Drug reactions 'kill thousands'
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Almost 3,000 people have died in the past three years after suffering serious side-effects or allergies to their medicines, official figures show.
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A weight-loss drug used by thousands is unsafe for those also taking antidepressants, health watchdogs warn.
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The stunning announcement is likely to damage the companyÂs prospects for decades as research linked the drug to deaths and heart problems.
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A cheap drug that prevents a deadly complication in pregnancy could save the lives of tens of thousands of women in poor countries each year, a health group said in a report on Thursday.
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A drug commonly used to control diabetes increases the risk of heart attacks and possibly death, researchers reported yesterday in the latest episode to raise safety concerns about a widely prescribed drug.
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A campaign is launched to get members of the public to report any side-effects from medicines.
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The popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox and a competitor have been linked to dangerous botulism symptoms in some users, cases so bad that a few children given the drugs for muscle spasms have died, the government warned Friday.
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Safety lapses in the NHS caused the deaths of more than 2,000 patients and led to the harm of another 160,000 people over the last year.
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Tens of thousands of people may have been seriously harmed by the painkiller Vioxx, and many more may be at risk from taking other popular drugs of the same class, two experts wrote in papers released Wednesday.
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Panama's government has vastly underestimated the number of people who died from taking medications tainted with a chemical commonly found in antifreeze and brake fluid, family members and a lawyer for the victims said Thursday.
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Thousands of intensive care patients are set to benefit from a drug which has been recommended to NHS doctors.
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High levels of  may be killing off people living in cities around the world, experts suspect.
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NEW YORK  - Unintentional deaths due to drug poisoning -- primarily with prescription drugs -- increased by 68 percent between 1999 and 2004, and is second only to motor vehicle crashes as a cause of death from unintentional injury in the US, investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.
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TORONTO (CP) - The arthritis medication at the centre of one of the biggest drug recalls in history was associated with dozens of heart problems and strokes - at least four of them fatal - during the study that led to its demise.
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Two leading heart experts called for urgent investigations on Wednesday into whether all painkilling drugs known as COX-2 inhibitors may raise the risk of heart attack in some people.
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An arthritis drug withdrawn last year could have caused  thousands of serious heart problems, and even deaths, researchers suggest.
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Officials estimate that counterfeits of life-saving drugs may be a factor in up to 200,000 deaths each year.