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April 2006

(04-03-06) April 3rd, 2006 | FDA Urged To Pull Abortion Pill From The Market
The Food and Drugs Administration is being urged by a consumer group to pull the abortion pill RU486 from the market.

(04-04-06) April 4th, 2006 | Fedex Worker Allegedly Stole And Sold Prescription Drugs
A FedEx worker has been accused of stealing prescription drugs from shipments being sent out by drug manufacturers.

(04-05-06) April 5th, 2006 | Gps Flooded With Crestor Inquiries
Shortly after the results of a study were presented at the recent American College of Cardiology meeting as well as published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, GPs have reported being flooded by inquiries about the statin drug Crestor from patients.

(04-06-06) April 6th, 2006 | Flurry Of Pharmacy Robberies In London, Ontario
Armed robbers have been targeting pharmacies in London, Canada, in a bid to get their hands on the powerful opium-based painkiller Oxycontin.

(04-07-06) April 7th, 2006 | Bextra And Vioxx Could Be Better Replaced With Drug Combination
A new study using computer models has shown that patients that were previously getting pain relief though the controversial painkillers Bextra and Vioxx could be better off using a drug combination of a non-cox 2 painkiller.

(04-10-06) April 10th, 2006 | Doctor Defends Merck Over Heart Attack
Earlier this week a doctor testifying for Merck in New Jersey stated that he did not support the claim of the plaintiff at the trial, John McDarby, in his claim that he suffered a heart attack as a direct result of taking the cox-2 inhibitor drug Vioxx, which is manufactured by Merck.

(04-11-06) April 11th, 2006 | Man Arrested After Attempting To Steal Prescription Drugs
A man who was caught trying to steal a prescription drug from a drug store has been arrested.

(04-12-06) April 12th, 2006 | Myrtle Beach Doctors Get Reduced Sentences
Three doctors from Myrtle Beach have had their sentences reduced by a federal judge after being charged with the illegal prescribing of narcotics and painkillers.

(04-13-06) April 13th, 2006 | Pfizer Faces Class Action Lawsuit
The pharmaceutical giant that has manufactured drugs such as the cox-2 inhibitor Bextra is facing a class action lawsuit filed by health insurance managers.

(04-14-06) April 14th, 2006 | Celebrex Studies Indicate Drug Could Help Reduce Cancer Risks
Two large studies carried out into the cox-2 inhibitor Celebrex, which has been at the center of controversy because of the increased risk of heart problems and strokes in those taking the medication, have indicated that the painkiller could actually help to reduce the risk of colon cancer.

(04-17-06) April 17th, 2006 | Experimental Cancer Drug Slows Tumor Growth
Studies have shown that an experimental cancer drug from Amgen Inc. slows down tumor growth in patients that have advanced colon cancer.

(04-18-06) April 18th, 2006 | Further Developments At Merck Trial
As the latest New Jersey trial against drugs manufacturing giant Merck continues, a lawyer for the company, which manufactured the controversial cox-2 drug Vioxx, has claimed that the two plaintiffs in the trial had pre-existing conditions that led to their heart problems, and that it was not as a result of taking the painkiller.

(04-19-06) April 19th, 2006 | Push On Registry For Abused Prescription Drugs
Various consumers and advocates are pushing for a registry to be put into place to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of prescription drugs that are open to abuse.

(04-20-06) April 20th, 2006 | Man Charged For Prescription Forgery
A man from Philadelphia has been charged with prescription forgery, and officials state he could be facing nearly one 150 counts of forgery after he was found to be using fraudulent measures to feed his drug habit.

(04-21-06) April 21st, 2006 | Consumer Watchdog Petitions FDA To Ban Drug
The consumer watchdog group Public Citizen has petitioned the Food and Drugs Administration in a bid to get an obesity drug pulled from the market because of the risk of developing a dramatic increase in aberrant crypt foci, which are thought to be connected to colon cancer.

(04-24-06) April 24th, 2006 | Man Charged For Theft Of Prescription Drugs
A Bonner County man has been charged for the theft of powerful prescription drugs after hundreds of pills were discovered in his hotel room.

(04-25-06) April 25th, 2006 | UK Vioxx Victims Await News On Claiming Against Merck
When the controversial painkiller Vioxx was pulled from the market by its manufacturer Merck in 2004, around half a million people in the UK were taking this cox-2 inhibitor.

(04-26-06) April 26th, 2006 | Vioxx Victim Awarded Nine Million Dollars In Punitive Damages
A man who has been at the center of a New Jersey trial against the pharmaceutical giant Merck has been awarded $9 million in punitive damages.

(04-27-06) April 27th, 2006 | Abortion Pill Ruled Out As Cause Of One Out Of Two Deaths
Having investigated the deaths of two women who recently died after taking the abortion pill RU486, health officials have stated that they are confident that the pill was not the cause of one of the deaths, although the other is still being investigated.

(04-28-06) April 28th, 2006 | California Could Enjoy Greater Protection When It Comes To Drugs
The Senate Health Committee took an important step forward today, and approved the Pharmaceutical Drug Right-to-Know Act, which will now go to the Senate floor for consideration.

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