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Drug Safety

Is Medical Marijuana The New Snake Oil?

David Sack, M.D. | Posted 10.28.2012 | Fifty
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David Sack, M.D.

Somewhat lost in the highly politicized hullabaloo is the one question we should really be asking about medical marijuana: Is it good medicine?

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U.S. Needs Better Way To Track Drug Safety, Study Says

Reuters | Posted 07.01.2012 | Healthy Living
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* IOM says risks of certain drugs become apparent over years * Says FDA should monitor safety through drug 'lifecycle' *...

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FDA Says It Tracks Drug Safety Even After Approval

Reuters | Posted 06.23.2012 | Healthy Living
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* Agency has required 385 postmarket studies since 2008 * New safety information led to changed labels 65 times By Debra...

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The Medications Seniors Can't Live With -- Or Without

Richard W. Besdine, M.D. | Posted 03.14.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Medication Monitoring, Medication Management, Richard Besdine, STOPP Criteria, Prescription Drugs, Beers Criteria, American Geriatrics Society, Medication Errors, Drug Safety, Patient Safety, Medication for Elderly, Elderly Medication Management, Aging Gracefully, Elderly Medication, Adverse Drug Events, Medication Safety, Patient Safety Medication, Elderly Medication Use, Medication Administration, Healthy Living News
Richard W. Besdine, M.D.

For many older Americans, their relationship with the most important drugs in their medicine cabinets can be described as "Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em."

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FDA Delays May Have Cost Lives

Edward F. Blizzard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Drug Safety, Darvon, Health Risks, Painkiller, Propoxyphene, Fda, Darvocet, Home News
Edward F. Blizzard

Given the body of evidence and the 30-year old questions about propoxyphene, we have to ask: what took the FDA so long to do right the right thing for American consumers?

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Close the FDA Approval Gap

Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Avandia, Fda Approval, Avandia Heart Failure, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, Prescription Drug Safety, Drug Safety, Unapproved Drugs, Nitroglycerin, Colchicine, Healthy Living News
Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH

Even though our system of pharmaceutical review and approval is regarded as the most effective in the world, there exists an incredible -- and potentially deadly -- loophole: unapproved drugs.

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When Is A Drug Too Risky To Stay On The Market?

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Safe Drugs, Prescription Drug Safety, Drug Safety, Federal-Drug-Administration, Safe Prescription Drugs, Fda, Health, Medication Safety, Prescription Drugs, Healthy Living News

The arthritis pill Vioxx was withdrawn but menopause hormones were not, even though both were tied to heart risks. A multiple sclerosis medicine was p...

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GE Ignored Omniscan Safety Advice And May Have Hid Evidence From FDA, Documents Show

ProPublica | Jeff Gerth | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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GE Healthcare ignored the advice of its own safety experts to "proactively" restrict use of its imaging drug, Omniscan, after reports in Europe linked...

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