What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe story so far: Serevent (salmeterol xinafoate) is a beta-agonist inhaler for asthmatics. Deaths were so quickly associated with the drug following its approval that the manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK),
THE STATE OF THE DRUGS INDUSTRY, PART II: Were Bayer holding out?
The maverick practice of off-label prescribing - giving drugs for unapproved conditions/patients - is once again in the limelight. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning against using ‘atypical antipsychotics’ to treat...
Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine sulfate) is an antimalarial drug that's also supposed to be effective against lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and skin problems caused by the sun. ...
Summer’s here, and with many of you heading to some far-flung corner of the world, the Food and Drug Administration, America’s drugs regulator, has conveniently issued a special warning about Lariam, the antimalarial drug.
Evidence remains confused as to whether the drug isoniazid, used as a preventative for those at risk of tuberculosis, can cause fatal liver damage. ...
The nation may be shocked to learn that over one million Britons are harmed by hospital errors every year - a regular WDDTY reader knows this is par for the course.
Several years ago, the warning flag went up for the antipsychotic drug thioridazine, marketed as Melleril. Both the UK and US drug regulatory authorities warned that the drug could cause sudden death
Schizophrenia is now widely believed to be due to a chemical imbalance in the brain, and powerful psychoactive drugs are used to control it.
The heart drug Posicor (mibefradil dihydrochloride) has been withdrawn by the manufacturer after it caused cardiogenic shock in four patients one of whom died. ...
