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Propoxyphene worst drug in history

10. February 2011

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An estimated 10 million patients have used the pain reliever propoxyphene and were sent scrambling to doctors’ offices when it was recently pulled from the market. Many physicians are still dealing with the aftermath of the product, first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1957. “Propoxyphene is the worst drug in [...]

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Thelin can cause fatal liver damage says Pfizer

10. December 2010

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Pfizer pulls hypertension drug Thelin off the markets and ends studies because of liver damage. Pfizer Inc. said it is pulling its blood pressure drug Thelin off the market and stopping all clinical trials because the drug can cause fatal liver damage. Thelin is sold in the European Union, Canada, and Australia as an oral [...]

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