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FDA Warns of Fracture Risk With Popular Heartburn Drugs

Blockbuster heartburn medications such as Prevacid, Prilosec and Nexium will now carry a warning on their labels linking the drugs to a heightened risk for fractures, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced late Tuesday. The label will advise consumers to use this class of medicines, called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), carefully, because high doses [...]

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Plavix Less Effective in Some Patients

The anti-clotting drug Plavix must now carry a “black box” warning on its label, alerting patients and doctors that some people don’t metabolize the medication properly, U.S. health officials said Friday. Patients with a certain genetic variation can’t convert the blood thinner into its active form, which puts them at risk for heart attack and [...]

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