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ANTI-SMOKING drug's serious side effects ignored
created by diego_luego | added on Dec 19th 2007
Description: Is anybody awake in the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) or the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC)? On 01/01/2008 the ...Read more
Blog tags: champix chantix fda pbac pbs (+ 3 more)

SLEEP DRUG Zolpidem facing withdrawal?
created by diego_luego | added on Jan 16th 2008
Description: The sleep drug zolpidem, marketed as Stilnox in Australia by Sanofi-Aventis (aka Sanofi-Synthelabo), has had another warning issued against it by the ...Read more
Blog tags: ambien sanofi stilnox tga zolpidem

AUSTRALIAN Infants still at risk from cough and co...
created by diego_luego | added on Jan 18th 2008
Description: In October 2007 an independent expert group advised the FDA to ban the sale of over the counter cough and cold medicines for use in infants under two ...Read more
Blog tags: cough mixture fda infant death tga wyeth

PROOF of effectiveness needed for all medicines
created by diego_luego | added on Jan 21st 2008
Description: When a pharmaceutical company wishes to market a product in Australia, it must produce substantial proof that the medicine is safe. It must also show ...Read more
Blog tags: herbal medicine homeopathy ken harvey medical journal of australia nicholas culpeper (+ 1 more)

MAYBE it really does cause blindness
created by diego_luego | added on Jan 23rd 2008
Description: The probability of a Viagra - blindness link was confirmed in early 2005 when Dr Howard Pomeranz, director of neuro-ophthalmology at the University ...Read more
Blog tags: blindness cialis deafness levitra naion (+ 2 more)

HEATH LEDGER another victim of zolpidem
created by diego_luego | added on Jan 23rd 2008
Description: Only one week ago (23/01/2008) I wrote about the dangers of the sleeping tablet Zolpidem marketed in Australia by Sanofi as Stilnox and in the US as ...Read more
Blog tags: ambien heath ledger sanofi stilnox tga (+ 1 more)

FURTHER RESTRICTIONS on zolpidem likely in Austral...
created by diego_luego | added on Jan 27th 2008
Description: Responding to pressure from the media, the public and health professionals the Australian National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee (NDPSC) will ...Read more
Blog tags: ambien ndpsc sanofi stilnoct stilnox (+ 2 more)

CAN YOU SWALLOW magnetic water?
created by diego_luego | added on Jan 29th 2008
Description: THE MAGNACOSTER - water magnetising unit. I burst out laughing when I came across this product. Sometimes it seems there are no limits to the ...Read more
Blog tags: fda magnet therapy magnetic therapy tga

EAR CANDLING - a dangerous waste of time
created by diego_luego | added on Jan 29th 2008
Description: Ear candling is yet another "alternate" therapy for which there is not a shred of evidence of any benefit, and quite a lot of evidence of harm. ...Read more
Blog tags: ear candle ear candling ear coning fda health canada (+ 2 more)

EZETIMIBE plus simvastatin has no extra benefit - ...
created by diego_luego | added on Feb 03rd 2008
Description: There really does not seem to be any point in taking ezetimibe with or without a "statin" such as simvastatin.This is the worst possible result for ...Read more
Blog tags: enhance ezetimibe fda msd pbs (+ 4 more)

UPDATE on the anti-smoking drug varenicline
created by diego_luego | added on Feb 11th 2008
Description: Varenicline seems to be the most effective drug yet developed for aiding smoking cessation, but the merit of its efficacy does not absolve the ...Read more
Blog tags: champix chantix fda pbac pbs (+ 3 more)

ORAL TERBINAFINE is not a first line treatment fo...
created by diego_luego | added on Feb 18th 2008
Description: The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has recently issued an alert for the oral antifungal drug terbinafine, sold in Australia under many brand ...Read more
Blog tags: anti fungal lamisil novartis pbs terbinafine (+ 1 more)

ZOLPIDEM tall tales and true make sad reading
created by diego_luego | added on Feb 19th 2008
Description: Because of my recent articles highlighting the dangers of zolpidem (marketed by Sanofi as Stilnox, Stilnoct and Ambien), "Sleep drug zolpidem facing ...Read more
Blog tags: ambien sanofi stilnoct stilnox tga (+ 1 more)

TAKING ZOLPIDEM safely using harm minimising strat...
created by diego_luego | added on Feb 22nd 2008
Description: Despite public anxiety, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) decided this week (21/02/2008) not to ban Zolpidem or even reclassify ...Read more
Blog tags: ambien sanofi stilnoct stilnox tga (+ 1 more)

WEAKNESSES in Australian medicine regulation
created by diego_luego | added on Mar 03rd 2008
Description: As I have written before the two rules of medication are: 1. Medicines should do no harm, or at the very least the benefits should outweigh the ...Read more
Blog tags: chf medicines australia mitch messer tga the australian

INFLUENZA treatments under scrutiny
created by diego_luego | added on Mar 07th 2008
Description: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Roche pharmaceuticals met last November to discuss the incidence of psychiatric disturbances and even ...Read more
Blog tags: fda glaxosmithkline influenza relenza roche (+ 2 more)

HEPARIN recall - why was the TGA not pro-active?
created by diego_luego | added on Mar 26th 2008
Description: The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has just (20/03/2008) announced a safety warning on a heparinised saline. The pharmaceutical ...Read more
Blog tags: astra zeneca fda heparin heparinsed saline nicola roxon (+ 1 more)

ENOXAPARIN the latest victim of the heparin debacl...
created by diego_luego | added on Apr 23rd 2008
Description: The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration has just (22 April 2008) announced that five batches of enoxaparin, marketed as Clexane by ...Read more
Blog tags: clexane dalteparin enoxaparin fragmin heparin (+ 2 more)

SEXY EYELASHES a risky proposition
created by diego_luego | added on May 07th 2008
Description: The purveyors of undeclared prescription items have been at it again. This time a product touted for making eyelashes sexier has been shown to ...Read more
Blog tags: age intervention eyelash conditioner allergan jan marini tga travaprost (+ 1 more)

HOMEOPATHY for dummies
created by diego_luego | added on May 24th 2008
Description: Homeopathy has a long history. It was invented in the late 1700s by German physician Samuel Hahnemann. He based it on treating "like with like", his ...Read more
Blog tags: avogadro number homeopathy lancet pharmacist samuel hahnemann (+ 1 more)

NUTRACEUTICALS sitting on the fence between food ...
created by diego_luego | added on May 28th 2008
Description: Nutraceuticals are foodstuffs purporting to have health or medical benefits in addition to their normal nutritional value. They are often considered ...Read more
Blog tags: fda functional food nutraceutical nutrition scientific american (+ 1 more)