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What Is Actos? Actos is a prescription diabetes medication distributed by Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Ltd., it’s active ingredient is, “Pioglitazone Hydrochloride”, it is used to help improve blood sugar control in adults with type two diabetes. Actos helps your body better use the insulin it makes and by stopping your liver from making sugar that [...]
Telaprevir is a drug used to treat hepatitis C, it is marketed under the brand names Incivek and Incivo Telaprevir has been linked to serious side effects including fatal skin reactions. According to it’s manufacturers, Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Johnson & Johnson – “Fatal cases of serious skin reactions have been reported in patients with progressive [...]
Maxiloss Weight Advanced – Found to contain hidden drug ingredient FDA (Food & Drug Administration) laboratory analysis confirmed that MAXILOSS Weight Advanced contains sibutramine. Sibutramine was removed from the market in October of 2010 due to its ability to substantially increases blood pressure and/or pulse rate in some patients. Also, it may present a significant [...]
Compounding Pharmacies, regulation and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Compounding pharmacies make custom medications for patients in response to a prescription, which are then overseen by the state boards of pharmacy. Fueled by the tainted spinal injection, manufactured by the NECC – New England Compounding Center, and resulting in a fungal meningitis outbreak; causing [...]
Januvia and Byetta may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer Januvia – a prescription pill that helps lower blood sugar levels in adults with type 2 diabetes. Byetta – an injectable prescription medication that helps improve blood sugar levels in adults with type 2 diabetes. In September of 2009 the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) [...]
Hepatitis C is a form of viral hepatitis transmitted in infected blood As of late, the oral hepatitis C drug Telaprevir (marketed under the brand names Incivek and Incivo) - which is used for the treatment of hepatitis C, and co-developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Johnson & Johnson – has been linked to fatal skin [...]
Xyrem manufacturer – Jazz Pharmaceuticals – issues new box warning Jazz Pharmaceuticals has put a new boxed warning label on Xyrem -a type of Gamma Hydroxbutyrate – GHB – (a drug with sedative hypnotic effects, originally developed as a pre-surgery anaesthetic) used to treat excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy, both in patients with narcolepsy. A [...]
Lipitor’s generic equivalent, Atorvastatin, might contain specks of glass Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Atorvastatin’s manufacturer, initiated the recall on November 9th, telling pharmacies to stop dispensing the cholesterol lowering drug due to the possibility of glass specks in the medication. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) advised patients to stop taking atorvastatin medicine if their pharmacist confirmed [...]
Localized fungal infections are developing around injection sites The New England Compounding Center (NECC) manufactured a tainted epidural steroid injection, that resulted in a fungal meningitis outbreak over two months age. Now, according to state health officials in Tennessee, some patients who received doses of methylprednisolone acetate are developing localized fungal infections around the injection [...]
What Is Herapin Herapin is a blood thinner used to prevent blood clots from forming in blood vessels, in catheters that are left in veins over a period of time, in people who have certain medical conditions or who are undergoing certain medical procedures that may increase the chances of blood clots. Herapin is also [...]
