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...FDA is expected to approve more diet drugs in the next few years. Knoll Pharmaceutical's sibutramine is a serotonin drug, like dexfenfluramine and its predecessor, fenfluramine. Roche Laboratories' orlistat uses a different approach: it binds to food in the intestines, blocking the absorption of about one-third of dietary...
...these pills safe? Not everyone agrees. Twenty-two neurologists petitioned the FDA last winter to delay approval of dexfenfluramine, citing studies that show it causes brain damage in laboratory animals ranging from mice to baboons. Critics are also concerned about an increased risk of pulmonary hypertension, a condition that can lead to heart failure. The FDA, however, judged the threats minimal. Proponents point out that dexfenfluramine has been used abroad by millions of people over the past decade with no major problems...
...Even though six years ago the FDA warned physicians that certain drug combinations can cause life-threatening side-effects, the antihistamine SELDANE is still prescribed for 1 in 50 patients along with such antibiotics as erythromycin and clarithromycin and antifungals like ketoconazole...
...provide a safe alternative to surgery and will probably prove more effective than the drugs available," says Gorman. "But it isn't cheap. Surgery costs between $8,000 and $12,000 and the Prostatron costs between $4,000 and $6,000." Although the device has been approved by the FDA, it is still in the testing period and the long-term effects of Prostatron must still be examined...
...FDA has approved a pair of drugs to HELP CURE ULCERS, not just treat symptoms. An antibiotic taken with an antacid kills off the bacteria implicated in causing most ulcers...