Peggy Peck

August 17, 2007

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA has added a boxed warning to the litany of cautions about the use of entacavir (Baraclude), a hepatitis B drug, for certain patients co-infected with HIV.

August 14, 2007

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The makers of rosglitazone (Avandia) and pioglitazone (Actos), have agreed to add a black box warning to the type 2 diabetes drugs' labels about an increased risk of heart failure, the FDA said today.

August 10, 2007

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA has warned consumers against using three brands of red yeast rice, a product marketed as a natural remedy for high cholesterol, because they may contain lovastatin, the active ingredient in Mevacor.

August 10, 2007

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Raw oyster harvested from a bed off the coast of Washington State have been linked to six reports of Vibrio parahaemolyticus illness, prompting an FDA warning.

August 03, 2007

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- For the second time in as many weeks, the FDA has issued a botulism toxin warning; this time the product is 14.5 ounce cans of French cut green beans manufactured by a Wisconsin food processor.

August 02, 2007

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- FDA advisers have recommended approval of the problem-ridden multiple sclerosis drug natalizumab (Tysabri) for treatment of moderate to severe Crohn's disease, but only with extensive safety monitoring.

July 30, 2007

Gaithersburg, Md. -- By a vote of 20 to three a group of FDA advisers found evidence that rosiglitazone (Avandia), the popular oral anti-diabetes drug, increases the risk of myocardial infarction. But the same advisers said the drug should stay on the market.

July 25, 2007

ROCKVILLE, Md. - An FDA advisory panel has recommended that the agency approve raloxifene (Evista) for prevention of breast cancer in high-risk postmenopausal women.

July 25, 2007

NEW ORLEANS -- Almost two years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged this city, a grand jury here refused to indict Anna M. Pou, M.D., in the deaths of four elderly patients at Memorial Medical Center.

July 24, 2007

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The old guard in medical education who predicted that shortened work hours for residents would lead to shoddy training of young physicians are claiming vindication.