BlogFDA adds warning drug labelsFDA calls for urgent warning on tendon risks Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government most urgent warning on Bayer's AG Cipro, and similar antibiotics; they can cause serious tendon injury that leave some patients incapacitated. Labels for the antibiotic already include caution about the tendon problems, but boxed warning would be stronger, according to the FDA The risk is grater in patients 60 and older, those using concomitant steroid therapy and those who have had certain organ transplants. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25587748/
FDA calls for urgent warning on tendon risks Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government most urgent warning on Bayer's AG Cipro, and similar antibiotics; they can cause serious tendon injury that leave some patients incapacitated.
CDC warns of safety problems at clinics The Nevada health officials are trying to contact about 40, 000 patients who received anesthesia by injection. This is the largest number of patients that have ever been contacted for blood exposure. It may never be known how many people contracted hepatitis due to unsafe practices. It is expected to get numerous positive results
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U.S. Health Care System 'Wasting' Money on 'Overtreatment,' Columnist Writes Several decades ago, medical researcher Jack Wennberg studied health care services in Vermont and found that "Vermonters who lived in towns with more aggressive care weren't healthier," but rather they "were just getting more health care." Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government most urgent warning on Bayer's AG Cipro, and similar antibiotics; they can cause serious tendon injury that leave some patients incapacitated. Topics
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