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Join DES Action, MedShadow Foundation to Push for Change Today The request is simple: visit Change.org and sign the petition.…

Every drug has a side effect. For that reason, a drug that doesn’t work must be removed from use. Drugs…

Good morning, and welcome to the start of another week. It turns out that Twitter may be useful beyond giving…

Today the House Oversight Committee will hold a briefing on the FDA’s process for approving a safe and effective COVID-19…

We need a vaccine and we need it fast. In May, President Trump announced Operation Warp Speed, a public-private partnership…

Even before the COVID-19 epidemic hit, FDA inspections of drug manufacturing facilities – especially those located outside the United States, including India and China – were lax at best. The main problem? Too many facilities to inspect and not enough inspectors.

The FDA has issued a recall of two drugs–NP Thyroid and Metformin–after testing revealed that they weren’t up to code.…

We are all aware that medications have side effects. We hear the long list rattled off at the end of…

Every so often a lay person like me slaps her forehead and says out loud, “what took so long?” A…

Is weed a schedule 5 drug? What about ketamine or gabapentin? Here is a list of drugs by schedule from 1 – 5. Drugs in Schedules IV (4) and V (5) are considered to be the highest risk for abuse, addiction or harm.