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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...
...FDA has approved a new drug for treating the terrible suffering caused when breast or prostate cancer spreads to the bone. Called Metastron, the drug kills the pain of the cancer (though not the cancer) with radioactive strontium-89 delivered by injection. Metastron works better than narcotics for many patients, and a single shot lasts up to six months...
...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...
...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...