F.D.A. Issues Strictest Warning on Diabetes Drugs
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The agency has called for the toughest safety warning on Avandia and Actos, whose health risks have become a focus of concern.
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Patients should not haphazardly stop taking the controversial diabetes drug Avandia, even though it has been linked to heart risks, an early critic of the drug said on Sunday.
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Responding to a spate of deaths in clinical trials, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued its most severe warning possible for drugs widely used to treat anemia in kidney disease patients and cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
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U.S. health officials and drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc are likely to face tough questioning from lawmakers on Wednesday over their handling of data suggesting a heart risk with the widely used diabetes pill Avandia.
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One in 12 people should be taking a drug to prevent diabetes, researchers estimate.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers yesterday not to buy or use the supplements Actra-Rx or Yilishen because they contain an ingredient that could lower blood pressure to unsafe levels.
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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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A federal advisory board is recommending that the Food and Drug Administration require all drugs used to treat depressed children come with a âblack boxâ warning of a link between the use of the antidepressants and suicidal leanings.
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FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment of elderly patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in U.S. nursing homes often fails to meet American Diabetes Association standards, according to a new study.
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Federal health officials  yesterday proposed sterner warning labels for acetaminophen, aspirin and ibuprofen, again cautioning millions of Americans who take the nonprescription pain relievers regularly of potentially serious side effects.
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration  preliminary analysis found a level of heart-attack risk with  GlaxoSmithKline Plc&#39;s  diabetes drug Avandia  similar to what was reported in a study earlier this week, the  agency confirmed on Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is ordering all drugmakers to add the government&#39;s strongest safety alert to all antidepressants.
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BusinessWeek Online - The news last week that GlaxoSmithKline&#39;s  popular diabetes drug Avandia may increase the risk of heart attacks is now causing a rift among doctors by specialty, leading to charges by each side that the other is endangering patients. Endocrinologists, who treat diabetics, tend to regard the data, which was published in The New England Journal of Medicine, with skepticism, pointing to weaknesses in the study, particularly when compared to more rigorous clinical trials. Cardiologists and drug safety experts, foremost among them study author Dr. ...
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The Food and Drug Administration warned yesterday that anemia-fighting drugs called erythropoietins, which had $10 billion in U.S. sales last year, are being used so aggressively that they may be harming some patients.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday ordered sleep disorder drugs to carry stronger warnings about their risks, such as drowsy driving and severe allergic reactions.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) on Wednesday ordered a strong, new warning for Pfizer Inc.&#39;s injectable contraceptive called Depo-Provera, saying it could permanently weaken bones.
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Doctors need to check patients for diabetes if they even suspect a patient may have the condition, and start using drugs to treat it right away, according to new guidelines released on Wednesday.