Drug-name mix-ups hurt patients, getting worse
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Dr. Julius Pham's stomach churned when he saw a critically ill heart patient getting an antibiotic instead of a drug to support his blood pressure -- the kind of mix-up that is increasingly common in the United States, according to a new report.
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Questions about popular medications may cause a consumer backlash against the tendency to take pills for "lifestyle" concerns, which could hurt the beleaguered drug industry.
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Doctors are missing key information they need to make decisions for cancer patients because some drug companies are not publishing clinical trials.
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Medication mistakes injure well over 1.5 million Americans every year, a toll too often unrecognized and unfought, says a sobering call to action.
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A drug manufacturer has been found to infringe patents licensed by the maker of a rival drug.
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Web sites numerous states operate to help consumers easily compare pharmacy prices for prescription drugs often have missing, and sometimes outdated or inaccurate information, a nonpartisan health research group has found.
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A report last week tying the Type 2 diabetes pill Avandia to increased risk for heart attack and heart-related deaths prompted a flood of calls to local doctors and Internet postings from patients seeking advice about whether to continue taking the commonly prescribed medication.
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From coast to coast, warnings about several popular anti-inflammatory painkillers are triggering  confusion and anxiety.
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Many doctors prescribe medicine without providing detailed information about it to patients, a new study suggests.
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DOCTORS should ask if patients take alternative medicines after a study found alternative medicines could complicate treatment in hospital and emergency departments.
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SOME of Britainâs most popular medicines are to be reviewed by drug regulators after claims by an American scientist that they pose severe risks to patients and should not be prescribed.
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The move follows recent studies suggesting that the medications might cause heart attacks.
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By Tricia Bishop, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 17--When a judge ruled this summer that Advancis Pharmaceutical Corp. had to change its name because it was too similar to another company's, it was a significant setback. But it offered a chance for the Germantown drugmaker to do better.
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There's an open secret in medicine: Patients lie.
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The Food and Drug Administration of the US found itself in the midst of a rather unpleasant controversy. Recently the chief of Cleveland Clinic Foundationâs department of cardiovascular medicine blamed this
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CHICAGO A leading doctor says physicians and patients are obliged to keep a close watch on new prescription drugs for side effects.
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It&#39;s not often that the head of a drug company says something that leads newscasts all over the country, but a recent announcement affected millions of consumers and doctors.