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• Dangers of Mixing Alcohol with Certain Medications or Diseases [hide all summaries]
  (August 2008)
  The article discusses 273 drugs that can have harmful interactions with alcohol. Also reviewed are several ways in which these harmful interactions can occur: 1/ Medications Can Increase Alcohol Blood Levels 2/ Additive effects of medications and alcohol. One of the best- known drug-alcohol interactions is when alcohol, a depressant, is taken with other sedative medications, and excessive sedation or depression of respiration can occur 3/Alcohol can increase the blood levels of some medications leading to toxicity of these drugs. 4/ Alcohol also can reduce blood levels of some medications causing them to be less effective. Although some of the interactions between alcohol and medications mainly occur in people who drink heavily (three or more drinks on one occasion), many of these interactions may occur with much lower amounts of alcohol use, such as one to two drinks on an occasion. We strongly urge you to tell your physicians and other health care providers how much alcohol you are drinking so they can effectively assess the risks and advise you about the safe use of alcohol and medications.
• Sitagliptin (JANUVIA) for Type-2 Diabetes [hide all summaries]
  (June 2007)
  Worst Pills, Best Pills reviews side effects and long-term effects of type-2 diabetes drug sitagliptin (JANUVIA) in this article.
• Prescription Drug Ads and High Drug Prices: A Relationship? [hide all summaries]
  (April 2004)
  According to a supplement put out by Advertising Age in March entitled Fact Pack 2004 Edition, with additional information taken from Ad Age’s web site, the pharmaceutical industry continues to be quite adept at maintaining its place among the leading advertisers. Four of the top 25 U.S. advertisers, in terms of spending in this country during 2002, were drug companies. The article urges that you do not waste your time looking at or listening to prescription (or over-the-counter) drug ads.

• Letter criticizing an FDA proposed rule restricting the ability of drug companies to add safety warnings to their products' labels without prior FDA approval (HRG Publication #1836) [hide all summaries]
  The agency has failed to demonstrate a need for revising this regulation. We urge the FDA to withdraw this ill-considered proposal.
• Statement at FDA Hearing on Risk Management of Prescription Drugs (HRG Publication #1620) [hide all summaries]
  The single most important risk management strategy the FDA can undertake in the short-term to reduce the publics risk from preventable adverse drug reactions is to go forward as rapidly as possible with regulations that require pharmacists to distribute scientifically accurate, useful written drug information, or Medication Guides, approved by the agency. At the very least, this would provide consumers with a reliable source of information that they can use to protect themselves from preventable injury.

• What Happened in U.S. Health Care in 2007? [hide all summaries]
  (December 2007)
  This article summarizes 14 important health events that occurred in 2007, including seven that involve the pharmaceutical industry or its increasingly close financial partner, the FDA. Seven other reviews involve our so-called health care system.

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