People’s Pharmacy answers queries about celiac disease; a life-threatening side effect to the blood pressure pill lisinopril; and the side effects of the smoking-cessation drug Chantix. Continue reading
Within just a few weeks of its U.S. approval in October 2010, Pradaxa was being named in more Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reports than any other medication. Continue reading
People’s Pharmacy answers reader queries on an uncontrollable cough as a side effect of blood-pressure drugs; the risks of developing an enlarged thyroid from not using iodized salt; and the difficulty of stopping acid-suppressing drugs. Continue reading
There is quit a bit of speculation that the side effects of the ant-smoking drug Chantix might have been responsible for ending Carter Albrechts life. Carter Albrecht, a prominent Dallas musician died a violent death earlier this month. Continue reading
The drug Effexor is an anti-depressent that is used for headaches, arthritis, anxiety and panic attacks. Coming off this drug will almost kill you Continue reading
Depakote caused hyperammonia in Autistic person, which led to subsequent nightmare hospitilizations and being doped up in hospital with psychotropic risperdal that then caused more adverse reactions DOCTORS AND NURSES FAIL TO NOTICE side effects. Mom confronts those involved in son’s care. Worse, NOT one doctor, over the course of all these years of prescribing depakote, has ever mentioned “hyperammonia” as a side effect. Continue reading
(Medical Xpress) — Oxaliplatin, a platinum-based anticancer drug that’s made enormous headway in recent years against colorectal cancer, appears to cause nerve damage that may be permanent and worsens even months after treatment ends. Continue reading
I don’t know about you but I have never understood how drug companies are able to sell drugs where a side effect can be death. I mean seriously people why are they allowed to do this, and not only that but advertise those drugs with their double speed side effects disclaimers on television. Continue reading
PARIS (Reuters) – Three patients treated with an experimental Bristol-Myers Squibb Alzheimer’s drug have developed a type of brain swelling known as vasogenic edema, but the side effect may be common in Alzheimer’s patients, researchers said on Monday. Continue reading
