Source: Ten Drugs Make New FDA Watch List
Side effects under investigation.
Pharma
Drugs for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Pain — Physician’s First Watch
Metformin for Prediabetes – The JAMA Network
How Much Are Docs Responsible for Patients’ Opioid Abuse? – Medpage Today
F. Perry Wilson, MD, looks at the data on how patients get hooked
Source: How Much Are Docs Responsible for Patients’ Opioid Abuse? | Medpage Today
And if you’re having trouble falling asleep one night here’s the link to the source study.
Source: Incident and long-term opioid therapy among patients with ps… : PAIN
Immune system, unleashed by cancer therapies, can attack organs – American Pharmacists Association
Immunotherapy drugs have been regarded as a breakthrough in cancer treatment, but as their use grows, doctors are finding that they pose serious risks. A separate paper found that 30% of patients experienced “interesting, rare, or unexpected side effects,” with a quarter of the reactions described as severe, life-threatening, or requiring hospitalization. Some patients have died…Problems with the pancreas have been particularly unusual, causing patients typically aged 50 years and older to lose insulin production all at once.
Source: Immune system, unleashed by cancer therapies, can attack organs | American Pharmacists Association
Oops.
FDA Adds New Warnings to All Testosterone Product Labels
Testosterone and other AAS, which have a schedule III classification by the Controlled Substances Act, may be abused by adults and adolescents, including athletes and body builders.
“Abuse of testosterone, usually at doses higher than those typically prescribed and usually in conjunction with other AAS, is associated with serious safety risks affecting the heart, brain, liver, mental health, and endocrine system,” the FDA notes.
Reported serious adverse outcomes include myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke, depression, hostility, aggression, liver toxicity, and male infertility. People abusing high doses of testosterone have also reported withdrawal symptoms, such as depression, fatigue, irritability, loss of appetite, decreased libido, and insomnia, the agency says.
Source: FDA Adds New Warnings to All Testosterone Product Labels
It is interesting you no longer see those Low-T commercials on television any more. Really? Just another clever marketing campaign to create a disease that doesn’t exist along with a convenient drug based solution. What side effects?
Read this book. Now.
Source: Bill Moyers Journal . Profile . Melody Petersen | PBS
Study highlights drug-drug interaction risk from two commonly used drugs – Pharmaceutical Journal
Combined treatment with the antibiotic ceftriaxone and the proton pump inhibitor lansoprazole can lead to an increased risk of drug-induced arrhythmia, a study has found.
Vital Signs: Disparities in Antihypertensive Medication Nonadherence Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries — United States, 2014 – MMWR
Conclusions and Implications for Public Health Practice:
More than one in four Medicare Part D beneficiaries using anti-hypertensives were non-adherent to their regimen, and certain racial/ethnic groups, states, and geographic areas were at increased risk for non-adherence.
Counterfeit Alprazolam (Xanax) Contains Fentanyl and/or Etizolam – The Poison Review
Claims For Medical Help With Opioid Abuse Jump Sharply – NPR
Insurance claims for medical services related to opioid dependence rose more than 3,000 percent between 2007 and 2014, a study finds, suggesting that opioid problems have gone mainstream.
Source: Claims For Medical Help With Opioid Abuse Jump Sharply : Shots – Health News : NPR
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