'Dangerous Drugs' Category
By Simmons Hanly Conroy | November 3, 2011
Yaz Causes More Harm Than Good
The FDA recently released the results of their long-expected study on contraceptives containing drospirenone. It confirmed that women who take contraceptives such as Yaz are 75 percent more likely to suffer serious side effects… Read More
By Simmons Hanly Conroy | October 11, 2011
Avandia Revised Warning Not Adequate, Court Rules
A federal court has agreed with plaintiff’s counsel in a recent ruling that warnings about the dangers of Avandia, a drug used to help manage Type II Diabetes, may have been inadequate, according… Read More
By Simmons Hanly Conroy | June 3, 2011
FDA to Review Popular Birth Control Pill Yaz
Women who take birth control know doing so comes with a risk of blood clots, especially if they’re a smoker over 35. However, two new studies by the British Medical Journal found that women… Read More
By Simmons Hanly Conroy | June 1, 2011
Health Risks Underestimated for Popular Smoking-Cessation Drug Chantix
A Pharmaceutical watch dog group has reported that the risks of smoking cessation drug Chantix (Varenicline) have been underestimated in the latest round of the Food & Drug Administration reporting. The Institute for… Read More
By Simmons Hanly Conroy | May 24, 2011
Avandia Pulled From Shelves Months After Dangers Known
The Food & Drug Administration announced last week that it will pull the diabetes drug Avandia and its sister medications Avandamet and Avandaryl from retail pharmacy shelves beginning in November. After Nov. 18, only certified… Read More
By Simmons Hanly Conroy | April 27, 2011
Newer Birth Control Pills Like Yaz Aren’t Always Better
New studies find Yaz three times more likely to cause fatal blood clots, while reported deaths near 200 Yaz birth control is three times more likely to cause fatal blood clots than older, oral… Read More
By Simmons Hanly Conroy | November 24, 2010
FDA Pulls Darvon, Darvocet from Market for Heart Risks
The maker of the pain killer medicine known as Darvon and Darvocet, or propoxyphene, announced last week it will stop making the popular drugs because it can cause serious heart rhythm abnormalities,… Read More
By Simmons Hanly Conroy | November 1, 2010
Doctors on Pharma Payroll Not Always Experts, New Investigation Finds
Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? It’s a simple, but significant act on which our entire judicial system rests.… Read More
By Simmons Hanly Conroy | September 1, 2010
New Study Warns Meridia Weight Loss Pill Increases Heart Attack, Stroke Risk
People with heart disease who want to lose weight should avoid taking Abbott’s weight loss pill Meridia, according to a new study funded by the drug’s manufacturer. In Europe, the drug, known… Read More
By Simmons Hanly Conroy | July 18, 2010
Avandia Stays on Market Despite Heart Attack Dangers
In a puzzling turn of events this week, an F.D.A. panel voted 20-12 to leave Avandia, from GlaxoSmithKline, on the market but with restrictions because of heart attack risks. Avandia was once the… Read More
