Article: SIDE EFFECTS DOCTORS STAY ALERT FOR NEWS REPORTS OF DRUG STUDIES WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS

Article: The FDA has proposed an interim rule that will require human drug ...
Medical Marketing & Media;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... product labeling to include a new statement showing the FDA MedWatch program's toll-free telephone number for reporting side effects. The agency noted that the change will bring its labeling regulations into compliance with the Best Pharmaceuticals for ...

Article: Side effects in FDA Rx rules.(Food and Drug ...
Advertising Age;  February 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... end until the U.S. Food & Drug Administration rethinks some of its fundamental notions ... unless they are willing to talk about side effects (often in vivid detail). So, many ... warnings about the need to understand side effects) and focus less on forcing labels ...

Article: Antibiotic side effects.(FDA Bits)(Food and ...
HIV Treatment: ALERTS!;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...New precautions have been added to the labeling for the antibiotics Levaquin (levofloxacin) and Floxin (ofloxacin). The FDA has received reports of patients experiencing neuropathy when taking either of these antibiotics. Patients taking these reeds who have signs of neuropathy including pain,

Article: The "Pill's" dangers: should women be kept ignorant? (Food and ...
Nutrition Health Review;  March 22, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... Pill's" Dangers" Should Women Be Kept Ignorant? By a 6 to 4 vote, an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including a number of obstetricians and gynecologists, recently voted not to change the current labeling ...

Article: FDA ignores side effects of new drug.(Huntington's ...
Chemistry and Industry;  December 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... recommended its approval despite concerns about whether it causes depression and sedation. This willingness to overlook such side effects is important because Huntington's, an inherited, degenerative and fatal brain disorder, is incurable and there are few ...

Article: The FDA.(Food and Drug Administration warns of ...
Medical Marketing & Media;  April 1, 2005 ;     554 words ...The FDA has ordered a black box warning for Wyeth's Phenergan based on reports of respiratory depression, including some deaths, in pediatric patients. The warning states that the drug should not be used in patients younger than 2 years of age, and that caution should be taken when administering it

Article: Antipsychotic drugs made by Pfizer Inc. (New York), AstraZeneca ...
MondayMorning;  June 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Lilly & Co. (Indianapolis IN) work in teens and adolescents and have side effects "similar" to those seen in adults, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. Agency staff posted a review of the pediatric application for Pfizer ...