Data About Zetia Risks Was Not Fully Revealed
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New evidence shows that drug makers Merck and Schering-Plough never published several studies that raised questions about a cholesterol drugâs risks to the liver.
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Numbers don't lie &#151; or do they? When it comes to public health, figures are seldom straightforward.
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It can be incredibly difficult for patients to ferret out studies of experimental drugs that offer hope to threat their disease. There is no comprehensive database of ongoing clinical trials, but specialists offer advice for the search:
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All studies to date provide inconsistent data about the potential contribution of GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia to heart attack risk, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said in testimony prepared for a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
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The heart benefits of taking so-called  statin drugs to reduce cholesterol might be offset by a  slightly increased risk of cancer, although the evidence is by  no means clear, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.
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Two new studies are offering mixed signals about the long-term safety of repeatedly giving pregnant women steroid drugs intended to prevent complications once a premature delivery seems likely.
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More research is needed over the safety of hormone replacement therapy, says an expert.
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questions over testing of a key HIV/AIDS drug before a US-backed roll-out of the treatment across the continent. Ingelheim to hide adverse effects of nevirapine when used to try to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission.
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MONDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News)-- The long-awaited results of a trial of Zetia, a cholesterol-lowering drug prescribed to about a million Americans, shows the drug confers no medical benefit to users.
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NEW YORK - Since Merck&#39;s Vioxx was pulled from the market for increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke in a long-term study, there has been heated debate over whether other, similar medicines, such as Pfizer&#39;s Celebrex and Bextra, carry similar risks
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NEW YORK -- The pharmaceutical industry yesterday said it plans to publish more data about clinical drug trials, despite skepticism about whether the initiative will increase transparency and improve drug safety.
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Two new studies are offering mixed  signals about the long-term safety of repeatedly giving  pregnant women steroid drugs intended to prevent complications  once a premature delivery seems likely.
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The withdrawal of Vioxx from the market in September and more recent concerns about its cousin Bextra have raised safety questions about this entire class of painkillers
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Drug-coated heart stents on the U.S. market are associated with a small but significant risk of blood clots months after they are implanted, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff said in documents released on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency&#39;s monitoring of the safety of prescription drugs now being sold, according to an FDA internal survey.
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A disappointing study of the heart drug Vytorin has led some doctors to reconsider what makes statin drugs so effective at fighting heart disease.
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BITTER PILL: Federal officials say research was flawed in two major Wayne State University studies showing oral contraceptives cut the risk of heart disease and carried no increased risk of breast cancer -- results contrary to many previous findings.