News tagged with 'Serzone'

Consumer interest group Public Citizen called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Thursday to immediately ban the antidepressant medication Serzone, citing its link to life-threatening liver toxicity that has led to at least 11 deaths in the United States. In January, Serzone maker Bristol-Myers Squibb st

Serzone withdrawal: Pharmaceutical maker Bristol-Myers Squibb announced this week that it will stop selling the antidepressant medication Dutonin in Europe because of its link to 25 reports of liver failure and 18 deaths. Sold in the United States under the brand name Serzone, Dutonin has been linked to severe liver p

The Netherlands Medicine Assessments Board (CBG) announced Wednesday that it will begin an investigation of the anti-depressant drug nefazodone, sold in the Netherlands under the brand name Dutonin and in the United States as Serzone, after receiving 26 reports of liver failure and several reports of deaths worldwide.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals has received reports of medication errors involving confusion between its atypical antipsychotic Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate), indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia, and Serzone (nefazodone hydrochloride), a product of Bristol-Myers Squibb, indicated for the treatment of depression.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently ordered Bristol-Myers Squibb Company to place a "black-box" warning on the packaging of its antidepressant drug, Serzone, informing users that the medication may cause liver failure. The order also requires the company to send letters to doctors alerting them of Serzone'