FDA Approves Colchicine for Acute Gout, Mediterranean Fever
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Health: Hearsay & HeadlinesPosted
Tue 04 Aug 2009 7:33pm
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Colcrys to treat acute flairs in patients with gout, a recurrent and painful form of arthritis, and patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), an inherited inflammatory disorder. The medication’s active ingredient is colchicine, a complex compound derived from the dried seeds of a plant know ...
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FDA orders halt to marketing of unapproved single-ingredient oral colchicine
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Health: Hearsay & HeadlinesPosted
Thu 30 Sep 2010 12:00am
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today took action against companies that manufacture, distribute, and/or market unapproved single-ingredient oral colchicine, a medication commonly used for the daily prevention of gout, to treat acute gout flare-ups, and for the treatment of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF).
The companies are expec ...
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FDA Orders Halt to Marketing of Unapproved Single-Ingredient Oral Colchicine
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Medline PlusPosted
Thu 30 Sep 2010 1:52pm
FDA orders halt to marketing of unapproved single-ingredient oral colchicine
Drug commonly used to prevent gout, treat gout flares, and treat Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today took action against companies that manufacture, distribute, and/or market unapproved single-ingredient o ...
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Colchicine, Big Pharma, Cost to Consumer & Ethics
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Yusuf SaleebyPosted
Fri 03 Jun 2011 4:02pm
Colchicine: An Example of Big Pharma Exploitation
Yusuf M. Saleeby, MD
RedBanyan.org (President, Patient Advocacy Group)
After attending a “medication update” CME course in Charleston, SC in May, it was brought to my attention that a drug that has been around and used to treat gout before I was even born, dispensed as a gener ...
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Big Pharma Exploitation: The Colchicine Case - How it affects those with Gout.
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Yusuf SaleebyPosted
Wed 08 Jun 2011 1:13am
Colchicine: An Example of Big Pharma Exploitation
Yusuf M. Saleeby, MD
RedBanyan.org (President, Patient Advocacy Group)
After attending a “medication update” CME course in Charleston, SC in May, it was brought to my attention that a drug that has been around and used to treat gout before I was even born, dispensed as a gener ...
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Health Headlines - February 7
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MeredyPosted
Thu 23 Oct 2008 2:22pm
Tainted Pet Food Scandal Leads to Indictments
A U.S. company and its owners, along with two Chinese nationals and their businesses, have been indicted in connection with last year's pet food scandal in which imported wheat gluten contaminated with a toxic chemical contributed to the deaths of at least 14 cats and dogs and sickened hundreds m ...
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Health Headlines - February 8
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MeredyPosted
Thu 23 Oct 2008 2:22pm
Tobacco Could Kill 1 Billion People This Century: WHO
Smoking and other types of tobacco use killed 100 million people worldwide in the 20th century, and could kill as many as 1 billion people this century unless dramatic global action is taken to curb tobacco use, said a World Health Organization report released Thursday.
It said all cou ...
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Health Headlines - May 3
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MeredyPosted
Thu 23 Oct 2008 2:23pm
Group Seeks to Improve Hispanic American Eating Habits
Traditional Latin-American meal ingredients that offer good nutrition are at the core of a new food pyramid meant to encourage healthier eating among Hispanic Americans.
The health benefits of grains and tubers such as plantain, maize, quinoa, and tropical fruits such as papayas and m ...
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Used for the treatment of gout.. ...
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Medical QuackPosted
Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:21pm
Used for the treatment of gout...BD
"Until recently, there was 1 manufacturer of unapproved injectable colchicine, and that firm has ceased manufacturing the product," Deborah Autor, director of the FDA's Office of Compliance, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), says in a statement. "This serves as the agency's warning that fir ...
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