Word: fda
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dieters face an FDA ban on the latest get-thin-quick pills...
Since last spring, the pills have been aggressively marketed as a "natural" product that prevents digestion of starchy substances, thereby allowing users to shed pounds even as they chow down on pasta, bread and pizza. Early this month, however, the FDA ordered more than 200 manufacturers and distributors to stop selling the pills, pending further research. The action was prompted by a rash of reports that users have experienced vomiting and diarrhea so severe that hospitalization was necessary in at least five cases. "God, did I get sick," remembers one Chicago woman in her 30s who was doubled over...
...FDA is considering a proposal to approve the marketing of propranolol as a palliative for stage fright and other forms of anxiety. Many physicians are aware of this application. Reports one young intern at Johns Hopkins Hospital: "Many of us take a few milligrams before presenting on Grand Rounds-to keep our knees from knocking...
...FDA inspectors believe the toxin that killed Malthay entered the container through tiny holes accidentally punched by can-forming equipment made by American Can Co. The firm is working to correct the defect. Says Eric Eckholm, executive director of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute: "We must get the American public to understand that this was a problem with the can and not the product. The failure was with the mechanical process." Meanwhile, Miller has proposed a $5 million campaign to stress the safety of eating Alaska salmon...
...mention what I consider the two hypocrisies in the smoking controversy: our Government's subsidy to tobacco farmers and the exemption of tobacco products from FDA control. If a drug were causing a fraction of the deaths attributed to cigarettes, it would have been removed from the market long ago, and the companies would be bankrupt from liability suits...