Reports of four experimental drugs held up at the FDA emerged in the first two days of this week. “ There’s almost certainly a bit of coincidence at work here, but it also seems to be one more sign of the tough safety climate at the agency these days .” Below are the 4 drugs. No doubt the...
The hospital has a pilot program ongoing, so this is a good resource to check and see how things are evolving. This has been a real tough spot with providers "that like e-prescribing" and dislike the idea of pulling out the paper pad for these types of prescriptions, which you can't...
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on 09-10-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Physicians, Controlled substances, e-Prescriptions, DEA, Medications
Digitek, as you may or may not remember was found to contain twice the amount of active ingredient in the tablets earlier this year. The list is below as published by the FDA. The recall is being conducted for retailers to return their products currently. It sounds like...
Statin side effects, weakening and sore muscles, this topic has been commented on here as well. My question would be are they one in the same, weakening muscles or just muscular pain and are they the same? It looks now like there is some research in the personalized medicine area...
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on 07-24-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Prescriptions, Statins, Medications