Spinraza Side Effects: Kidney Damage and Bleeding Complications

Spinraza Side Effects. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of Spinraza as the first ever drug to “treat children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy”.

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In announcing the new drug treatment, Dr. Billy Dunn, director of the agency’s Division of Neurology Products had this to say:

There has been a long-standing need for a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, the most common genetic cause of death in infants, and a disease that can affect people at any stage of life. As shown by our suggestion to the sponsor to analyze the results of the study earlier than planned, the FDA is committed to assisting with the development and approval of safe and effective drugs for rare diseases and we worked hard to review this application quickly; we could not be more pleased to have the first approved treatment for this debilitating disease.

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Seroquel Diabetes Side Effect: Tracy Miksell-Branch Lawsuit

Seroquel Diabetes Lawsuit. In an earlier post (see Seroquel Weight Gain), we told you about how AstraZeneca minimized or misrepresented the weight gain associated with the use of Seroquel as alleged in the lawsuit filed against the company by Tracy Miksell-Branch.

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Well, not surprisingly, AstraZeneca is also alleged to have made misrepresentations on Seroquel’s association with diabetes. From Miksell-Branch’s amended complaint vs. AstraZeneca: Continue reading Seroquel Diabetes Side Effect: Tracy Miksell-Branch Lawsuit

Intrarosa Side Effects: Discharge and Abnormal Pap Smear

Intrarosa Side Effects? What are the side effects of Intrarosa? According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which recently approved Intrarosa for use by post-menopausal women who experience moderate to severe pain during sexual intercourse, the most common side effects of the drug are vaginal discharge and abnormal pap smear.

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In four clinical trials which had a total of 665 post-menopausal women participants who used Intrarosa, a total of 38 cases — or 5.71% — report having vaginal discharge. This is higher than the incidence reported for the placebo treatment group — 3.66% or 17 cases in 464 participants.

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Nugenix Side Effects – Good or Bad – Testosterone Booster

Nugenix Side Effects. What are the side effects of Nugenix testosterone boosters? The makers of the male supplement claim in their product FAQ section (at nugenix.com) that their research has not shown “any side effects associated with Nugenix”. Now, just because the company makes this claim does not mean that there are indeed no Nugenix side effects that you have to watch out for.

The thing is, it is possible that they simply did not do good research. Anyhoo, here’s a screencap of the Nugenix FAQ on side effects:

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Ice Cream Side Effects: Listeria Infection Can Make You Sick

Ice Cream Side Effects: Listeria and Salmonella Infection? Lead Poisoning? We all know that ice dream is delicious. Heck, we like it so much we don’t mind eating a pint every week even if it means more time running at the gym. Despite its deliciousness, you should know that ice cream can be dangerous to your health.

No, we don’t mean the fact that ice cream adds more pounds to your weight. Neither are we talking about the bad cholesterol or the high blood sugar levels that you have to bear after eating ice cream. Instead, we are talking about the dangerous listeria monocytogenes that may be found in your ice cream.

Did you know that in the past 30 days, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recalled four ice cream products because they were found to have listeria monocytogenes?

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