FDA & Prescription Drugs

• FDA logging into social media sites

  Marc Jay Bern | October 05, 2009 10:58 AM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Officially, the Food and Drug Administration has set a date in the fall of 2009 for a public hearing on how to deal with social sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc., but one has to ask, why? There is...

• Denture Creams Super Poligrip and Fixodent May Cause Neurological Damage

  Paul Napoli | October 13, 2009 4:34 PM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Normal 0 Thirty four million Americans have dentures and about one third utilize denture cream to secure dentures in the mouth. Users of denture creams are being...

• Three States are Sued over Reduced Medicaid Payments

  Paul Napoli | October 07, 2009 11:58 AM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Washington, California and New York currently have lawsuits filed against them by several pharmacy groups who are up in arms about the reduced reimbursements that they are receiving for their...

• New Tamper proof OxyContin shows promise to FDA

  Marc Jay Bern | October 05, 2009 10:42 AM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY

  %ta_ justify; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial%In Washington, the federal health officials for the FDA say a...

• Zicam Nasal Products Linked to Loss of Smell

  Oguz Ozdemir | July 31, 2009 12:39 AM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY

  On June 16, 2009, the FDA issued an alert to all consumers and anyone in the healthcare industry to discontinue using any of three Zicam cold remedy nasal products because of reports that it...

• FDA Fears Patient Radiation Overexposure from CT Brain Perfusion Scans Widespread

  Marc Jay Bern | October 15, 2009 6:47 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a notification to hospitals, CT scan facilities and medical professionals on October 8, 2009 encouraging every facility performing CT imaging to...

• Physician speaking fees: Information or Sales pitch?

  Paul Napoli | September 29, 2009 11:22 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Eli Lilly as well as many other drug manufacturers often pay physicians thousands of dollars as “Faculty” to teach other doctors about a variety of medications in use for their...

• Denture Adhesive Cream Causes Crippling Illness

  Oguz Ozdemir | September 12, 2009 1:03 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Reports are coming in all over the country about denture wearers that are experiencing a rather debilitating illness connected to the use of denture adhesive creams that contain zinc. Procter...

• Antibiotic Levaquin Can Cause Ruptured Tendon

  Alan Ripka | September 02, 2009 3:15 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Imagine being prescribed the antibiotic, Levaquin for a chest or sinus infection, and ending up with a torn tendon or tendonitis. Believe it or not, the antibiotic Levaquin has been know to cause...

• Hidden Steroids in Nutritional Supplements Causes FDA Investigation

  Alan Ripka | July 30, 2009 3:11 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  The news recently reported that certain bodybuilding enhancement products that are sold as nutritional supplements might contain hidden or unknown steroids or steroid-like substances that can cause...