It easy to overlook. When you make a list of your medications for your doctor, do you think to include supplements, homeopathic remedies, vitamins and minerals in the list? Most people don’t even think of it, or if they do, are hesitant to tell a physician for fear of being labeled as a “self-medicating” patient….
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Category Archives: FDA News
Popular Allergy Drug Under FDA Inspection
Singulair is a very popular medication prescribed for allergies; it is used with much success for both typical allergy reactions and in preventing asthma attacks. As such, it is a medication that both physicians and patients have been pleased to have available. Unfortunately the old saying of when something seems too good to be true,…
Recalls – Chicken in Alabama and Empanadas in Southern States
Cagle’s Inc., a Collinsville, Ala., establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 943,000 pounds of various fresh and frozen poultry giblets and fresh carcasses with giblets inserted that may be adulterated due to improper disposition of the giblets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced on March 14th. This is considered a Class…
FDA Concerned: Suicide Ideation with Seizure Drugs
The FDA has released information that patients taking medications for epilepsy, bipolar depression and some mood disorders, are experiencing an increase in suicidal thoughts. The risks are not insubstantial either; the FDA states that risk is doubled. Physicians however believe that the benefits of these medications outweigh the risks. The drugs of concern include: Depakote…
New Drug Seeks Approval For Fibromyalgia Treatment
Fibromyalgia is an interesting disease. It is qualified by not being something else, and a person is diagnosed with it by the proof of them not having another disease. It is often not taken seriously because of this and few drugs are FDA approved for the treatment of fibromyalgia. (There are many drugs used to…
Potential Botulism in Canned Green Beans
The FDA is warning consumers that canned green beans manufactured by New Era Canning Company (MI) and distributed under the label of “GFS Fancy Blue Lake Cut Green Beans,” may be found to contain C. botulinum, better known as botulism. The canned cut green beans were distributed to retailers, restaurants and foodservice institutions by Gordon…