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Vitamins E and C Fail to Protect Against Heart Disease
Study highlights:
- A major long-term study of more than 14,000 physicians showed no cardiovascular protection from two antioxidant vitamins taken by much of the American population.
- Taken individually, vitamins E and C failed to protect against heart and blood vessel disease.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Vitamins E and C — antioxidant supplements taken by [...]
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11Nov2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
Contaminated Heparin Seized by the FDA
The five lots of Heparin Sodium Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) and six lots of Heparin Lithium were seized at the FDA’s request by U.S. Marshals. These products, which were manufactured from material imported from China, had been found by the agency to be contaminated with over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS), a substance that mimics heparin’s anticoagulant [...]
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7Nov2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
Simcor, Vytorin and Zocor Associated with Muscle Injury
Our Simcor, Vytorin and Zocor injury lawyers are investigating claims of severe muscle injury with use of the cholesterol drugs. The injury is called rhabdomyolysis, which can lead to kidney failure or death, when simvastatin containing drugs like Simcor, Vytorin and Zocor are used with amiodarone, a medication used to treat irregular heart beat.
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Rhabdomyolysis is [...]
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5Nov2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
Leukine (sargramostim)
Bayer and FDA informed healthcare professionals of the market withdrawal of the current liquid formulation of Leukine, a growth factor that helps fight infection and disease in appropriate patients by enhancing immune cell function. The product was withdrawn because of an upward trend in spontaneous reports of adverse reactions, including syncope (fainting), which are temporally [...]
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27Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
New York Takes it to Fatcat Insurance Companies
On February 13, 2008, New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo launched a nation-wide investigation into a scheme by insurers defrauding the consumers by manipulating the reimbursement rates. He has issued 16 subpoenas to the nation’s largest insurance providers such as Aetna (NYSE: AET), CIGNA (NYSE: CI), and Empire BlueCross BlueShield (NYSE:WLP). He [...]
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21Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 3 comments | Continued
Duragesic 25 mcg/hr (fentanyl transdermal system) CII Pain Patches
PriCara and Sandoz Inc. announced a nationwide recall of all lots of 25 mcg/hr Duragesic Patches sold in the United States. The product is being recalled because the patches may have a cut along one side of the drug reservoir within the patch which may result in the possible release of fentanyl gel that may [...]
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15Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
CDC Confirms Dangerous Levels of Formaldehyde in a Third of FEMA Trailers
The CDC said about a third of the FEMA trailers it tested have dangerously high levels of formaldehyde — so high that it said they should be vacated as soon as possible. The CDC tested a random sample of 519 trailers and the results provided a fairly accurate snapshot of the living conditions faced by [...]
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15Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
FEMA’s Formaldehyde Containing Trailers
After downplaying the risks for months, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will rush to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of roughly 35,000 government-issued trailers because tests found dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes.
FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison said the agency hopes to get everyone out and into hotels, motels, apartments and other [...]
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15Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
Icy Hot Heat Therapy Product Recalled
Chattem, Inc. and FDA informed consumers and healthcare professionals of a voluntary nationwide recall of its Icy Hot Heat Therapy products, including consumer “samples” that were included on a limited promotional basis in cartons of its 3 oz Aspercreme product. The products were recalled because of consumer reports of first, second and third degree burns [...]
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14Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
Doctor Accused of Leak to Drug Maker
The New York Times is on fire today with great articles about the pharmaceuticals.
A leading member of the Senate said Wednesday that a prominent diabetes expert had leaked an unpublished and confidential medical journal article to GlaxoSmithKline last year, tipping the company to the imminent publication of safety questions involving the company’s diabetes drug Avandia.
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31Jan2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
