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Entries Tagged as 'Drug safety'

Mixing herbal supplements and heart medications may be dangerous

February 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

According to a report from Reuters, taking ginkgo biloba, St. John’s wort and several other widely used herbal medications may impede the potency of prescription drugs, making them more or less effective.
Experts at the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that mixing herbs and drugs also may cause serious heart rhythm problems [...]

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Tags: Drug safety · Medical information · Prescription drugs

The Fosamax mistrial, and other options in osteoporosis medication

September 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Earlier this month, a closely-watched trial over the osteoporosis drug Fosamax ended in mistrial, to the frustration of nearly everyone involved. The trial was marked by great tension, with a deadlocked jury, reports of threats of physical violence, and a judge-ordered cooling-down period.
What could cause such intense drama? Well, this was just one of approximately [...]

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Tags: Boniva · Drug safety · Eli Lilly · Fosamax · GlaxoSmithKline · Medical information · Merck · Prescription drugs · Roche · Sanofi-Aventis

Pigs, MRSA and Zyvox: Big Pharma’s got you coming and going

August 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

It hadn’t really occurred to me, until I read a great rant by Jen Huntley in the Reno News & Review the other day, just how completely the web of Big Pharma envelops our lives.
In other words, Big Pharma doesn’t just provide us drugs when we get sick. Big Pharma also helps us get [...]

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Tags: Drug safety · Pharmaceutical companies · Prescription drugs

An interview with Gabriel Levitt of PharmacyChecker.com

July 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

PharmacyChecker.com is the leading verification authority for online pharmacies in the United States and Canada. Over the past six years, PharmacyChecker arguably has done more than any other organization to help Americans make safe choices when buying prescription drugs from Canada. Google requires all pharmacies in its ad network to receive PharmacyChecker verification, and [...]

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Tags: Canadian drugs · Drug reimportation · Drug safety · Prescription drugs

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

May 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: Drug interactions · Drug safety · Prescription drugs

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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Tags: Drug interactions · Drug safety · Prescription drugs

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.
So [...]

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Tags: Drug safety · FDA · Pharma bloggers · Rost Watch