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Jun. 5, 06: Long-acting asthma drugs called risky in new report (Topic: Advair)
WASHINGTON - Long-acting asthma medicines such as Advair and Serevent pose a substantially increased risk of hospitalization and death to users compared with placebos, according to a new analysis of 1... read more »
Jun. 5, 06: Long-acting asthma drugs called risky in new report (Topic: Serevent)
WASHINGTON - Long-acting asthma medicines such as Advair and Serevent pose a substantially increased risk of hospitalization and death to users compared with placebos, according to a new analysis of 1... read more »
Jun. 5, 06: Grandmother takes on Merck in Vioxx trial (Topic: Vioxx)
Drug maker Merck & Co. repeatedly tried to downplay the cardiac risks of its painkiller Vioxx, so user Elaine Doherty didn't know about them and couldn't control them before she suffered a heart atta... read more »
Jun. 2, 06: Jury Chosen in N.J. for Next Vioxx Trial (Topic: Vioxx)
A jury of five women and five men was selected Friday in Atlantic City for the seventh trial against drug maker Merck & Co. over its withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx. read more »
May. 31, 06: Regaining consumers' trust (Topic: ReNu with MoistureLoc)
Bausch & Lomb comes clean on concerns about 'ReNu' Wearing a dark suit and standing before a nondescript backdrop, Bausch & Lomb chief executive Ronald Zarrella looks into the camera and soberly lay... read more »
May. 31, 06: FDA Whistleblower Says Agency Smeared Him Over His Vioxx Views (Topic: Vioxx)
May 31 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration whistleblower who claimed Merck & Co.'s Vioxx painkiller caused 140,000 heart attacks and strokes testified that co-workers at his agency trie... read more »
May. 30, 06: Merck Admits a Data Error on Vioxx (Topic: Vioxx)
Merck said that it erred when it reported in early 2005 that a crucial statistical test showed that Vioxx caused heart problems only after 18 months of continuous use. read more »
May. 30, 06: Merck corrects Vioxx study description, but results unchanged (Topic: Vioxx)
Merck, the no. 2 drugmaker in America, said on Tuesday that it made a correction to the study that led to the withdrawal of its arthritis painkiller Vioxx, but that it didn't change the results of the... read more »
May. 26, 06: Avoid ADHD drugs, Canada tells heart patients (Topic: Adderall)
Canada's health ministry on Friday warned people with high blood pressure, heart disease and a number of other medical ailments not to take drugs used to manage Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disord... read more »
May. 25, 06: Study: ADHD Drugs Send Thousands to ERs (Topic: Adderall)
-- Accidental overdoses and side effects from attention deficit drugs likely send thousands of children and adults to emergency rooms, according to the first national estimates of the problem. read more »
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