News tagged with 'Common Cold Drugs'

At the first sign of a cough most Americans head to their local drug store to purchase an over-the-counter cough and cold medication. Within a few days, our symptoms slowly improve and we are soon back on our feet. Our recovery is of course due to the bitter cough syrup we consumed daily while under the weather. We

At a meeting of the Nation's top drug regulators and driving safety experts, researchers warned that cold, allergy, and anxiety medications may impair drivers. Investigators suggest that such drugs may slow users' reaction times even though they don't feel tired. Nevertheless, doctors rarely warn against driving

Drug manufacturers responsible for over-the-counter medications containing PPA are preparing for the onset of lawsuits related to the Food & Drug Administration's recent announcement that PPA is linked to hemorrhagic strokes. The nation's leading drug manufacturers, including such companies as American Home Product

The parents of a small boy who died from a stroke after taking Dimetapp, and a young woman who suffered a debilitating stroke the day after taking the medication, have each filed lawsuits against American Home Products Corp., the maker of the over-the-counter cold drug. Each suit is seeking approximately $40 million i

After several students at Murray Middle School got sick, it became apparent that they had all taken large doses of an over-the-counter cold medicine. While the details are not yet known, it is believed that one or two students brought the pills to school and then distributed them to at least seven other students.

CVS and its on-line pharmacy announced that it is pulling all cold and diet products that contain phenylpropanolamine or PPA. The FDA has found that PPA is associated with an increased occurrence of strokes in young women. The FDA also feels that PPA is not safe for men. CVS urges its customers to visit their health

Many doctors are recommending that their patients avoid cold medications and appetite suppressants that contain phenylpropanolamine, more commonly known as PPA. "There are safer alternatives out there, so why take the risk?" asked Dr. Ray Woosley, chairman of the pharmacology department at Georgetown University Medica

Pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars each year in an effort to find novel drug therapies and bring them to market before the competition does. While this massive financial effort has lead to many great scientific breakthroughs, it has also depleted companies' funds for post-approval monitoring of these n

On November 6, the Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory alerting consumers to stop using over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drug products containing phenylpropanolamine (PPA) because this ingredient has been associated with an increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in the brain).

On October 19, 2000 an FDA advisory committee issued a warning about an ingredient contained in many popular over-the-counter and prescription cold and weight loss medicines. The committee said that phenylpropanolamine, also known as PPA, may be responsible for hundreds of strokes in otherwise healthy people under the

On October 19, 2000 an FDA advisory committee issued a warning about an ingredient contained in many popular over-the-counter and prescription cold and weight loss medicines. The committee said that phenylpropanolamine, also known as PPA, may be responsible for hundreds of strokes in otherwise healthy people under the

On November 6, the Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory alerting consumers to stop using over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drug products containing phenylpropanolamine because this ingredient has been associated with an increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in the brain). Phenyl

The Food and Drug Administration's scientific advisory committee determined that phenylpropanolamine (PPA) cannot be classified as safe, a classification critical to drugs' ability to be sold without a prescription - based upon their interpretation of a study called Phenylpropanolamine and Risk of Hemorrhagic Stroke: F

Many doctors are recommending that their patients avoid cold medications and appetite suppressants that contain phenylpropanolamine, more commonly known as PPA. "There are safer alternatives out there, so why take the risk?" asked Dr. Ray Woosley, chairman of the pharmacology department at Georgetown University Medica

Pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars each year in an effort to find novel drug therapies and bring them to market before the competition does. While this massive financial effort has led to many great scientific breakthroughs, it has also depleted companies' funds for post-approval monitoring of these ne