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Entries Tagged as 'Drug safety'

It’s time for FDA to become more transparent on prescription drug recalls

May 20th, 2009 · No Comments

I read the following disturbing Q&A in Joe and Teresa Graedon’s People’s Pharmacy column this morning:
Q: I once worked for a pharmaceutical company that ordered a raw ingredient, diphen-hydramine, from China. I was a quality-assurance inspector and had to inspect incoming material.
That ingredient was trashy, with what looked like a lot of floor sweepings and [...]

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Tags: Drug safety · FDA · Prescription drugs

VIDEO: Watch this 13-year-old buy Prozac online

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Here’s a well-produced report on the dangers of remote-consultation Internet pharmacies from the Pensacola, Fla., Fox affiliate. Since this piece originally aired last year, Hogan’s Pharmacy, one of the pharmacies exposed in the story, has been shut down and the pharmacist indicted.

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Tags: Drug safety · Online pharmacies · Online pharmacy safety

Seniors must be vigilant about drug interaction risk

January 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report in the Dec. 24/31, 2008 issue of JAMA that more than half of older Americans take five or more prescription medications — and that an alarming number of these seniors risk harmful drug interactions.
We’ve warned of drug interactions here before — and have recommended sites like [...]

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Today Show on rising U.S. prescription drug use

December 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Dr. Nancy Snyderman of the Today Show reported this morning on the growing number of Americans who use prescription drugs, and in many cases several prescription drugs, to treat chronic illnesses.

One of the issues the report raises is the importance of being aware of potential drug interactions; be sure to talk with your doctor and [...]

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Sharing prescription drugs is dangerous

December 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A group of students at California Northstate College of Pharmacy put together this short video on the dangers of sharing prescription drugs like penicillin and Adderall. (Remember, they’re training to be pharmacists — not actors.)

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Tags: Drug safety · Prescription drug abuse

eDrugSearch.com’s Rost interview cited in Connecticut’s The Day

December 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Day of New London, Conn., has a nice article on Dr. Peter Rost’s bid for FDA commissioner. Here’s an excerpt referencing our interview with Peter:

If Pfizer Inc. were to describe its worst nightmare, it might very well be seeing former company whistleblower Peter Rost become commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Tags: Drug safety · FDA · Pharma bloggers · Rost Watch

Are your prescription drugs FDA-approved? 72 million U.S. prescriptions per year are not

December 1st, 2008 · No Comments

An Associated Press analysis last week concluded that millions of Americans are being prescribed drugs — including those covered under Medicaid — that have never been reviewed by the FDA for safety and effectiveness. The FDA admits there may be thousands of such drugs on the market. Reports the AP:
“At a time when families, [...]

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Should you trust Wikipedia’s prescription drug information?

November 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments

We assume that eDrugSearch.com users already take Wikipedia with a grain of salt, but just in case you needed some further convincing:
AttorneyatLaw.com reports that Wikipedia entries on prescription drugs “may exclude important information about life-threatening side effects and drug interactions,” according to researchers from Nova Southeastern University in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
As you know, we [...]

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Free report: “Safe Strategies for Drug Savings”

November 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

PharmacyChecker.com is the leading verification authority for online pharmacies in the United States and Canada. Google requires all pharmacies in its ad network to receive PharmacyChecker verification, and eDrugSearch.com requires all member pharmacies to have PharmacyChecker verification as well.
PharmacyChecker has just produced a free five-page pdf report called “Safe Strategies for Drug Savings.” It [...]

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Tags: Drug costs · Drug safety · Prescription drugs

Wyeth v. Levine update

November 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments

From the Wall Street Journal Law Blog:

After the arguments wrapped up in Wyeth v. Levine…we called around and spoke to a couple lawyers who were present at the scene. Based on those convos, and an AP report, we were able to cobble together an overview of the back-and-forthing…
…the Justices took issue with Wyeth’s argument that [...]

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Tags: Drug interactions · Drug safety · FDA · Prescription drugs