Posts Tagged ‘Consumer Health Alerts’
The assessment by the Food and Drug Administration is that scientific evidence does not suggest that the very low levels of human exposure to BPA through the diet are unsafe.
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FDA is working with the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) to protect consumers from medication errors‚ preventable mistakes in labeling, packaging, prescribing, dispensing, and order communication.
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Federal health officials are warning consumers not to use skin creams, beauty and antiseptic soaps, or lotions that might contain mercury after products with the toxic metal turned up in at least seven states.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces important safety changes for statins, the popular cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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To help rare disease patients become advocates for themselves and others, the Food and Drug Administration is holding a FDA Rare Disease Patient Advocacy Day.�
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The Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health have launched a nationwide study of smokers and nonsmokers to understand more about tobacco use.
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Grapefruit juice can affect how well some medicines work, and it may cause dangerous side effects. Learn more at www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm292276.htm
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Caution! Spinbrush can harm your teeth–or worse. Learn how to avoid the risks of injury with Spinbrush at http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm291790.htm
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FDA warns about hair regrowth products that may cause a rapid or irregular heartbeat, popular over-the-counter medications that may contain the wrong tablets in the pill bottles, and vaginal products sold as cosmetics that contain an anesthetic drug ingredient and harmful bacteria. Learn about these and other safety alerts at http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerU pdates/ucm290879.htm
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Watch this video in English or en Español to learn how to teach kids about using medicine safely.
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