News tagged with 'Prescription Drugs'

All drugs have side effects and the latest published study finds that a class of blood pressure drugs known as angiotensin-receptor blockers or ARBs had a slight increased risk of cancer.

AstraZeneca is fined $520 million for illegally marketing the anti-psychotic drug, Seroquel for uses not approved by the FDA, including for use among the elderly and adolescents.

Fosamax and similar drugs are supposed to make bones stronger. But new research shows staying on these drugs for five or more years can increase the risk of hip fractures.

The FDA is finding fraudulent products marketed on the Internet to fight the swine flu. It warns consumers to deal only with U.S.- based pharmacies because criminals are ready and willing to capitalize on the swine flu outbreak.

GlaxoSmithKline must pay $2.5 million to settle a claim that Paxil caused significant heart defects in a 3-year-old Bensalem boy.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a flush list for certain medications, but another federal agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says don't flush any medication.

Sheller, P.C. law firm, also an InjuryBoard Member, was instrumental in aiding the government to recoup record numbers of dollars for federal and state governments, taxpayers and whistleblowers in two historic cases against Eli Lilly and Pfizer.

The results of a new study suggests implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are not effective in women.

R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies have filed suit against federal authorities claiming their right to free speech has been violated by a new tobacco law. The suit seeks to overturn portions of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

Researchers have identified a compound that can destroy breast cancer stem cells, a type of master cell resistant to conventional treatment. This research introduces a completely new way of identifying cancer drugs.

Lawmakers are proposing legislation that would curb the reach of direct-to-consumer advertising. While reasons for the new legislation vary, it appears no stone will be left unturned during the ongoing debate over U.S. Health Care Reform.

Making not-yet-approved drugs available to chronically ill patients should be easier under clarified new rules as part of the changes at the FDA.

Merck & Co. will face the first of several hundred lawsuits today brought by patients who claim they suffered jaw damage from the company’s widely used drug, Fosamax for treatment of osteoporosis.

Merck and Schering-Plough agreed on Wednesday to pay $41.5 million to settle class-action lawsuits filed by patients taking the cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia.

A study in the journal Neurology suggests activities such as playing card games, doing puzzles, reading and writing, which keep the brain active, can delay the start of symptoms of dementia.