Drug Problems in the News

 

 Nonstick frying pans release Perfluorooctanoic Acid

 

 

 Tests of Drug to Block H.I.V. Infection Are Halted Over Safety

 

Widely-used Anaesthetic gas (isoflurane) may damage brain cells
and boost production of Alzheimer's protein

U.S. Reviewing Safety of Children’s Cough Drugs

 


Tamiflu

Japanese Officials Issue Warning on Flu Drug


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F.D.A. Warns of Sleeping Pills’ Strange Effects

     

Merck Cancels Work on a New Insomnia Medication, gaboxadol, GABA agonist, in Phase III,

 

Studies Lead to Withdrawal of Drug for Bowel Ailment, Zelnorm

Pfizer Drug for Diabetes Is Lagging

Common plastic chemicals (phthalates) linked to obesity

 

Scales Said to Tip in Favor of Antidepressant Use in Children

India's Vultures Fall Prey to a Drug in the Cattle They Feed On

Tragic drug trial spotlights potent molecule


Some Sleeping Pill Users Range Far Beyond Bed

Study Links Ambien Use to Unconscious Food Forays

 

Study Details Link of SSRIs and Thoughts of Suicide

 

Questions Are Raised About the Safety of a Major Heart Drug (Plavix)

 

Studies Suggest B Vitamins Don't Prevent Heart Attacks

Big Study Finds No Clear Benefit of Calcium Pills

Supplements Fail to Stop Arthritis Pain, Study Says

Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks

Antidepressants May Harm Infants' Lungs, Report Says

 

Deaths Cited in Reports on Stimulant Drugs, but Their Cause Is Uncertain

31 Roma (Gypsies)  Said to Die From Lead in Kosovo Camps

 

Aspartame and Cancer?

 

California Puts Passive Smoke on Toxic List

 

E.P.A. Seeks to Phase Out a Toxic Chemical

How Spotless Carpet Gets Into Your Blood

 

One-third of study results don't hold up

 

93% of Silcone Breast Implants fail within 10 years

F.D.A. Panel on Silicone Breast Implants Hears From Women on Each Side of Debat

F.D.A. Panel Backs Breast Implants From One Maker

 

 

 

 

 

Popular Drugs for Dementia Tied to Deaths

 

Hyponatremia among Runners in the Boston Marathon

 

 

Judge's Decision Lifts Ban on Sale of Ephedra in Utah

 

Family Wonders if Prozac Prompted School Shootings

 

Pfizer Pulls Bextra (NSAID) After Government Request

Celebrex to Get Black Box Warning

Sales Halted in Biogen Parkinsons Drug (Tysabri) Because of Link to a Death

Biogen and F.D.A. Issue Avonex Warning

M.S. Drug Tied to a Third Death

Scientists Explore Meth's Role in Immune System

 

Marketing of Vioxx

Merck's Actions on Vioxx Face New Scrutiny

F.D.A. to Create Advisory Board on Drug Safety

Medical Panel Poses Pointed Questions to Drug Makers Over Risks of Painkillers

Merck May Resume Sales of Vioxx

F.D.A. Is Advised to Let Pain Pills Stay on Market

10 Voters on Panel Backing Pain Pills Had Industry Ties

vitamin e

 

Study Shows VITAMIN E Supplements May Increase Dying

 

 

Jurors in Boy's Murder Trial Consider if Zoloft Is to Blame

 

F.D.A. Asked Canada Not to Suspend Adderal XR

 

 

 

SSRI Treatment Of Depression in Pregnancy Causes Withdrawal in Babies

 

 

Carbon Monoxide From Heater Kills Georgia Premier

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Won't Let Company Test All Its Cattle for Mad Cow  

 

Regulators Want Antidepressants to List Warning

Bitter Pill

Expert Kept From Speaking at Antidepressant Hearing

 
 

 

 

Researchers Retract a Study Linking Autism to Vaccination

 

 

 

 

 

FDA to start educating about Acetaminophen Dangers  
 

 

 

Student, 19, in Trial of New Antidepressant Commits Suicide

 

 

 

 

Cattle Drug is Killing Vultures

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Radiation from cell phones hurts rats' brains
   
   

 

 

 

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