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• E-mail this page to a friend! Adderall Ordered Off Market by Canada; FDA Will Take Closer Look Deaths in U.S. from hyperactivity drug cause action Feb. 10, 2005 – Health Canada has ordered ADDERALL XR to be taken off the market in that country, primarily because of deaths that occurred in the U.S., but the FDA has decided not to take any action at this time. The AP, however, quotes an FDA officials as saying people with heart problems should not take the hyperactivity drug. Read more... Revised Website Lists Dangerous Prescription Drugs, Provides Alternatives Public Citizen also publishes new book on “Worst Pills, Best Pills” Jan. 17, 2005 - Public Citizen has launched a new Web site, www.WorstPills.org , that provides consumers with comprehensive information about 538 prescription drugs and warns them of 181 drugs that are unsafe or ineffective. Consumers must subscribe to use the database but it also has free news and information about dangerous drugs. Read more...
FDA Urges Caution Using Cox-2 Inhibitors, Other Anti-Inflammatory Drugs New advisory issued as the increase investigation; advice for physicians and patients issued Dec. 23, 2004 - The Food and Drug Administration today issued a Public Health Advisory summarizing the agency's recent cautions and recommendations concerning the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug products (NSAIDs), including those known as COX-2 selective agents. Both are used by millions of senior citizens. More... 12/23/04* Nearly Half Of All Consumers Worry About The Safety Of Their Health Care One in Three People Say They Or A Family Member Have Experienced A Medical Error; One in Five Say It Was “Serious” Of Those Reporting Medical Errors with Serious Consequences, One in Seven Report Filing Malpractice Lawsuits Nov. 17, 2004 – Five years after a groundbreaking Institute of Medicine report focused attention on medical errors in hospitals, Americans say that they do not believe that the nation’s quality of care has improved. Four in 10 (40%) people say the quality of health care has gotten worse in the past five years, while one in six (17%) say the quality of care has gotten better and nearly four in 10 (38%) say it has stayed the same, according to a new survey by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Harvard School of Public Health. Read More... Medicare Patients Dying at Rate of 195,000 a Year Due to Medical Errors One in four Medicare patients hospitalized from 2000 to 2002 and experienced a patient-safety incident died Aug. 7, 2004 – An average of 195,000 Medicare patients in the U.S. died due to potentially preventable, in-hospital medical errors in each of the years 2000, 2001 and 2002, according to a new study of 37 million patient records that was released in July by HealthGrades, the healthcare quality company. More... 8/07/04*
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