FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Actos and Avandia(2)

  Ashley Davis | May 28, 2009 6:13 PM | 3 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  The FDA has recently announced that there will now be a “Black Box” warning on the Type 2 diabetes medications Actos and Avandia due to their connection to increased risks of heart...

• Lawsuits Filed Over Digitek Recalls

  Scott Kappes | May 09, 2008 5:28 PM | 2 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Two weeks after Actavis issued a recall for its heart medication Digitek, or digoxin, the first lawsuits have been filed. Very little information has been made available on this recall other...

• Judge Dismisses Case Due to Chantix Induced Psychotic Episode

  Scott Kappes | March 27, 2008 11:35 PM | 2 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  A federal judge has dismissed the case of a 25 year-old California man who charged the cockpit of a plane on Thanksgiving forcing an emergency landing in Fargo, North Dakota. Prosecutors asked for the interfering with an airplane flight crew charge to be dropped against Andrew Smith after psychiatric exam revealed that Smith was suffering from psychotic disorder caused by Pfizer's smoking...

• Accutane Risks

  Ashley Davis | March 11, 2009 10:53 AM | 1 CommentGalveston Bay, TX

  Do you take Accutane to treat severe acne? If you do, hopefully your doctor has already warned you about all of the possible risks. If you are thinking about using Accutane, then there are some...

• Stricter Rules for Diabetes Medications

  Scott Kappes | July 07, 2008 1:05 PM | 1 CommentGalveston Bay, TX

  A panel of outside medical experts met last week to discuss the need for new diabetes medications to undergo more extensive testing to prove that they do not increase the likelihood of...

• Merck Concealed Vioxx Data

  Scott Kappes | April 16, 2008 11:54 AM | 1 CommentGalveston Bay, TX

  A report published in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) makes accusations that Merck, one of the world’s most powerful and influential pharmaceutical companies,...

• Dilantin Linked to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

  Scott Kappes | March 15, 2010 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is a rare-but-severe condition in which a person's skin and mucous membranes have a severe reaction, usually to a medication or infection. Before evidence of the...

• Depakote Linked to Spina Bifida

  Scott Kappes | March 01, 2010 4:03 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  The FDA has recently come out with a warning for women using depakote and depakene, which are generic names for valproic acid and valproate. These drugs, which were first approved in 1978 to treat...

• Eyelash Thickener Gets Warning From FDA Over Misleading Website

  Scott Kappes | September 17, 2009 5:47 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to Allergan Inc., the makers of the eye lash thickener Latisse, claiming that the Latisse website downplays the risks associated with the...

• Hydroxycut Recall

  Ashley Davis | May 12, 2009 8:40 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Hydroxycut, a popular weight loss supplement, has now been recalled by the FDA due to its link with several liver injuries. Hydroxycut’s manufacturer has now recalled a total of 14 products,...