FDA warns consumers of online drug scam
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Consumers who thought they were purchasing sleep aids, antidepressants and other drugs over the Internet instead were shipped a powerful anti-psychotic, sending some unwitting victims to the emergency room, federal health officials warned Friday.
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Pfizer is the latest drug maker to warn that a product already on the market may pose serious health risks. It took outrage from activists in September to get the Food and Drug Administration to require warning
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An unsurprising response from the FDA.
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A drug used to treat schizophrenia  was mailed to some consumers who had ordered other medications  via the Internet, and several users had to seek emergency  treatment because they could not breathe, U.S. health officials  said on Friday.
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The US Food and Drug Administration is supposed to be a vigilant industry watchdog that prevents harmful products from reaching America&#39;s kitchen tables and medicine chests.
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(HealthDayNews) -- Consumers who want to buy prescription drugs online are faced with the daunting challenge of finding the right provider, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concedes. The FDA offers these suggestions:   Check with the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy at www.nabp.net to see if a Web site is backed by a licensed pharmacy in good standing.  Don't buy from sites that offer to sell a prescription drug without a medical doctor's prescription.  Don't do business with sites that have no access to a registered pharmacist to answer questions. ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned GlaxoSmithKline Plc  on Thursday over misleading advertisements touting its hypertension drug called Coreg.
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Yesterday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that about contraceptive Depo-Provera that could affect sales by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
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Web data that showed a risk for a diabetes drug is likely to spur more efforts to publicly disclose drug study results.
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Counterfeit prescription drugs are proliferating in Russia and elsewhere, according to the industry and the Food and Drug Administration.
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Canadian health officials are drafting a proposal to prevent Internet pharmacies from selling mail-order prescription drugs to U.S. consumers, a spokesman said Wednesday, a move that would essentially kill a &#36;700 million industry that has become increasingly popular with underinsured patients in search of cheaper medicine.
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Survey: A majority of prescription drug takers don't purchase their medications online.
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Nov. 2,2004 - The Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers not to purchase or consume Actra-Rx or Yilishen, two products promoted for sale on Web sites as &quot;dietary supplements&quot; for treating erectile
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration warned GlaxoSmithKline Plc  on Thursday over  misleading advertisements touting its hypertension drug called  Coreg.
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The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to users of the over-the-counter pain reliever naproxen Monday after federal researchers found an increased number of heart attacks and strokes among users.
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A warning is out from the Food and Drug Administration about the pain killer Aleve. The FDA says people taking the over-the-counter medication should strictly follow the directions on the label.
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Canadians must stop Americans from using Internet pharmacies to raid its medicine chest or face a drug shortage, a coalition of Canadian groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients has warned.    The groups, claiming to represent 10 million Canadians, or about one-third the population, called on the Canadian government Monday to ban prescription drug exports...