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By Ann Blake-Tracy on February 23, 2010
The reports, obtained by The New York Times, say that if every diabetic now taking Avandia were instead given a similar pill named Actos, about 500 heart attacks and 300 cases of heart failure would be averted every month because Avandia can hurt the heart. Avandia, intended to treat Type 2 diabetes, is known as rosiglitazone and was linked to 304 deaths during the third quarter of 2009.
“Rosiglitazone should be removed from the market,” one report, by Dr. David Graham and Dr. Kate Gelperin of the Food and Drug Administration, concludes. Both authors recommended that Avandia be withdrawn.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Authors, Avandia, Blockbuster, Bush Lied, Confidential Government, David Graham, Diabetes Drug, Diabetes Medicine, Dr David, Dr Kate, Fda Medical, Food And Drug, Food And Drug Administration, Freedom Alliance, Glasko Smith Kline, Government Reports, Health Freedom, Heart Attacks, Heart Failure, New York Times, Rosiglitazone, Selling Drugs, Shocking Report, Type 2 Diabetes |
By Ann Blake-Tracy on October 12, 2009
proud to present Dr. Irving Kirsch who will deliver a lecture titled “The
Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth,” on Oct. 14.
When asked about the subject matter of his lecture, Dr. Kirsch, a Psychology
professor at the University of Hull, in England, said this. “Antidepressants
work – everyone knows they do. That’s what I thought too, until my colleagues
and I analyzed the clinical trial data. When I obtained the unpublished as well
as published data from the Food and Drug Administration, I found that what
everyone knew about antidepressants was wrong. Instead of treating depression
with drugs, we’ve been treating it with suggestion. A thorough review of the
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Antidepressant Drugs, antidepressants, Biomedical Ethics, Boon, Chemical Composition, Chemical Imbalance, Clinical Trial Data, Dr Irving, Emperor, Faculty Of Medicine, Food And Drug, Food And Drug Administration, Kirsch, Mcgill Ca, Montreal Quebec, Myth, New Drugs, Prosser, Psychology Professor, Room 101, Treating Depression, University Of Hull |
By Ann Blake-Tracy on October 8, 2009
GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C., the world’s second-biggest drugmaker, begins a trial in Philadelphia next week in what may be a test case for more than 600 lawsuits over claims that the company’s antidepressant drug Paxil causes birth defects.
Patients and their parents say internal company documents show Glaxo failed to warn consumers about the risks of Paxil until forced to do so in 2005 by the Food and Drug Administration. In the trial set to start Monday, Michelle David blames the drug for causing life-threatening heart defects in her son, Lyam Kilker, now age 3.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Antidepressant Drug, Birth Defects, Bloomberg News, Cronin, David Logan, Drug Paxil, Food And Drug, Food And Drug Administration, Glaxo, GlaxoSmithKline, Global Settlement, Heart Defects, Inquirer Business, Internal Company Documents, Margaret Cronin Fisk, Paxil, Paxil Birth Defects, Roger Williams University, Settlement Negotiations, Test Case, Test Cases |
By Todd on April 9, 2001
April 7 (CBS) The drug company that manufactured “fen-phen,” a diet
medication linked to heart ailments, covered up problems with the drug that
emerged during Food and Drug Administration testing, a former FDA scientist
tells CBS News.
Fen-phen was removed from the market in 1997. Thousands of people who took
the drug have sued American Home Products of Madison, N.J., for health
problems they claim the drug caused.
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Ann, Cbs Health, Cbs News, Contenttype, Corruption, Diet Medication, Doc, Drug Awareness, Executive Director, FDA, Fen-Phen, Food And Drug, Food And Drug Administration, Health Problems, Health Watch, Heart Ailments, International Coalition, Lung Problems, News Correspondent, Redux, Revelation, SSRIs |
By Todd on April 14, 2000
More “hanky-panky” in the pharmaceutical industry. Did you see this article posted this week on the CBS news site? There is a link on our site to the class-action lawsuit suit if you or someone you know has been effected by fen-phen. Mark http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/story/0,1597,181616-412,00.shtml FDA Doc Claims Fen-Phen Cover-Up * Says Drug Maker Altered His [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged $4.8 Billion, Cbs News, Cbsnews, Class Action Lawsuit, Day At A Time, Diet Medication, diet-drug, Everyday Activities, Fen-Phen, Food And Drug, Food And Drug Administration, hanky-panky, Health Problems, Heart Ailments, Heart Lung Transplant, Heart Problems, Maladies, News Correspondent, News Site, One Day At A Time, Pharmaceutical, Pharmaceutical Industry, Settlement |
By Todd on April 14, 2000
This article appeared yesterday on the ABC News site. We know that drugs are given only cursory tests before being introduced into the marketplace. Pharmaceuticals counter that they do extensive follow-up testing (post-marketing) to assure that the drugs are in fact safe. Now, it appears that this is something to which they only give lip [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged ABC news, Advocacy Group, Commitments, Dangerous Idea, Dumb Idea, evidence, FDA, Food And Drug, Food And Drug Administration, Freedom Of Information, Freedom Of Information Act, Independent Advocacy, John Mckenzie, Lingering Questions, Lip Service, Marketing Studies, New Drugs, News Site, Pharmaceutical Firms, Public Citizen, questions, Safety Study, Sidney Wolfe |
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