FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Risk of Serious Injury From Topical Anesthetics

  Jamie Sheller | January 26, 2009 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Recently, the FDA issued a second warning that topical numbing agents have potential for causing serious side effects. Topical anesthetics may be used to lessen the pain from certain medical tests...

• Peanut Butter Products Recalled Amidst Salmonella Outbreak

  Jamie Sheller | January 19, 2009 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  In the midst of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened over 400 people, King Nut Companies has voluntarily recalled two of its brands of peanut butter after positive salmonella tests on an open...

• Serious Injuries Linked to Fosamax

  Jamie Sheller | January 18, 2009 9:23 AM | 1 CommentPhiladelphia, PA

  Fosamax, the osteoporosis drug, has been linked with some rare, but serious, side effects, esophageal cancer and osteonecrosis of the jaw. Esophageal cancer is cancer of the esophagus and...

• Panel Votes No To Serevent and Foradil

  Jamie Sheller | December 13, 2008 7:59 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Recently, an FDA advisory panel voted to ban the use of Serevent and Foradil for treating asthma. The same panel approved the continued use of Advair and Symbicort as asthma treatments. Asthma is a...

• Bowel-Cleansers Getting Black Box Warning

  Jamie Sheller | December 13, 2008 7:08 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  The bowel-cleansing drugs Visicol and OsmoPrep will soon receive the FDA's strongest warnings, a black box, on their labels. Visicol and OsmoPrep are prescription oral phosphate products, used by...

• Another Deadly Brain Infection Linked to Raptiva

  Jamie Sheller | November 25, 2008 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Recently, a second woman in her 70's using the psoriasis drug Raptiva, developed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and died. In a Dear Doctor letter, Genentech stated its belief that...

• Antipsychotics and Their Effects on Children

  Jamie Sheller | November 21, 2008 3:05 PM | 2 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Stephen Sheller, founder and managing partner of our firm, was recently featured on Fox News' America's News HQ program discussing the overprescribing of antipsychotic drugs (including Risperdal,...

• Concerns About Off-Label Use of Wrinkle Fillers

  Jamie Sheller | November 20, 2008 6:25 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  While dermal wrinkle fillers, like Juvaderm and Restylane, have been approved by the FDA for facial wrinkles, the surge in a particular off-label use has caused some concern. Cosmetic doctors are...

• Wrinkle Fillers Linked to Serious Injuries

  Jamie Sheller | November 20, 2008 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Injected dermal wrinkle fillers have caused many serious side effects. Since January 2003, there have been 930 reports, from the U.S. and other places, of various side effects, according to the...

• Serious Adverse Events Linked to Chantix

  Jamie Sheller | November 16, 2008 11:58 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Over 1000 serious adverse events associated with Chantix were reported in the first quarter of 2008. Chantix is a smoking cessation drug marketed by Pfizer. According to a drug safety watchdog...