Archive for 'pharmaceuticals'
Off-label Marketing May land J & J in Hot Water
Are you familiar with “off-label” uses for drugs? I had never heard of it until recently, and it makes me wonder why we need the FDA at all. It seems that if a drug is approved for one use, doctors are allowed to prescribe it for other uses. The only thing “protecting” the consumer is [...]
Posted: December 3rd, 2009 under FDA, FDA corruption, dangerous drugs, pharmaceutical profits, pharmaceuticals.
Tags: dangerous drugs, patient care, prescription drugs
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Deadly Weight Loss Drugs: Don’t take these!
The FDA has now issued a warning and a list: 72 over the counter weight loss drugs have now been identified as containing undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients – often in dosages that are considered unsafe. Four of these drugs have not been approved for sale in the U.S. – one because it is suspected of causing [...]
Posted: March 24th, 2009 under deadly medications, deadly weight loss drugs, pharmaceuticals, weight loss supplements.
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Will Chantrix make you violent?
Chantrix is a stop smoking drug, so as much as I don’t trust pharmaceuticals, I have to wonder if it is the drug that causes violent behavior – or the nicotine withdrawal. If you’ve ever tried to quit smoking – or have quit – you probably remember feeling just a bit hostile. Nevertheless, our newspaper [...]
Posted: October 5th, 2008 under Chantrix, pharmaceuticals, side effects, violence.
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The FDA fails again
Here we go again – learning that the FDA didn’t really check the facts before they said yes to big pharm. This time it’s Vytorin in the news. The news post (link below) and the comments that follow it are pretty interesting, and also pretty scary. Just think how many people are on cholesterol lowering [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2008 under FDA, FDA corruption, Vytorin, pharmaceuticals.
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