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FDA Warns Consumers about Total Body Formula [Fetched Feed]
Total Body Essential Nutrition – all rights reserved Fetched from Food and Drug Administration Press Releases The FDA released a statement regarding safety concerns with Total Body Formula and Total Body Mega Formula, manufactured by Total Body Essential Nutrition: The … Continue reading
FDA: Some Denture Cleansers Cause Adverse Reactions, Death [Fetched Feed]
photo credit: Gary Thomson Fetched from Food and Drug Administration Consumer Updates FDA has received at least 73 reports of adverse reactions, including at least one death, related to the use of denture cleansers. Problems have occurred with both proper … Continue reading
FDA Takes Action to Stop the Marketing of Unapproved Injectable Drugs Containing Colchicine [Fetched Feed]
Fetched from Food and Drug Administration Press Releases The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced its intention to take enforcement action against companies marketing unapproved injectable colchicine, a drug used to treat gout. Colchicine is a highly toxic drug … Continue reading
FDA Approves Generic Ambien, Fosamax, Coreg and more
I was wondering why I haven’t seen any Ambien commercials lately. According to the FDA, Generic drugs cost about 20% to 70% less than their brand name counterparts. The Congressional Budget Office has reported that generic drugs save consumers an … Continue reading
Drug companies are fun to mock (and they deserve it, too)
Penny Arcade has a great strip today that sums up how I feel about consumer-targeted pharmaceutical advertising: I especially like how drug ads are starting to use the verbage “Ask your doctor for a sample of Killzoudedia” – between the … Continue reading