Facing growing evidence that some of America’s top-selling diabetes medicines could lead to pancreatic disease, federal regulators on Thursday opened an unusual review of drugs from Merck & Co., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., BMY and other pharmaceutical makers.
Oral contraceptives should be available to women over the counter (OTC) because the benefit of reducing unwanted pregnancies outweighs the risks of dispensing the drugs without a prescription.
5 HOURS OF ENERGY??? Can Energy Drinks Kill, Reprise? New FDA Investigation This Time Names 5-Hour Energy November 15, 2012 by Melanie Haiken From Forbes Magazine Dr. Pinna says… The culprit is the TAURINE. This amino acid is involved in the transmission of nerve signals. It has an affinity for heart muscle [...]
Abuse of Pain Med Linked to Life-Threatening Blood Disorder BY Caroline Cassels 10/12/2012 From Medscape Dr. Pinna says… It is amazing what people will do for a short period of pleasure. They will dissolve a pill and inject it into their veins! October 12, 2012 — [...]
Ameridose faced previous safety questions By Todd Wallack October 10, 2012 From BOSTON.COM Dr. Pinna says… There are two companies involved in the Meningitis outbreak: AMERIDOSE and New England Compounding Center. Both are owned by two men: “Gregory Conigliaro, a Southborough engineer and entrepreneur, and his brother-in-law Barry Cadden, a pharmacist” [...]
FOOD Sickens Millions as Company-Paid Checks Find It Safe By Stephanie Armour, John Lippert and Michael Smith Oct 11, 2012 From Bloomberg Markets Magazine William Beach loved cantaloupe — so much so that starting in June last year he ate it almost every day. By August, the 87-year-old retired tractor mechanic [...]
BPA FORMULA BPA—WHAT IS IT? From Wikipedia, below: Bisphenol A (BPA) is an organic compound with the chemical formula (CH3)2C(C6H4OH)2. It is a colourless solid that is soluble in organic solvents, but poorly soluble in water. Having two phenol functional groups, it is used to make polycarbonate polymers and epoxy resins, along with other materials [...]
FDA Approves Digestible Microchips to be Placed in Pills By Lara C. Pullen, PhD, from MEDSCAPE August 3, 2012 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first ingestible sensor. The Ingestion Event Marker (IEM), by Proteus Health, represents a new category of medical device: It is made entirely of ingredients found [...]
