Topic: Food and Drug Administration
Nutracoastal Trading LLC is recalling dietary supplements sold under the STEAM and S-DROL names after FDA analysis found the products contained ingredients that made them unapproved drugs. S-DROL was found to contain desoxymethyltestosterone, a steroid, it an unapproved drug. The active drug ...
FDA panel recommends banning Vicodin, Percocet; says maximum dose of Tylenol should be loweredGovernment experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin and ...
Experts want smaller doses of Tylenol, other acetaminophen painkillers to prevent liver injuryGovernment experts say prescription drugs like Vicodin and Percocet that combine a popular painkiller with stronger narcotics should be eliminated because of their role in deadly overdoses. A Food and ...
FDA takes action over untested pharmaceuticalsThe Food and Drug Administration has received a court order stopped two companies from making and distributing unapproved, adulterated or misbranded drugs. The agency took the action against Neilgen Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Westminster, Md., its parent company, ...
FDA orders end to sale of 14 unapproved versions of morphine, related narcotic painkillersThe government ordered 14 unapproved narcotic painkillers off the market Tuesday, prescription versions of potent morphine, hydromorphone and oxycodone. The Food and Drug Administration told nine manufacturers to quit ...
Sleep Supplements - The Calming Effects of Passion Flower Extract By Andrew Stratton A lot of people suffer from stress and having trouble falling sleeping due to anxiety. Given an alternative, most would rather not turn to prescription medication since the horrors ...
Men looking online for "dietary supplements" to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) or enhance their sexual performance should beware: these products may contain prescription drugs or other undisclosed ingredients that can be harmful. "The number of these problematic products available on the Internet ...
Gary J. Buehler, RPh., is Director of the Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) in FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). A graduate of Temple University's School of Pharmacy, Mr. Buehler joined FDA in 1986 and retired from the United States ...
FDA raps businesses for not providing helpful data Drug companies voluntarily provide printed medical information for consumers, distributed at retail pharmacies, describing medications and their risks. A study by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concludes these tracts aren't very helpful. The ...
On Sept.28, 2007, FDA announced its intention to take enforcement action against companies marketing unapproved prescription drug products containing hydrocodone, a narcotic widely used to treat pain and suppress coughs. The action does not affect other hydrocodone formulations, which have FDA approval ...
