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New Drug Label For Pregnant And Breastfeeding Women - Articles
Pregnant Women to Benefit From Better Information on Drug Labels
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Robin P.
Posted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 4:37pm
by a woman who is pregnant or breastfeeding.
The action is a proposed rule, published May 29, 2008, that would require major changes to the sections of prescription drug labeling... pregnancies in the United States each year are unplanned, exposing women to drugs before they know they are pregnant; improved labeling will help with assessing the risks of unintended
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Newly Proposed Drug Label System
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Stephen F.
Posted
Fri 10 Oct 2008 2:10pm
USA Today reports on a newly proposed drug labeling system that will attempt to enhance information about the effects of medicines used during pregnancy and breast-feeding... of prescription medicines so that pregnant women, nursing mothers, and breast-feeding infants will benefit," said Rear Admiral Sandra Kweder, M.D., Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
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Bisphosphonates (Osteoporosis Drugs): Label Change - Atypical Fractures Update
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FDA
Posted
Wed 13 Oct 2010 10:00am
and diaphyseal femur fractures, in patients who take bisphosphonates for osteoporosis. This information will be added to the Warnings and Precautions section of the labels approved... potent antiresorptive medications (including bisphosphonates) in patients who have evidence of a femoral shaft fracture. See the FDA Drug Safety Communication below for additional
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When Drug Labels Make You Sick
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Dr. Matthew M.
Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 7:09am
An absolutely fabulous piece in (of all places) the Wall Street Journal called When Drug Labels Make You Sick. It asks the important question, "Is it a good idea to read... of paper that comes with every prescription. It is designed to tell physicians everything they need to know about the drug: how it works, how well it works, precautions to be taken
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Breast-Feeding May Lower Women's Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
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HealthFinder
Posted
Fri 27 Aug 2010 10:00am
(HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that mothers who don't breast-feed their children are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life compared to those who do breast... of Pittsburgh studied more than 2,200 women aged 40 to 78. They found that 27 percent of mothers who didn't breast-feed developed type 2 diabetes, almost double the rate among women who
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Breast-Feeding May Lower Women's Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
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Medline Plus
Posted
Fri 27 Aug 2010 2:00pm
to encourage women to breast-feed their infants, at least for the infant's first month of life," Schwarz said. "Clinicians need to consider women's pregnancy and lactation history when...
FRIDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that mothers who don't breast-feed their children are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life compared
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Women Taking Certain Epilepsy Drugs Can Safely Breast-Feed, Study Suggests
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HealthFinder
Posted
Wed 24 Nov 2010 12:00pm
one of four common antiepileptic drugs, and found no difference in IQ levels at age 3 among those who were breast-fed versus formula-fed.
"For women who have epilepsy... in the breast-fed group of children was 99, versus 98 in the non-breast-fed group.
The new study on breast-feeding comes after other research suggesting hazards to the developing fetus
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