Lipitor and Pravachol Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc. 22 Dec 2004 First of all, if you are presently taking a “statin” type cholesterol lowering drug you may be doing more harm than good. Lipitor and Pravachol in the most comprehensive study to date (18 months 654 patients) found that: yes, it did bring the numbers down…
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What’s Special about “Special K”
By D. Jason Palmer ScienceNOW Daily News 8 August 2006 A drug you’re as likely to find at a rave as at a veterinarian’s office may be the next big antidepressant. A single dose of Ketamine, a veterinary anesthetic that’s also renowned as the recreational drug “Special K,” improved the mood of patients with major…
Report Finds a Heavy Toll From Medication Errors
By GARDINER HARRIS Published: July 21, 2006 WASHINGTON, July 20 Medication errors harm 1.5 million people and kill several thousand each year in the United States, costing the nation at least $3.5 billion annually, the Institute of Medicine concluded in a report released on Thursday. Drug errors are so widespread that hospital patients should expect…
F.D.A. Warns of Liver Failure After Antibiotic Use – June 30, 2006
By GARDINER HARRIS Published: June 30, 2006 WASHINGTON, June 29 ” Federal drug regulators issued a strong warning Thursday that Ketek, a controversial antibiotic, could in rare circumstances cause serious liver injury, liver failure and even death. “We clearly now understand that there is risk of serious liver injury with Ketek,” said Dr. John Jenkins,…
The lawlessness of the FDA – June 30, 2006
In The News June 30, 2006 is a day that will be long remembered as a dark milestone in the history of FDA and its campaign against health consumers. On June 30, an FDA “Final Rule” goes into effect, establishing a regulatory power grab of such scale and scope that it attempts to bypass all…
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