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Another dangerous drug called Tylenol has been found causing the liver problems taken in high doses. Tylenol is very popular pain killer and people often take it rather than aspirin.
A 2006 study linked long-term proton-pump-inhibitor use with hip fracture, but observational evidence cannot prove the drugs caused fractures.
An old news report mixed up prescription opioids and over-the-counter medicines. The primary data concern opioid poisoning, not all medicines.
A small 2006 study raised concern about pregnancy outcomes after SSRI exposure; larger studies found that the stillbirth association weakened after accounting for other factors.
Another trial win against Vioxx. John McDarby and his wife got $4.5 million in a lawsuit against Merck company. John McDarby got a heart attack. He took Vioxx for 4 years.
In 2001, the American Journal of Kidney Diseases published an article that touted the use of synthetic vitamin D. Its author was listed as Alex J. Brown, an associate professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
News of a comprehensive medical industry marketing report called the U.S. Market for Pain Management Drugs and Devices was circulated on the internet this week coincidentally just prior to the verdict in the first of the over 4,200…
According to the United States ' Food and Drug Administration, 1.5 million Americans were hospitalized in 1978 alone, as a consequence of pharmaceutical drugs administered to "cure" them.
Scandal of scientists who take money for papers ghostwritten by drug companies. Doctors named as authors may not have seen raw data Scientists are accepting large sums of money from drug companies to put their names to articles…
WASHINGTON - The rate of serious muscle damage reported in patients who took AstraZeneca Plc's cholesterol drug Crestor was six times higher than with similar medicines, a consumer group said on Thursday.
Now That an FDA Official Has Voiced Concerns About A Group of Popular Medications, Some Patients Who Take Them Are Seeking Safer Options. It's been a tough couple of weeks for the U.S.
Dr. Graveline began his medical odyssey at the famed Walter Reed Army Hospital during the time when America's space pioneers were just beginning to study the medical effects of space flight.
THURSDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- Confidential company documents obtained by a well known medical journal suggest that drug company Eli Lilly & Co.