FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Novel Drug therapies create new morbidity

  Ed Smith | October 23, 2006 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  During the recent Fourth INternational Conference on Inflammnatory bowel diseases, an Italian physician, Dr. Eduard Strange stated tha it is not surprising that this treatment [Remicade] is associated with side effects, including severe infections such as tuberculosis, and opportunistic infections including listeriosis, histoplasmosis, and many others (published as case reports or in the large...

• Ortho Evra and "confidentiality agreements" - We may never know how many have been injured.

  Ed Smith | October 18, 2006 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  In what may be viewed by some as a "disturbing" business practice, the maker of the Ortho Evra birth control patch appears to be 'settling Ortho Evra lawsuits almost as quickly as they are filed', in exchange for confidentiality agreements which prevent the persons settling from discussing the facts of their cases (and, in doing so, preventing the public from becoming better educated as to the...

• Bone Death in Women taking osteoporosis Drugs

  Ed Smith | October 18, 2006 5:16 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  It was recently reporter that there is a link between women taking certain bone strengthening drugs known as bisphosphonates, including ( Fosamax, Actonel, Boniva, Skelid, Didronel, Zometa, Aredia, and Bonefos) and death of bone tissue.The study was printed in the Harvard Women's Health Watch (September 2006).The above drugs are widely prescribed for osteoporosis and also to treat bone pain...