association missed an opportunity to warn the public about the potential danger of Merck's drug Vioxx, according to a front page story in the Wall St. Journal. According to the Journal article, "Dr. Hrachovec had... | 0 Trackbacks
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- More News on Bausch & Lomb (22:20) - I was quoted in today's Boston Globe as a result of Bausch & Lomb's decision to halt permanently the worldwide sales of its ReNu with MoistureLoc. As the paper stated, I think the decision confirms what we've suspected all along,... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 15 May
- Bausch & Lomb Recalls ReNu with MoistureLoc Worldwide (09:41) - Facing intense pressure due to the fusarium keratitis outbreak, Bausch & Lomb has made a worldwide recall of its eye contact solution product ReNu with MoistureLoc. The crisis began more than 6 weeks ago and initially Bausch & Lomb told... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Bausch & Lomb Hasn't Removed ReNu with MultiPlus (09:37) - In spite of a sharp increase in fungal infections among users of ReNu with MultiPlus, Bausch & Lomb has not removed the eye contact solution product from store shelves. US health officials have now confirmed more than 120 cases of... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 12 May
- Vioxx Risks Continue Even After Its Use is Discontinued (06:45) - A new Merck & Co. study reveals that risk for heart attacks and strokes continues even when its use is discontinued. This risk continues for a year after use. In spite of the new study, Merck says it won't change... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 10 May
- Link Between Fusarium and Bausch & Lomb Grows (06:18) - According to a CDC released yesterday, the link between the eye fungus fusarium keratitis and Bausch & Lomb products continues to grow. Fungal keratitis is a painful inflammation of the cornea that can, in some cases, lead to blindness. The... | 1 Trackbacks
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- Link Between Fusarium Fungus and Bausch & Lomb Grows Stronger According to Latest CDC Data (06:13) - According to the latest CDC data, the link between ReNu with Moisture Loc and the rare but dangerous fusarium keratitis fungus continues to grow sharply. The link between another ReNu product, ReNu Moisture Plus, grew, but more modestly. Of the... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 9 May
- Fosamax-More Harm than Cure (06:14) - Fosamax, manufactured by Vioxx maker Merck & Co., is an osteoporosis drug highly touted by its manufacturer. The drug garnered $3.2 billion in 2005 sales but is now linked to osteonecrosis whereby users of Fosamax experience a rotting and death... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 8 May
- China FDA Removes ReNu from Stores (09:52) - The Shanghai Food and Drug Administration has removed all US manufactured ReNu with MoistureLoc products from store shelves. Only about 2% of the ReNu product is made in the US. The majority of the product is made domestically. Bausch &... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 7 May
- Source of Fusarium Keratitis Fungus Still a Mystery (09:58) - According to an article in the NY Times, a researcher hired by Bausch & Lomb has published a report indicating that the infection is not coming from the eye contact solution. The FDA and CDC have not commented directly on... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Fusarium Fungus Cases Continue to Rise (09:54) - Fusarium Keratitis, the rare but dangerous fungus, continues to rise among contact lens wearers. However, the source of the fungus remains a mystery. The proportion of patients who said they used MoistureLoc has since held steady at around 50 percent... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 5 May
- 5 More Suspected Cases of Fungal Eye Infection in Tennessee (04:16) - With reports of the fusarium keratitis fungus appearing in Europe, the number of cases in Tennessee continues to mount. I haven't read a good explanation for this but the number of eye fungus infections associated with Bausch & Lomb's ReNu... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 4 May
- Bausch & Lomb Fungus Enters Europe (15:31) - New cases of the fusarium keratitis fungus have been confirmed in Europe. The cases represent the first time the company has acknowledged European incidents of the infection, which has struck Bausch solution users in Asia and the U.S. The outbreak... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Sites Set on Bausch & Lomb (07:03) - As the days pass, the news continues to get worse for Bausch & Lomb. Initially, the company asked consumers to stop using one of their products, ReNu with MoistureLoc. In the intervening weeks, company execs tried to intimate that if... | 0 Trackbacks
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- More Tears for Bausch & Lomb (06:59) - In a company press statement issued in the middle of the night, Bausch & Lomb now reveal that additional cases of fusarium keratitis have been linked to the company's ReNu products. According to a Market Watch report, "In an overnight... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 3 May
- Bristol Myers Squibb to Stop Selling Tequin (08:50) - In a conference call with investors, Bristol Myers Squibb has announced that it will no longer sell Tequin although it stopped short of saying that the product will be removed from store shelves. The decision comes on the heels of... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Why Bausch & Lomb Withdrew ReNu from the Market (08:47) - The relationship between the recent outbreak of fusarium keratitis and Bausch & Lomb's ReNu eye contact solution is becoming clearer as the CDC and the FDA continues its investigation. According to an article in Reuters, "The 57 percent share of... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Bausch & Lomb Says Initial Fusarium Findings Require More Investigation (08:41) - In reaction to the CDC's initial report on the fusarium fungus linked to Bausch & Lomb's ReNu, the company has stated that the report requires further investigation. Now, we don't know if this public relations obfuscation or the data reported... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 2 May
- Public Citizen Urges FDA to ban Tequin (06:08) - The consumer advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader, Public Citizen, has issued a call to the FDA to ban the antibiotic Tequin because of its purported links to blood sugar abnormalities. According to the press release the drug, made by... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 1 May
- ReNu Abogado (21:17) - Si ud. ha estado usando la solución ReNu para sus lentes de contacto y ha experimentado una herida de los ojos, posiblemente podría recibir compensación por su herida. Es muy importante que ud. consulte con un oftalmólogo inmediatamente. El doctor... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Su ReNu Abogado (21:10) - Si ud. ha estado usando la solución ReNu para sus lentes de contacto y ha experimentado una herida de los ojos, posiblemente podría recibir compensación por su herida. Es muy importante que ud. consulte con un oftalmólogo inmediatamente. El doctor... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Ketek Raising Eyebrows (06:19) - Ketek, a respiratory infection drug manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis and approved by the FDA in 2004, has been associated with severe liver damage. It's not the first time the drug has caused controversy. The doctor who treated the most patients in... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 28 April
- Bausch & Lomb Notified by Hong Kong Officials in Fall 2005 (10:20) - According to an article published in the Wall St. Journal, the maker of ReNu contact lens solution, was notified of eye infections in November 2005. The number of those infected with the fungus fusarium keratitits has now risen from 176... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 27 April
- Bausch & Lomb Lawsuit Filing Today (09:26) - This afternoon I'll be filing a civil lawsuit against Bausch & Lomb, the manufacturer of ReNu contact lens solution. I'll be filing in US District Court for the Middle District of Florida on behalf of a woman who has lost... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 26 April
- FDA Experts' Conflicts of Interest (09:19) - As a governmental oversight agency, it should be appalling that the FDA uses experts who have financial interests in the drugs and products about which they provide expert testimony. Yet, in a study conducted by the consumer group Public Citizen,... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 24 April
- Vioxx According to Jurors (20:14) - There's an insightful article in the online version of the Wall St. Journalregarding what jurors think when it comes to the pharmaceutical giant Merck and their drug Vioxx. The article states that three things are important when it comes to... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Court Documents Show Ortho McNeil Knew Ortho Evra Was Lethal (06:40) - Documents have surfaced in litigation that show Ortho-McNeil has been analyzing the FDA's death and injury reports on women using the Ortho Evra birth-control patch, and has charts that show a higher rate of blood clots and deaths in women... | 0 Trackbacks
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- GAO Criticizes FDA on How it Handles Drugs (06:35) - The Government Accountability Office has published a report sharply critical of the Food and Drug Administration. The report states that the organization is sometimes too slow in recognizing safety problems once drugs have gone to market. The GAO report also... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 15 April
- ReNu Being Removed From Shelves-What's Next? (07:55) - As the Bausch & Lomb contact solution is being removed from store shelves all across the country, users of the ReNu with MoistureLoc can do several things: 1) they need to monitor the health of their eyes ie. beware of... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Fosamax: An Example of What's Wrong with the Pharma Industry (07:43) - When I discovered that Fosamax belonged to the same family of drugs as those employed in chemotherapy treatments and that these class of drugs were thought to cause osteonecrosis, I wanted to know why Merck hadn't come forward with that... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 14 April
- Merck and Fosamax (12:49) - It appears the manufacturer of Fosamax, the osteoporosis drug, knew about potential serious problems with the drug back in 2004. Fosamax belongs to a family of drugs called bisphosphonates which are believed to cause a severe osteonecrosis. Merck has made... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 13 April
- Fosamax-Merck's Latest Headache (14:28) - For Merck & Co. the bad news doesn't seem to end. On the heels of being hit with $9 million in punitive damages from its drug Vioxx, Merck is now facing lawsuits from its osteoporosis drug Fosamax. Fosamax is a... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 11 April
- Merck Told to Pay $9million in Punitive and Compensatory Damages (11:40) - Merck, the manufacturer of the pain killer Vioxx, has been ordered to pay $9 million in punitive and compensatory damages by a New Jersey jury. The verdict came after a jury concluded that the drug maker knowingly misled regulators about... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 1 April
- NJ Appeals Court Upholds Vioxx Class Action Status (08:34) - A New Jersey appellate court upheld the national class action status of the Vioxx lawsuits. This is significant for plaintiffs who've brought suit against Merck, the manufacturer of the once popular arthritis drug. The lawsuit, which seeks reimbursement for as... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 20 March
- Company Draws Fire for Using Blood Substitute Without Patients' Consent (09:04) - Northfield Laboratories has come under heavy criticism for the unorthodox manner in which it is testing its new blood substitute PolyHeme. However, it's not the substitute itself that has caused the uproar. It's the fact that the 31 hospitals around... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 14 March
- Vioxx Docs Lobbied by Merck Now Its Foes (10:40) - Doctors who had been heavily courted by Merck, the manufacturer of Vioxx, are now some of the drug's most outspoken foes. In the ongoing Vioxx trial, doctors have come forward and testified that if they had been told of the... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 9 March
- FDA Panel Recommends Tysabri (07:12) - An FDA panel has recommended that the risky and controversial MS drug Tysabri be returned to the market. The panel argued that the decision to use the drug should be made by the doctor and the patient, in spite of... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 8 March
- Ambien Sleep Driving (07:17) - You've all seen the ads for the popular sleep aid Ambien. Yet, behind this popularity is a little known fact: the sudden rise in Ambien related impaired driver arrests. Some of those arrested state that they have no recollection of... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 7 March
- Truth, Not Marketing, Goal of Scientific Research (08:53) - According to Harold C. Sox, MD, scientific research should be directed at truth and objectivity rather than promoting the marketing initiatives of pharmaceutical companies. In an article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the doctor decries the use of... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 6 March
- Drug Trials Promised but Unseen by FDA (07:15) - The FDA has reported that 2/3 of the drugs approved by the agency remain untested and unproven. When new drugs are approved for public use, they are supposed to report the results of clinical trials to the FDA. One drug... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 5 March
- Drug Patch Latest to be Targeted by FDA Probe (09:20) - In July 2005 it was the fentanyl patch used for chronic pain. The following November it was the Ortho Evra birth control patch after studies had shown women using the patch were exposed to 60% more estrogen than non-users. Now,... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 1 March
- Celebrex Increases Heart Attack Risk Two-Fold, According to Study (13:19) - New Zealand's Medical Research Institute has found that Celebrex users are nearly twice as likely to suffer a heart attack as those taking other arthritis drugs, commonly known as Cox-2 inhibitors. Last August, Pfizer, the manufacturer of Celebrex, put a... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 19 February
- Kava Kava Feels Good but May Produce Harmful Consequences (10:46) - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers of the potential risk of severe liver injury associated with the use of kava-containing dietary supplements. Kava (Piper methysticum) is a plant indigenous to the islands in the South Pacific where... | 0 Trackbacks
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- FDA to Put Warning on Ortho Evra (10:42) - The FDA will put a new warning on the Ortho Evra birth control patch in order to warn consumers and healthcare professionals that users may be at a much greater risk of blood clots when using the patch. Dr. Daniel... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 17 February
Wednesday 15 February
- FDA: Certain Parkinson's Drugs Lead to Greater Risk of Gambling (08:34) - The FDA is reporting that certain drugs used to treat tremors associated with Parkinson's disease actually increase the risk of pathological gambling. The latest results are consistent with earlier observations and add to evidence that Parkinson's drugs may lead to... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 14 February
Sunday 12 February
Saturday 11 February
- Health Experts: FDA Oversight Needs to be More Open and Transparent (09:56) - The chairman of an outside committee of medical experts that advises the Food and Drug Administration on drug-safety issues said Friday the agency's own drug-safety oversight board needed to be more open and transparent. The chairman of the committee recommended... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 10 February
- FDA Panel Recommends Black Box Warning for Certain ADHD Drugs (06:06) - In a surprise move, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted to recommend that stimulant drugs widely prescribed for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder carry strong "black box" warnings about potential cardiovascular risks.... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 5 February
- Propofol Infusion Syndrome and Heart Failure (01:28) - Propofol , distributed by Astra Zenica, is used for general anesthesia during surgery, sedation, and reduction of intracranial pressure in head injury patients. Propofol administration has been associated with the development of propofol-infusion syndrome in pediatric and adult patients. The... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 2 February
- Big Pharmaceutical Companies (08:25) - When the FDA approved new rules making pharmaceutical companies provide clearer labeling and detailed warnings about their drug products, they also slipped in a second rule change that is both ridiculous in its scope and profoundly anti-consumer. This new rule... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 29 January
- Doctors Urge Ending Use of Heart Surgery Drug Trasylol (11:59) - A drug used worldwide to reduce bleeding during heart surgery can increase the risk of kidney failure, heart attacks and strokes, and should be abandoned, doctors are reporting today. They say other medicines are safer and cheaper, and should be... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 29 December
- New England Journal of Medicine Accuses Drug Companies of Hiding Key Data (10:59) - According to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, several major pharmaceuticals are withholding important details about clinical drug trials, despite urging from federal regulators and medical journal editors. The New England Journal of Medicine... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 20 December
- FDA Orders NeutroSpec Withdrawn from Market After 2 Deaths (13:49) - The FDA has ordered the withdrawal of the diagnostic imaging agent Neutro Spec after two reported deaths were associated with the product. Reports submitted to the FDA suggest NeutroSpec caused allergic reactions within minutes following administration. Those reactions led to... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 8 December
Friday 2 December
- Expert Doctor Testifies that Vioxx Can Cause Heart Attacks (08:54) - On December 1, an expert doctor testified that Vioxx can cause heart attacks and trigger an event in less than a month. The doctor, Wayne Ray, has studied the risks and benefits of drugs, including Vioxx, reached his conclusion after... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 14 November
- Birth Control Patch Warning Signs (19:31) - Now that the FDA has "re-labeled" Ortho Evra the popular birth control patch, it's important to recognize the symptoms of impending health issues caused by the patch. Women who use this patch are at a significantly increased risk for blood... | 0 Trackbacks
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- FDA Issues Warning About Birth Control Patch (09:31) - On November 10, 2005 the Food and Drug Administration issued an updated labeling concerning Ortho Evra, the birth control patch used by many women. Here is the statement released by the FDA: The Food and Drug Administration today approved updated... | 0 Trackbacks
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