Showing posts with label Side Effects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Side Effects. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Lancet: `Small Increased Risk’ Of GBS From 2009 Pandemic Jab

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Photo Credit PHIL   # 7002   Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rare, occasionally deadly, neurological disorder that gained n...
Friday, January 25, 2013

Adding To A Feverish Debate

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Photo Credit –CDC PHIL #6881   Long time readers may recall that during the summer of 2011 we looked at a study (see A Fever...
Saturday, November 10, 2012

Study: Adverse Events Associated With Oseltamivir Outpatient Treatment

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  Photo Credit – Wikipedia   # 6709     Oseltamivir ( aka Tamiflu © ) is an oral antiviral that was heavily stockpiled by many...
Friday, May 18, 2012

FDA Statement On Azithromycin & Cardiovascular Risks

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      # 6334     Yesterday in NEJM: Cardiovascular Risks Of Taking Azithromycin I wrote about a study that found a `smal...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

NEJM: Cardiovascular Risks Of Taking Azithromycin

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    # 6331     Although it isn’t always fully appreciated, one of the `truths’ about medicine is that all drugs carry with t...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Study: PPIs & Increased Pneumonia Risk

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      #  5561     PPI s  are Proton Pump Inhibitors – a group of drugs that greatly reduce gastric acid production and are used...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

NSAIDs and Prior Heart Attacks

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      # 5550     Between over-the-counter sales and prescriptions, NSAID s ( non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ) are likely ...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Japan: Investigating Pediatric Vaccines

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    UPDATED:   0850hrs EST  03/08/11 Reuters is reporting that while the Japanese suspension on the use of both vaccines remains ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

JAMA: Cell Phone Use Stimulates Brain Activity

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      # 5334     Concerns over the potential health ramifications of long-term & frequent cell phone use continues despite a...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Australia: Panvax Investigated For Febrile Convulsions

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      # 4941   Late last week Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) issued an advisory on recent reports of a hig...
Friday, August 27, 2010

EMA To Review Pandemrix Vaccine

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    # 4840     The EMA ( European Medicines Agency ) is a London based EU regulatory agency that is responsible for the scientifi...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Finland Suspends Use of Pandemrix Vaccine

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      # 4832       Over the past several days European media sources have been reporting on concerns surfacing – first in Swed...
Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Australia: CSL Recalls Pediatric Flu Vax

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# 4613     About six weeks ago we began seeing reports of an unexpected number of adverse side effects among children under t...
Friday, May 14, 2010

Eurosurveillance: Adverse Effects of Oseltamivir in Children

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    # 4566     One of the most commonly cited truisms you’ll find on this blog is that all drugs have side effects, and no medici...