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Case: Wyeth v. Levine Hearing Date: Nov. 3 Background: Diana Levine of Vermont used the anti-nausea drug Phenergan, manufactured by pharmaceuticals giant Wyeth, via intravenous injection as had been approved by the FDA. The drug came into contact with Levine's arterial blood, causing gangrene; most of her arm eventually had to be amputated. Though Wyeth had recommended "extreme care" in the use of Phenergan intravenously, the Supreme Court of Vermont ruled that Wyeth could have, and should have, prohibited the use of Phenergen through IV on its labels. Wyeth was not barred from making labeling changes...
...give a sobriety test but to take Kennedy home. (Acting chief Christopher McGaffin later said the senior officer had shown "poor judgment" and was disciplined.) Strangest of all, Kennedy claimed, "I simply do not remember" the incident. He blamed the sleeping pill Ambien and the gastrointestinal drug Phenergan and checked himself into the Mayo Clinic, where he had been treated in December for addiction to prescription painkillers...
...earlier statement issued on Thursday, Kennedy denied consuming alcohol and said that he was under the influence of two medications that had been prescribed to him by the Capitol physician -Phenergan, an antinausea medication, and Ambien, a sleep aid which recent studies have shown may be linked to many car accidents across the country...
...combination of scopolamine, a drug that blunts sensations, and dextroamphetamine, a stimulant to counteract scopolamine's dulling effects on the body and mind. When the pills failed to help Lenoir, NASA's chief flight surgeon Sam Pool advised from Houston ground headquarters that Lenoir also take Phenergan, an antihistamine, and Dalmane if he needed a sleep medication. But the combination of potent drugs is not an ideal solution since it can impair coordination and judgment. According to an Air Force surgeon at Andrews Air Force Base, any military or commercial pilot on such medication would automatically be grounded...
Tests on medical students with chlorpromazine, meprobamate (Miltown), reserpine and Phenergan (an antihistamine) coupled with alcohol produced still more bizarre effects. The less hardened drinkers went in for such high jinks as pushing each other into showers...
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