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FDA Orders Acetaminophen Limits in Combination Pain Killers
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsThe Food and Drug Administration said today it will ask combination prescription drug manufacturers to limit the content of the common pain reliever acetaminophen in their products. The new stipulation, which also requires companies to warn consumers of "the potential risk for severe liver injury" associated with the drug, will limit acetaminophen levels to 325 milligrams per dose. "FDA is taking this action to make prescription combination pain medications containing acetaminophen safer for patients to use," Dr. Sandra Kweder, deputy director of the Office of New Drugs in the FDA's Center ...
FDA Proposes Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels
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RICHMOND, Va. (Nov. 10) -- The federal government hopes new larger, graphic warning labels for cigarettes that include images of corpses, cancer patients, and diseased lungs and teeth will help snuff out tobacco use. The images are part of a new push announced by the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday to reduce tobacco use, which is responsible for about 443,000 deaths per year. The number of Americans who smoke has fallen dramatically over the past 40 years, but those declines have stalled in recently. About 46 million adults in the ...
FDA: Popular Autism Treatment 'Dangerous and Illegal'
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Oct. 15) -- Those desperate to treat chronic health conditions, including autism and heart disease, can buy chelation products online with a few clicks of the mouse. But that might be changing, now that the Food and Drug Administration is launching a crackdown on the popular treatment, which the agency alleges is "dangerous and illegal" -- not to mention unproven to make any meaningful difference in the ailments it's purported to help heal. The agency this week sent warning notices to eight purveyors of chelation products, which are not FDA approved for over-the-counter sales (that goes for ...
'Tiger Balm' Gives FDA Officials Headaches
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Aug. 10) -- Tiger Balm's "secret herbal formulation" has hit a sore spot among regulators with the Food and Drug Administration, which today released a warning letter to the ointment's maker for improper labeling, testing and manufacturing standards. Haw Par Corp. Ltd., which produces the line of balms initially crafted (or so legend has it) by Burmese herbalist Aw Chu Kin in the 1870s, has expanded the balms into sprays, plasters, creams and oils to treat everything from mosquito bites to migraines. As the company website touts the famous product: Tried, tested and trusted by generations ...
Psychotropic Drug Abuse in Foster Care Costs Government Billions
By David Sessions - Politics DailySeven-year-old Gabriel Meyers didn't want soup for lunch one Thursday in April, 2009. When his 23-year-old foster brother sent Gabriel to his room for dumping his soup in the trash, Gabriel threatened to kill himself. He kicked his toys around his room, then locked himself in the bathroom. Police reports say Gabriel was home sick that day from his elementary school in Margate, Florida, under the care of Miguel Gould, his foster father's son. Around 1 p.m., city police responded to Gould's frantic 911 call and found Gabriel had hanged himself. A troubled child who had previously suffered from ...
FDA Panel Unimpressed by 'Female Viagra'
By Katie Drummond - Politics DailyThe Food and Drug Administration has some serious questions for a company that's recently launched an aggressive marketing campaign for a female counterpart to Viagra. Boehringer Ingelheim, a German drug-making monolith, wants to see their drug -- flibanserin -- available by prescription for women suffering from lagging sex drives. But the FDA isn't so sure that flibanserin passes muster. In a preliminary review of the drug, released today, an FDA panel questioned both its safety and effectiveness. Side effects, including drowsiness and sedation, were "commonly reported" by patients in two ...
BPA, Potential Cancer-Causing Agent, Found in Canned Soups
By Katie Drummond - Politics DailyFrom Campbell's Soup to Coca-Cola, a chemical that's increasingly being tied to cancer is also lining the cans of nearly every food and beverage at the grocery store. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a compound with myriad applications. Most notably, however, BPA has been pinned as a carcinogen in rats and mice, which led to widespread recalls of plastic bottles that could leach BPA into water or food. But BPA is far more ubiquitous than most of us know, according to a special report from Reuters that highlights the role of the chemical in canned goods. Epoxy resin linings, applied to the insides of ...
FDA Takes a Stand on Ear Candles
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Feb. 19) -- If you didn't already know, sticking a burning candle in your ear will probably create more health problems than it will solve. But if you're still indulging in the odd episode of ear candling, the Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning to set you straight. Not only is the process ineffective, the FDA warns, but ear candling can cause facial and inner-ear burns, bleeding, fires and can even -- ironically -- lead to the ear being blocked by excess wax. Getty Images The FDA has received complaints of burst eardrums, burns and severe blockages as a result of ear ...
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