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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 have [...]

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Pay Less for Prescription Drugs

The recession has made it more difficult than ever before for many Americans to afford prescription medications, but several options are available, according to an expert from Butler University in Indianapolis. First, talk to your pharmacist, advised Carriann Richey, director of outreach and assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Butler’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. [...]

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Drug deals cost U.S. consumers $3.5 bln a year

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Consumers, insurance companies and the federal government spend an extra $3.5 billion for prescription drugs every year because brand-name companies pay generic producers to stay out of the market, the head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. FTC chief Jon Leibowitz urged Congress to pass legislation, now pending in the [...]

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