FDA Posts List of Potentially Dangerous Prescription Drugs
Monday, September 08, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for the first time posted on its website a list of potentially unsafe prescription drugs – a move officials said is designed to help consumers and physicians better keep track of drugs currently being reviewed for complications. Each of the 20 drugs now on the list is being further evaluated by the FDA for a variety of potentially life-threatening safety problems, side effects, and complications. The list, released as part of the agency’s Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS), will be updated four times each year, officials said. The list of potentially dangerous prescription…Continue » Posted in Dangerous Drugs • Heparin • Oxycontin • Seroquel • Trasylol • Tysabri