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Even if all goes well, it could be years before orlistat gets FDA approval and goes on sale -- by prescription. Researchers warn that it has proved effective only when accompanied by significant changes in diet and exercise and just for a few months. It remains to be seen whether patients will have to stay on the drug indefinitely to maintain their weight loss, and whether some will undo the drug's modest benefits by eating more...
...concluded that heavy drinkers should not take excessive amounts of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and similar painkillers. Acetaminophen is already known to cause liver damage in very large doses; since alcohol also puts a strain on the liver, the combination can be dangerous. The panel wants the FDA to put warning labels on the medicine bottles...
...FDA will aid credulous consumers by requiring companies that market vitamins and diet supplements to back up their therapeutic claims with hard evidence. Only calcium supplements taken to prevent osteoporosis now meet the proposed standards...
...result, the abortion pill could become available through a testing program later this year. The Oregon and New Hampshire legislatures have already volunteered their states as test sites, and the FDA is enthusiastic. Says commissioner David Kessler: "If there is a safe and effective medical alternative to a surgical procedure, then we believe it should be available in this country." Although testing a new drug generally takes seven to 10 years, RU 486 has been so widely used in France that U.S. approval could come in as little as two to three years. In the meantime, the testing will enable...
...Wade decision of 1973 made abortion legal in the U.S., the ruling was rendered moot in some places by the dearth of doctors willing to perform the procedure and by the fervor of demonstrators who frightened women away from clinics. Now the battleground may shift to the FDA, drug manufacturers and state legislatures...