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You can easily prevent a grueling bacterial infection that’s on the rise

June 7, 2011 C. diff is now believed to be the most common hospital-acquired infection. It causes diarrhea, colitis, and other intestinal problems that are sometimes severe enough to require surgery. And because C. diff infections are most common in older patients, many of whom are already sick, C. diff can be deadly... Read More >

Categories: C-diff C. difficile C. difficile colitis Dificid

Survey shows shocking lack of knowledge about acetaminophen dangers

May 17, 2011 Many prescription drug information sheets use the "APAP" abbreviation to designate acetaminophen as an ingredient. So no matter how carefully you might read an insert, if you don't know the meaning of the abbreviation, you wouldn't realize you were taking acetaminophen... Read More >

Categories: acetaminophen acetaminophen dangers acetaminophen liver damage APAP APAP dangers

What’s really behind the “shortage” of prescription drugs?

May 16, 2011 Blockbuster profits drive the drug industry, and if profits--measured in billions--aren't there, the industry doesn't budge. Most of the drugs that really are scarce could be produced in abundance tomorrow, but supplies dwindle when obscene profits aren't in the picture... Read More >

Categories: Drug Shortages Summit prescription drug shortage Prescription Drugs and FDA

No surprise here: The black box warning system is broken

May 9, 2011 For years, I've mocked the high seriousness that the mainstream media always gives to black box warnings. Whenever a drug is singled out as something that might increase risk of truly horrible side effects (heart attack, stroke, cancer, etc.), media reports invariably note that the black box is "the most... Read More >

Categories: black box warning drug side effects the most serious warning required by the FDA

FDA, do your job and warn consumers about this terrible drug

April 27, 2011 In August 2009, the FDA again warned consumers about another weight loss product called orlistat--you may recognize Alli as the over-the-counter brand name, and Xenical is the prescription strength product... Read More >

Categories: Alli FDA live failure pancreatitis Public Citizen Xenical

Note to women: Don’t take bone health advice from a drug company

February 24, 2011 For a master class in system manipulation, you couldn't do much better than the big brains at Merck. Here's how they turned a completely made up bone-health condition into a license to print money... Read More >

Categories: bone density bone health boniva FDA fosamax Medicare Merck osteopenia osteoporosis Reclast

Setting the FDA straight on how to manage acetaminophen dangers

January 20, 2011 If you’ve lived on this planet for a while, you’re probably aware that acetaminophen (best known by the brand name Tylenol) is one of the most-used drugs in history. Unfortunately, too many people still are NOT aware that this most popular pain reliever is toxic to the liver –... Read More >

Categories: acetaminophen liver toxicity Percocet prescription painkillers Tylenol Vicodin
Allan Spreen, M.D.
Dr. Allan Spreen, Chief Medical Advisor

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