Medical Product Safety Alerts

Novartis AG’s high blood-pressure drug Tekturna was effective in hard-to-treat patients with obesity, heart failure and diabetes, the Swiss company… »   

One in three people who are prescribed medications may never get them filled, a new study in patients being treated… »   

With antibiotic resistance on the rise, tuberculosis is emerging as a bigger global health threat than ever before.

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A review of health problems reported after women and girls received Merck & Co’s Gardasil vaccine shows it remains safe… »   

European drugmakers are better than their U.S. counterparts in ensuring medicines reach people in poor countries, with Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline Plc… »   

The Bush administration is asking Congress for an increase of $275 million above its current budget request to enhance… »   

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday said it sees no reason to tell consumers to stop using… »   

Although all of the common strategies protect the upper gastrointestinal tract from the complications of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), popular… »   

People given a blood pressure drug known as a beta blocker to reduce heart risks before surgery were one-third more… »   

Companies that sell Medicare Advantage plans would have to modify sales commissions to stop salesmen from switching beneficiaries to… »   

The British government is to raise cannabis to a class B drug, on a level with amphetamines and barbiturates. Here… »   

People who took the painkiller ibuprofen for more than five years had a 40 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s… »   

Older adults who take drugs designed to block the neurotransmitter acetylcholine – including common medications for incontinence, high blood pressure… »   

Young women who took the commonly used epilepsy drug phenytoin for one year showed significant bone loss compared to women… »   

Up to 70 percent of British schoolgirls are likely to take up the offer of a vaccine to protect them… »