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FDA orders stronger warnings for 4 arthritis drugs

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04-Sep-2008
        
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The Food and Drug Administration is ordering stronger warnings on four medications used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The drugs — Humira, Cimzia, Enbrel and Remicade — work by suppressing the immune system, and the FDA says that can expose some patients to serious, even fatal, fungal infections. The agency said Thursday it has received 240 reports of one such... [read full story]                    

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FDA Orders Stronger Warnings for 4 Arthritis Drugs

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05-Sep-2008
        

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly...

                   
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FDA Demands Tougher Warnings on Immunosuppressive Drugs

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05-Sep-2008
        

Officials want stronger labeling about fungal infection risk By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- The drugs, Humira, Cimzia, Enbrel and Remicade, belong to a class of medications...

FDA warns arthritis drug users

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05-Sep-2008
        

Azerbaijan News.Net Thursday 4th September, 2008 The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered stronger warnings on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses. The FDA has...

                   

FDA Demands Stronger Fungal Infection Warnings on TNF Blockers

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04-Sep-2008
        

ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 4 -- The FDA announced today that it will require makers of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) blockers to strengthen boxed warnings about serious fungal infections, particularly histoplasmosis. The...

                   
pharmiweb.co.uk: Used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, the four drugs leave patients vulnerable to fungal infections pharmiweb.co.uk

Four arthritis drugs get stronger FDA warning

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04-Sep-2008
        

Enbrel, Remicade, Humira and Cimzia to get stronger warnings They work by suppressing the immune system, which leaves patients vulnerable Patients could develop a fungal infection which, if not treated, can be fatal The...

FDA warns that 4 drugs for rheumatoid arthritis raise risk of serious fungal infections

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04-Sep-2008
        

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly...

                   

Amgen and Wyeth Statement on the FDA Safety Announcement Regarding Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)...

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04-Sep-2008
        

Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), issued a statement in response to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety announcement regarding opportunistic fungal infections in...

                   

FDA orders stronger warnings for 4 arthritis drugs (AP)

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04-Sep-2008
        

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer 26 minutes ago WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other...

UPDATE 1-FDA: TNF blockers can raise fungal infection risk

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04-Sep-2008
        

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators ordered stronger warnings for prescription drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and other conditions on Thursday after a dozen patients with severe...