Earlier this week most members of a Food and Drug Administration medical advisory committee reported that the side effects of Avandia increase the risk of heart attack when compared to older drugs, yet a majority of the committee voted to allow GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug to remain the market. Please help share this important news with others:Tweet
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Avandia: Cover Up of Dangerous Drug For Profit
by Alexander Hawes July 23, 2010 » Add the first comment.
GSK Paid Scientists To Write Glowing Reviews Of Avandia
by Alexander Hawes June 27, 2010 » Add the first comment.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has repeatedly showed that it will go to any lengths to keep its dangerous diabetes drug Avandia on the market, and more evidence of its unethical and immoral conduct has just emerged. Please help share this important news with others:Tweet
A 7-Year Old Asks About Lipitor And It’s Nothing To Laugh About
by Alexander Hawes June 21, 2010 » Add the first comment.
This story might seem amusing, if it were not frightening. More than anything, it’s an indication of the power of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising (DTCA) for prescription medications. These are the ads that always end with “Ask your doctor about…”, and drug companies spend billions on them every year. Please help share this important news with others:Tweet
Botox Maker Faces Lawsuit From Doctors
by Alexander Hawes April 30, 2010 » Add the first comment.
When a business chooses to operate outside the law and with arrogant disregard for the health of its customers, those unethical choices will eventually catch up with the company. That’s what’s happening now with Allergan and its paralyzing cosmetic, Botox. Please help share this important news with others:Tweet
Black Box Drug Reglan Causes Tardive Dyskinesia And Other Serious Injuries
by Alexander Hawes April 26, 2010 » Add more comments.
Tardive Dyskinesia is a destructive condition that causes its victims to suffer involuntary muscle movements such as grimacing, contortions of the mouth, protrusions of the tongue, smacking of the lips, and puckering of the mouth. Please help share this important news with others:Tweet
Personal Injuries Caused by Undisclosed Drug Information
by Alexander Hawes April 23, 2010 » Add the first comment.
The FDA’s system for approving drugs is fatally flawed. So is the process that the FDA uses to make vital information about approved drugs available to doctors. As a result of these two broken approaches, every year thousands of Americans suffer serious personal injuries and wrongful deaths from the side effects of prescription medications. Please help share this important news with others:Tweet
Vyvanse – A Dangerous Drug and A Crafty Manufacturer
by Alexander Hawes April 19, 2010 » Add the first comment.
Vyvanse is an amphetamine commonly prescribed to treat both children and adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which are labels given to people who daydream and whose minds sometimes wander. Please help share this important news with others:Tweet
Urgent Update Avandia Victims Number More Than 83,000
by Alexander Hawes March 18, 2010 » Add the first comment.
As we have stressed before, Avandia (rosiglitazone) is a dangerous diabetes drug that the FDA should have pulled it from the market a decade ago. A recent report from the Senate Finance Committee has revealed that Avandia has been responsible for more than 83,000 heart attacks and thousands of personal injuries and wrongful deaths, and the carnage continues. Please help share this important news with others:Tweet
Rituxan Causes Deadly Brain Infections
by Alexander Hawes March 2, 2010 » Add the first comment.
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a deadly brain infection associated with the powerful cancer drug Rituximab, marketed as Rituxan, which is approved by the FDA for the treatment of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Please help share this important news with others:Tweet
You Heard it Here First: Poorer Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics
by Alexander Hawes January 29, 2010 » Add the second comment.
On December 12, 2009 the New York Times reported on page one “Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics.” Kudos to Duff Wilson and the New York Times for making this issue page one news. Please help share this important news with others:Tweet
