Posts tagged Drug Products

• Bausch & Lomb Says Initial Fusarium Findings Require More Investigation

  Joe Saunders | May 03, 2006 8:41 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In reaction to the CDC's initial report on the fusarium fungus linked to Bausch & Lomb's ReNu, the company has stated that the report requires further investigation. Now, we don't know if this public relations obfuscation or the data reported thus far really requires further review. We do know that this fungus can cause blindness and/or serious eye damage if it's not treated in a timely fashion.

• Public Citizen Urges FDA to ban Tequin

  Joe Saunders | May 02, 2006 6:08 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The consumer advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader, Public Citizen, has issued a call to the FDA to ban the antibiotic Tequin because of its purported links to blood sugar abnormalities. According to the press release the drug, made by Bristol Myers Squibb, has been associated with both low and high blood sugar. It has been on the market since 1999.

• ReNu Abogado

  Joe Saunders | May 01, 2006 9:17 PM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Si ud. ha estado usando la solución ReNu para sus lentes de contacto y ha experimentado una herida de los ojos, posiblemente podría recibir compensación por su herida. Es muy importante que ud. consulte con un oftalmólogo inmediatamente. El doctor tiene que tomar una muestra de sus ojos para determinar si tiene el hongo fusarium keratitis. Favor de llamar a nuestra oficina para una...

• Ketek Raising Eyebrows

  Joe Saunders | May 01, 2006 6:19 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Ketek, a respiratory infection drug manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis and approved by the FDA in 2004, has been associated with severe liver damage. It's not the first time the drug has caused controversy. The doctor who treated the most patients in the study, Maria "Anne" Kirkman Campbell, is in federal prison after pleading guilty to defrauding Aventis and others. An indictment says Dr....