The leading causes of death in the United States (U.S.) are heart disease and strokes.…
Browsing: adverse events
If you have the tendency to Google the negative side effects associated with your medications, you may have a greater…
Medication and Falls: What You Should Know
Certain medications can make you more likely to fall, which can cause injuries that sometimes require hospitalization. Did you know?…
What You Need to Know About Drug-Induced Disease
Did you know about drug induced disease? Did you know that aspirin can cause asthma in some people? Or that…
Antibiotics and antidepressants are the most common drugs on the FDA’s recently updated watch list. The list contains drugs or…
The FDA’s Better Side Effects FAERS Database
Now that the FDA has built a much more interactive FAERS database, you can search on a med you take…
How to Report Side Effects to the FDA
This week, MedShadow founder Su Robotti and content manager Jonathan Block take a look at the FDA’s reporting system for…
The late 1990s and early 2000s saw a number of prescription drugs come to market that ended up causing grave…
Taking a drug incorrectly can lead to preventable harm. But the FDA and other stakeholders aim to minimize that through…
Every drug has side effects, and the question is usually how to assess the risk of the cancer drug side…
This week, Su and Jonathan discuss a new study that shows that fast-tracked and prioritized drug approvals by the FDA…
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