November, 2009MRI Scan Imaging Agents Linked to Deadly Skin Disease, FDA Says
Chemical agents used to improve the results of MRI scans appear to cause a potentially fatal skin disease, according to newly released Food and Drug Administration documents.
Continue →Prilosec Interferes With Plavix Blood-Clotting Effect, FDA Warns
The Food and Drug Administration is warning patients who take Prilosec or Prilosec OTC to reduce stomach acid at the same time they are taking Plavix to prevent blood clots about a potentially serious adverse drug interaction between the two products.
Continue →“Town Hall on Toy Safety”: CPSC Talks to Parents About New Rules Aimed at Making Toys Safer
At a Town Hall meeting held in New York City, CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum was joined by parents and consumers to talk toy safety. The discussion centered around new federal safety rules that are in place for toys that will give American consumers greater confidence when they go shopping this holiday season.
Continue →Cardiovascular Systems ViperSheath Sheath Introducer – Recall
Audience: Cardiological and interventional radiological healthcare professionals, hospital risk managers
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. and FDA notified healthcare professionals of a nationwide recall of all lots of the ViperSheath Sheath Introducer…
IDS Sports Dietary Supplements – Recall
Audience: Consumers
IDS Sports and FDA notified consumers that five of the IDS’s dietary supplement products (Bromodrol, Dual Action Grow Tabs, Grow Tabs, Mass Tabs, and Ripped Tabs TR) contain the following undeclared substances, which FDA…
Clopidogrel (marketed as Plavix) and Omeprazole (marketed as Prilosec) – Drug Interaction
Audience: Cardiovascular healthcare professionals, pharmacists
FDA notified healthcare professionals of new safety information concerning an interaction between clopidogrel (Plavix), an anti-clotting medication, and omeprazole (Prilosec/Prilosec…
FDA Warns of Deaths, Injuries Linked to Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
The Food and Drug Administration is warning today about six deaths and dozens of injuries reported in the last two years among patients who have undergone negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for treatment of wounds, burns, and other injuries.
Continue →Phthalates: Toxic Plastic Chemicals Linked to Emasculated Brains in Boys
Exposing boys as fetuses to chemicals called phthalates that are widely used to make many soft plastics appears to result in development of emasculated brains later in life, according to a new study.
Continue →Study Finds Major Problems From Surgeries to Replace or Add Pacemaker Wires
A new study finds patients risk serious and potentially fatal complications when they undergo surgery to replace or add wiring to implanted pacemakers or other devices designed to stabilize heart rhythms.
Continue →Cholesterol Drugs Vytorin and Zetia May be More Dangerous, Not as Effective, Study Says
Two drugs taken by millions of people to lower cholesterol may not work as well as a rival drug and can increase the risks of heart attacks and other serious health problems, a new study finds.
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