FDA & Prescription Drugs

• More Accounts of Cipro/Levaquin Side Effects

  Jeff Rasansky | July 14, 2008 3:20 PM | 63 CommentsDallas, TX

  Last week we blogged about Cipro and Levequin, two antibiotics that have been known to cause some pretty bad side effects. The FDA released a statement on July 8, that requested black box warnings...

• FDA To Seek Black-Box Warning on Cipro and Levaquin

  Jeff Rasansky | July 09, 2008 2:41 PM | 26 CommentsDallas, TX

  The FDA has announced that it will be seeking to add black box warning to Cipro and Levaquin. Both are antibiotics that are used to treat bacterial infections. Apparently, each carries a risk of...

• Cipro: A Case of Fluoride Poisoning?

  Jeff Rasansky | July 15, 2008 3:53 PM | 18 CommentsDallas, TX

  After my last two blogs about Cipro and Levaquin side effects, you guys have responded with an overwhelming amount of feedback. After reading all of your replies, it definitely seems like something...

• Cipro Warning An Overreaction?

  Jeff Rasansky | July 23, 2008 11:27 AM | 10 CommentsDallas, TX

  I read an interesting article in The Brownsville Herald that says physicians aren’t worrying so much about the proposed label warning and still plan on prescribing them. They say that if used both...

• Vioxx to begin Settlements

  Jeff Rasansky | August 22, 2008 2:52 PM | 5 CommentsDallas, TX

  For those who claim Vioxx was responsible for their heart attacks, settlement packages are in the mail. Many of you may remember that Vioxx was removed from the market after it was linked to heart...

• Elderly Still Being Treated With Antipsychotic Drugs

  Jeff Rasansky | August 27, 2008 2:23 PM | 2 CommentsDallas, TX

  A few weeks ago we wrote about the fact that stroke and death have both been linked to the use of antipsychotics in treating the elderly. Alarmingly, researchers are finding that atypical...

• Risks of Taking Warfarin

  Jeff Rasansky | October 01, 2008 4:39 PM | 1 CommentDallas, TX

  A study published in the September issue of Neurology reveals that patients who have been taking Warfarin may have suffered large amounts of bleeding in the brain and an increased risk of death...

• Side Effects of Antibiotics?

  Jeff Rasansky | August 15, 2008 12:15 PM | 1 CommentDallas, TX

  Did you know that the side effects of antibiotics are responsible for over 140,000 trips the ER every year? The Centers for Disease Control have released their findings for a new study on...

• VA Secretary Issues Warning About Chantix

  Jeff Rasansky | June 24, 2008 3:37 PM | 1 CommentDallas, TX

  Chantix, the popular smoking-cessation drug, has been taking quite a bit of heat over the past 6 months and it doesn’t appear that things will let up any time soon. This week a letter will be...

• New FDA Alerts For Smoking Cessation Drug Chantix

  Jeff Rasansky | May 19, 2008 1:22 PM | 1 CommentDallas, TX

  The FDA has issued an alert to highlight changes to the "Warnings and Precautions" section of the prescribing information regarding serious neuropsychiatric symptoms linked to Chantix. These...