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Second federal Vioxx trial starts in New Orleans
• Drug Abuse • Aug 01 06
The lawyer for a former FBI agent told a jury that Vioxx caused his client’s heart attack and the blockbuster drug’s maker Merck &…
Police arrest “Viagra gang” suspect
• Drug Abuse • Jul 28 06
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing anti-impotence drugs from dozens of pharmacies in the past year and were seeking his accomplice…
Response to overdose among injection drug users
• Drug Abuse • Jul 26 06
Intravenous drug users are likely to experience or witness a drug overdose, but they don’t know how to deal with one when it happens.
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More problems for Merck over Vioxx
• Drug Abuse • Jun 27 06
The painkiller Vioxx was withdrawn from the market in 2004 following a three-year study which showed it doubled the risk of heart attack and…
FDA warns of possible risks to children using Triaminic Vapor Patch
• Drug Abuse • Jun 21 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today is warning consumers not to use the Triaminic Vapor Patch marketed by Novartis Consumer Health due…
Misuse of ADHD drugs sends thousands each year to seek emergency hospital treatment
• Drug Abuse • May 26 06
Scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have estimated that problems with the drugs used to…
Vioxx risk seen with short-term use: report
• Drug Abuse • May 18 06
Merck & Co. Inc. has provided new data to U.S. regulators showing that all patients who took the arthritis medicine Vioxx were at increased…
Physicians more worried about drug safety: survey
• Drug Abuse • May 18 06
Seven in 10 doctors are more worried about the safety of drugs they prescribe after high-profile scares involving several medicines such as the withdrawal…
Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Linked to Serious Infections and Cancers
• Drug Abuse • May 17 06
A new meta-analysis of many previous studies of TNF- (tumor necrosis factor) blocking antibodies for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has confirmed a previously discovered…
Experts say Vioxx poses risks long after patients stop taking it
• Drug Abuse • May 16 06
According to a leading American cardiologist patients who have taken the drug Vioxx are still at high risk of heart attacks or strokes even…
Most adverse drug reactions not reported in UK
• Drug Abuse • May 12 06
A least one quarter of a million people in Britain are admitted to hospital each year because of a harmful reaction to a drug,…
Some Ethnic Groups More Susceptible to Adverse Drug Reactions
• Drug Abuse • May 05 06
Ethnic differences in risks of adverse reactions to drugs used in cardiovascular medicine: systematic review and meta-analysis BMJ Online First
Some ethnic groups may…
Vioxx risks can occur within 2 weeks: Canada study
• Drug Abuse • May 04 06
The risk of taking the painkiller Vioxx is more acute than previously thought, according to research published online Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association…
Deaths From Accidental Prescription Drug Overdose on Rise in New Mexico
• Drug Abuse • Apr 20 06
Accidental overdose deaths in New Mexico caused by prescription drugs increased at a higher rate than those caused by illegal drugs such as heroin…
US group questions artificial sweetener Splenda
• Drug Abuse • Apr 04 06
Splenda, a popular artificial sweetener, may cause stomach pains and other digestion problems and should be pulled from the U.S. market until more research…
Dermatology society warns of “bogus Botox”
• Drug Abuse • Apr 02 06
Recent reports of “bogus Botox” injections that resulted in the deaths of several women has prompted the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) to…
Panel backs new warnings on ADHD drugs
• Drug Abuse • Mar 23 06
U.S. advisers on Wednesday called for new information about psychiatric and heart risks on the labels of attention deficit drugs but stopped short of…
Fake drugs, including Tamiflu, thrive on Internet
• Drug Abuse • Feb 21 06
Criminals are using the Internet to sell increasing quantities of counterfeit medicines, including fake versions of bird flu drug Tamiflu, a senior U.N. health…
Concern Over Fast Tracking of New Drugs
• Drug Abuse • Feb 17 06
Concerns over the fast tracking of new drugs for commercial licensing are raised by a senior doctor in this week’s BMJ.
It follows approval…
WHO to take action against fake drug racket
• Drug Abuse • Feb 16 06
The World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed for international action against fake and mislabelled medicines.
Along with the pharmaceutical industry it plans to launch…
Violations of Prescription Drugs’ Black Box Warnings in Outpatient Settings
• Drug Abuse • Feb 14 06
Less than 1 percent of outpatients who received medication in 2002 were prescribed a medication that violated a prescription drug’s black box warning,…
U.S. reviewing safety of Bayer heart-surgery drug
• Drug Abuse • Feb 09 06
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday urged doctors to limit the use of Bayer AG’s Trasylol heart-surgery drug while the agency reviews…
Drug used worldwide doubles risk of kidney failure
• Drug Abuse • Jan 26 06
A drug approved by the FDA, and sold worldwide for the last 13 years, has now been proven to double a patient’s risk of…
UK cost watchdog backs limited Alzheimer drug use
• Drug Abuse • Jan 23 06
Britain’s cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE said on Monday that Alzheimer’s drugs which can help, but not cure, some patients should be used in a minority…
US warns older flu drugs often don’t work
• Drug Abuse • Jan 16 06
Health authorities in the U.S. are advising doctors to stop using two drugs to treat this winters influenza because it has become evident that…