Drug Safety News

• FDA Issues Warning About Zicam Cold Remedy
• FDA Issues Warning About Clarcon Skin Products
• Supreme Court Upholds Consumers' Right to Sue Drug Companies In State Court
• Bayer Agrees to Correct Misleading Information about Yaz
• FDA Warns of Skin Numbing Product Dangers
• FDA Seizes More Contaminated Heparin
• FDA Wants Black Box Warning on Antibiotics
• Public Citizen Sues FDA for Failure to Act on Darvon
• Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix Linked to Seizures, Heart Problems, Diabetes
• Bayer Pulls Trasylol From Market
• MIT Researchers Confirm Contamination in Heparin
• Be Careful Using Over-the-Counter Creams, Ointments
• Another Heparin Producer Announces a Recall
• China Connection in Heparin Problems?
• Heparin Linked to Severe Allergic Reactions
• Antibiotic Leads to Tendon Ruptures
• Merck Recalls Children's Vaccines
• Mixing Acetaminophen and Caffeine May Cause Liver Damage
• Acetaminophen: Widely Used but Dangerous in Large Doses
• FDA Issues Safety Alert on Diabetes Drug Avandia
• FDA Wants Irritable Bowel Drug Shelved
• Parkinson's Drugs Withdrawn Because of Heart Valve Damage
• FDA Wants Stronger Warning for Asthma Drug
• Critics Trash FDA's OTC Approval of Orlistat
• FDA Warns Skin-Numbing Gels, Creams Can Kill
• Merck Braces for Flood of Fosamax Lawsuits
• Times Says Eli Lilly Camouflaged Drug Side Effects
• Study Finds Bias in Drug Studies
• Doctors Agree: Drug Company Freebies Have Impact
• Internal Review Questions FDA's Commitment To Drug Safety
• Glaxo Misled Doctors About Safety of Paxil, NY Charges