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Breast-cancer news offers a reminder  -  Dec 18, 2006
Other drugs pulled off the market in recent years were Vioxx, Palladone, Baycol, Posicor, Seldane and Lotronex, to name a few. ... Arizona Daily Star

Retired Drugs: Failed Blockbusters, Homicidal Tampering, Fatal …  -  Oct 1, 2008
When the heart medication Posicor was approved in 1997, its label warned users of ... Posicor itself was harmless, but had the unenviable ability to greatly ... Wired News

gRAPEFRUIT, ITS JUICE CAN INTERFERE WITH DRUGS.(Daily Break) | …  -  Jul 30, 2007
Article: HEART MEDICATION POSICOR IS PULLED FROM MARKET.(FRONT) The Virginian Pilot; June 9, 1998 ; 700+ words ... ... breaking down some medications, ... Pay-Per-View - Virginian-Pilot - HighBeam Research

On the Record: Franz Humer  -  Jun 12, 2005
Q: Can you describe your experience with Posicor -- how the signal that there might be a problem came to light, and how the company decided to withdraw it? ... San Francisco Chronicle

Article: Study: Decorated Needles Calm Patients - AP Online |...  -  Aug 19, 2006
AP Online; June 8, 1998 ; 700+ words ... ... trying Posicor until those heart findings ... His advisory panel, however, did vote 5-3 to approve Posicor with ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

Statins aren't always the cause of muscle pain.(Daily Break) |...  -  Dec 3, 2007
Article: HEART MEDICATION POSICOR IS PULLED FROM MARKET.(FRONT) The Virginian Pilot; June 9, 1998 ; 700+ words ... ... not to prescribe Posicor to patients ... Pay-Per-View - Virginian-Pilot - HighBeam Research

Rush decisions by FDA may subvert drug safety  -  Mar 26, 2008
Posicor, manufactured by Roche Laboratories: Manufacturers withdrew the drug in 1998 after finding serious side effects and death, including many caused by ... msnbc.com

The virtual medical man  -  Oct 31, 2006
When Hoffman-LaRoche was putting its heart drug Posicor (mibefradil) through clinical trials in 1997, a blip appeared in the electrocardiograms of some ... Telegraph.co.uk

Outlook on diabetes drug less than rosy.  -  Aug 1, 2007
Nearly two dozen were pulled from the market, including the painkillers Vioxx and Bextra, Baycol (a statin), Seldane (an antihistamine), and Posicor (a ... $4.95 - Harvard Heart Letter - ECNext

Exercise can lower blood pressure.(SPORTS)(WEEKEND ATHLETE: …  -  May 8, 2005
Posicor to other drugs to control their blood pressure. One patient, a 79-year-old woman ... composition is different from other blood-pressure drugs in its ... Pay-Per-View - Washington Times - HighBeam Research

PANEL: COLD MEDICINES MAY HARM KIDS UNDER 6.(News) | Article …  -  Oct 20, 2007
Text of fax box follows ... or restricted by the FDA: Propulsid, a chronic ... Posicor, a blood pressure medicine. Redux, a diet drug ... ... Pay-Per-View - Cincinnati Post - HighBeam Research

Developments in Pharmacogenomics (Technical Insights)  -  Dec 31, 2005
In the last decade, a considerable number of approved drugs, including Vioxx, Rezulin, Pondimin, Redux, Propulsid, Seldane, Posicor, and Baycol ... MarketResearch.com

Inventors Receive FDA Orphan Drug Approval for Pancreatic Cancer …  -  Dec 22, 2008
The pancreatic cancer treatment for which Tau Therapeutics recently received FDA orphan drug status is the existing drug mibefradil, trade-named Posicorâ„¢. ... newswise.com

Article: Health ills tied to prescribed drugs soar. - Washington...  -  Sep 11, 2007
...from antibiotics to ... more than 400 reports of health problems in patients taking Posicor ... how many were caused by drug interactions. ... Pay-Per-View - Washington Times - HighBeam Research

Article - TechJournal South - The Southeast's Source for Technology …  -  Mar 20, 2006
This drug originally was licensed by the Food and Drug Administration as Posicor, which was used for the management of hypertension. ... TechJournal South - TechJournal South

Article: Nerves can help maintain strength.(SPORTS)(WEEKEND …  -  Mar 4, 2007
Posicor to other drugs to control their blood pressure. One patient, a 79-year-old woman ... composition is different from other blood-pressure drugs in its ... Pay-Per-View - Washington Times - HighBeam Research

Sildenafil (Systemic).(Drug overview)  -  May 1, 2006
Tagamet) Erythromycin (eg, EES or Ery-Tab) Itraconazole (eg, Sporanox) Ketaconazole (eg, Nizoral) Mibefradil (eg, Posicor) Ritonavir (eg, ... Free with registration - USP DI-Volume II, Advice for the... - AccessMyLibrary.com

What privacy?(LETTERS)(FORUM) | Article from The Washington Times | …  -  Jan 28, 2007
Posicor to other drugs to control their blood pressure. One patient, a 79-year-old woman ... composition is different from other blood-pressure drugs in its ... Pay-Per-View - Washington Times - HighBeam Research

Health and Disease Cardiovascular Disease.  -  Jun 16, 2008
The drug, Posicor (mibefradil), a calcium-channel blocker, was used by an estimated 400000 patients worldwide. The reason for the swift withdrawal was that ... Subscription - Encyclopedia Britannica

Article: FDA issues warnings about health claims on labels. - Food & ...  -  Oct 31, 2005
Seldane and Seldane-D, the version that adds a decongestant, should never be taken together with the new blood pressure medicine Posicor because the two can ... Pay-Per-View - Food & Drink Weekly - HighBeam Research

Statement Before the Institute of Medicine Committee Assessing the US...  -  Jan 19, 2006
Posicor (mibefradil): Data from congestive heart failure trials presented at a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee meeting on whether or ... Public Citizen - Auto Safety & Consumer...

Health ills tied to prescribed drugs soar.(BUSINESS) | Article from...  -  Sep 11, 2007
...from antibiotics to ... more than 400 reports of health problems in patients taking Posicor ... how many were caused by drug interactions. ... Pay-Per-View - Washington Times - HighBeam Research

Press Release: Studies Assessed by European Health Authority …  -  Jul 24, 2008
Glaxo-Wellcome's Raxar (grepafloxacin), and Roche's Posicor (mibefradil). [1] EMS Dottikon, for example informed the press that ... ... Pay-Per-View - PR Newswire Europe - HighBeam Research

Press Release: Ranbaxy Ready to Help the US Government to Meet the …  -  Dec 1, 2005
PRESSWIRE-9 June 1998-U.S. HHS: Roche Laboratories announces withdrawal of Posicor from ... COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:080698 Roche Laboratories of Nutley, ... Pay-Per-View - PR Newswire - HighBeam Research

Виртуальное анатомичеÑ?кое поÑ?обие  -  Nov 8, 2006
Когда компаниÑ? "Хоффман-Ла Рош" проводила клиничеÑ?кие иÑ?пытаниÑ? Ñ?воего препарата Posicor (мибефрадил) в 1997 году, на Ñ?лектрокардиограммах некоторых ... RUB6.00 - Газета - Парк.ru

Cocoa is soothing, studies concur; Blood pressure benefit found.(NATIO...  -  Apr 10, 2007
Posicor to other drugs to control their blood pressure. One patient, a 79-year-old woman ... composition is different from other blood-pressure drugs in its ... Pay-Per-View - Washington Times - HighBeam Research

Article: LETTER: Drug saves many lives.(Letters) - Sunday Mercury ( …  -  Mar 20, 2005
Hypertension drug saves lives, money The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Rockville, MD, recently approved the drug Posicor (mibefradil dihydrochloride ... Pay-Per-View - Sunday Mercury - HighBeam Research

Business and Industry Review  -  Jun 16, 2008
AHP's painkiller Duract, HMR's antihistamine Seldane, and Hoffmann-La Roche's antihypertensive Posicor were withdrawn because of side effects that emerged ... Subscription - Encyclopedia Britannica

Press Release: New Study Reports Treatment with TOPROL-XL(R) ( …  -  May 16, 2005
PR Newswire; September 11, 1997 ; 700+ words ... ... provides effective blood pressure control with minimal ... that POSICOR lowers blood pressure as ... Pay-Per-View - PR Newswire - HighBeam Research

Article: Oly: Main banned drugs categories - AAP Sports News (Australi...  -  Jul 9, 2008
Posicor, a blood pressure medicine approved in 1997 and banned in 1998 because it caused potentially deadly interactions with 25 other medicines ... ... Pay-Per-View - AAP Sports News - HighBeam Research

Article: FDA Drug Approval Times Likely to Grow - AP Online |...  -  Feb 28, 2005
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - AP Online - HighBeam Research

Washington Administrative Code - WAC 260-70-680 This section …  -  Mar 17, 2006
Aldomet Methylnortestosterone Methyltestosterone Metandren Methyl-1-testosterone Metolazone Metoprolol Lopressor Mibefradil Posicor Mibolerone Midodrine ... Pay-Per-View - Washington Administrative Code - Loislaw

Healthy option; LIFESTYLE Birmingham Post restaurant critic Richard …  -  Oct 22, 2008
Posicor is said to be effective against high blood pressure and angina pectoris, the chest pain caused by heart muscle ... ... Pay-Per-View - Birmingham Post - HighBeam Research

Outlook on diabetes drug less than rosy  -  Sep 1, 2007
Nearly two dozen were pulled from the market, including the painkillers Vioxx and Bextra, Baycol (a statin), Seldane (an antihistamine), and Posicor (a ... arabianbusiness.com

Ignorance increases stroke risk.(News) | Article from The Birmingham ...  -  Aug 30, 2005
Posicor is said to be effective against high blood pressure and angina pectoris, the chest pain caused by heart muscle ... ... Pay-Per-View - Birmingham Post - HighBeam Research

Article: Study finds new need for antacid use.(MERCHANDISING)(Brief …  -  Oct 9, 2006
PRESSWIRE-9 June 1998-U.S. HHS: Roche Laboratories announces withdrawal of Posicor from ... COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:080698 Roche Laboratories of Nutley, ... Pay-Per-View - Chain Drug Review - HighBeam Research

The effect of cytochrome P450 metabolism on drug response, interaction...  -  Aug 1, 2007
...(11) The calcium channel blocker mibefradil (Posicor) was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1998 because it was a potent enzyme inhibitor that resulted in ... Free with registration - American Family Physician - AccessMyLibrary.com

Article: One in five Midlanders unaware of stroke risk.(News) - The …  -  Jun 15, 2005
Posicor is said to be effective against high blood pressure and angina pectoris, the chest pain caused by heart muscle ... ... Pay-Per-View - Birmingham Post - HighBeam Research

Article: North Today: Drugs warning.(News) - The Journal (Newcastle, ...  -  Dec 11, 2006
Federal officials took action yesterday on two drugs, warning doctors not to prescribe the heart drug Posicor for patients with low heart rates or who are ... Pay-Per-View - The Journal - HighBeam Research

Modern tıbbın 10 büyük yalanı  -  Mar 22, 2008
Aynı durum tansiyon ilacı Posicor, antidepresan Prozac, Zyprexa ve daha birçok ilaç için geçerli… USA Today gazetesine göre FDA uzmanlarının yarıdan ... Şişli Gazetesi

Article: Schools failing over drugs warning.(News) - Daily Post...  -  Jul 27, 2006
Federal officials took action yesterday on two drugs, warning doctors not to prescribe the heart drug Posicor for patients with low heart rates or who are ... Pay-Per-View - Daily Post - HighBeam Research

HOW SAFE ARE YOUR PILLS?  -  Sep 6, 2005
For example Posicor, a high blood pressure drug, was taken off the market because it could cause serious heart problems when used with other medicines. ... Pay-Per-View - Daily Express - Factiva, from Dow Jones

Rabia Kadir'in vizesi ile ilgilenecek - 26.02.2008 - Pazar - Yeni...  -  Feb 26, 2008
Posicor isimli ilaç deneylerde bu ilacı kullanan hastalarda ölümün, plasebo kullananlara göre daha yüksek gözükmesine rağmen, 1997 yılında yüksek tansiyon ... Yeni Şafak

Article: HEALTH: Unhealthy 'macho' failings; As Men's Health Week...  -  Jun 18, 2005
Posicor is said to be effective against high blood pressure and angina pectoris, the chest pain caused by heart muscle ... ... Pay-Per-View - Birmingham Post - HighBeam Research

Article: DRUGS WARNING.(News) - Sunday Mirror (London, England) | …  -  Nov 11, 2007
Federal officials took action yesterday on two drugs, warning doctors not to prescribe the heart drug Posicor for patients with low heart rates or who are ... Pay-Per-View - Sunday Mirror - HighBeam Research

Article: Panel Pushes for More Drug Safety Aid - AP Online | HighBeam...  -  Sep 22, 2006
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

İlaç yerine ölüm mü yutuyoruz?  -  Mar 11, 2008
Posicor isimli ilaç deneylerde bu ilacı kullanan hastalarda ölümün, plasebo kullananlara göre daha yüksek gözükmesine rağmen, 1997 yılında yüksek tansiyon ... Hürhaber

Loislaw Federal District Court Opinions - DOOLEY v. ROCHE …  -  Feb 15, 2007
At the time of her interview, Plaintiff had been selling the medications Kytril, Tamiflu, Rocephen, Xenical, Roferon-A and Posicor. (Def. ... Pay-Per-View - Loislaw Federal District Court Opinions - Loislaw

Article: GAO Recommends Expanded FDA Drug Oversight - AP Online | …  -  Apr 24, 2006
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - AP Online - HighBeam Research

Liver Transplants May Cure Rare Disease | Article from AP Online | …  -  Oct 25, 2005
Duract for causing liver failure, including four deaths and eight liver transplants; the blood pressure drug Posicor, after 400 injuries and 24 deaths ... ... Pay-Per-View - AP Online - HighBeam Research

Damar hastalığı yılda 200 bin kiÅŸiyi ölüme sürüklüyor - 28.02.2008 -...  -  Feb 28, 2008
Posicor isimli ilaç deneylerde bu ilacı kullanan hastalarda ölümün, plasebo kullananlara göre daha yüksek gözükmesine rağmen, 1997 yılında yüksek tansiyon ... Yeni Şafak

Predictive pharmacokinetic modeling and stimulation; improving drug …  -  Nov 12, 2007
...arise after drugs have reached the market, such as the case of US drug major Merck & Co's Vioxx (rofecoxib) and Swiss firm Roche's Posicor (mibefradil). ... $9.94 - Pharma Marketletter - Alacra Store

Article: Panel Pushes for More Drug Safety Aid - AP Online | HighBeam...  -  Sep 23, 2006
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

Liver Transplants May Cure Rare Disease | Article from AP Online | …  -  Oct 24, 2005
Duract for causing liver failure, including four deaths and eight liver transplants; the blood pressure drug Posicor, after 400 injuries and 24 deaths ... ... Pay-Per-View - AP Online - HighBeam Research

Auto-Hemoterapia: ciência ou religião? (II)  -  Nov 19, 2008
Arcoxia, Vioxx, Lipobay e Posicor. Já na página 91 consta a lista dos medicamentos que foram alvo de algum tipo de advertência da FDA que são: Aspirina, ... Jornal da Cidade

Congress Recommends New Powers for FDA | Article from AP Online | …  -  Apr 24, 2006
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - AP Online - HighBeam Research

Press Release: New Study Reports Treatment with TOPROL-XL(R) ( …  -  May 17, 2005
PR Newswire; September 11, 1997 ; 700+ words ... ... provides effective blood pressure control with minimal ... that POSICOR lowers blood pressure as ... Pay-Per-View - PR Newswire - HighBeam Research

The effect of cytochrome P450 metabolism on drug response, interaction...  -  Aug 1, 2007
...(11) The calcium channel blocker mibefradil (Posicor) was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1998 because it was a potent enzyme inhibitor that resulted in ... $4.95 - American Family Physician - ECNext

Shoppers offered free BP tests.(News) | Article from The Birmingham...  -  Jan 12, 2006
Posicor is said to be effective against high blood pressure and angina pectoris, the chest pain caused by heart muscle ... ... Pay-Per-View - Birmingham Post - HighBeam Research

Roche Seeks OK for Child-Sized Tamiflu | Article from AP Online | …  -  Feb 16, 2007
Stopping medications ... almost 200000 Americans, Roche estimated. The drug had been ... weeks ago, when a study that Roche was hoping would show Posicor . ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

At work with ... David Zaritsky.(Interview)(Brief article) | Article...  -  Aug 1, 2006
700+ words ... ... s Rezulin, Glaxo Wellcome's Raxar, Wyeth-Ayerst's Duract, Janssen Pharmaceutica's Propulsid, and Roche Pharmaceuticals' Posicor. ... Pay-Per-View - Medical Marketing & Media - HighBeam Research

Congress OKs Drug Safety Bill | Article from AP Online | HighBeam …  -  Sep 20, 2007
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

FOOD: Is your diet loaded with hidden salt? Although it's a vital...  -  Mar 4, 2006
Posicor is said to be effective against high blood pressure and angina pectoris, the chest pain caused by heart muscle ... ... Pay-Per-View - Birmingham Post - HighBeam Research

Article: GAO Report Recommends New Powers for FDA - AP Online | …  -  Apr 24, 2006
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - AP Online - HighBeam Research

Article: Roche Seeks OK for Child-Sized Tamiflu - AP Online |...  -  Feb 16, 2007
Stopping medications ... almost 200000 Americans, Roche estimated. The drug had been ... weeks ago, when a study that Roche was hoping would show Posicor . ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

Panel Pushes for More Drug Safety Aid | Article from AP Online | …  -  Sep 23, 2006
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

Analysis: Deaths From Drug Reactions Up | Article from AP Online | …  -  Sep 12, 2007
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

US Reports of Drug Reactions Triple | Article from AP Online |...  -  Sep 11, 2007
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

Congress OKs Drug Safety Bill | Article from AP Online | HighBeam …  -  Sep 21, 2007
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

Article: Bill Would Boost Drug Safety Monitoring - AP Online |...  -  May 9, 2007
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

Congress OKs Drug Safety Bill | Article from AP Online | HighBeam …  -  Sep 21, 2007
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

Article: Mealey Publications (King of Prussia, PA), a unit of...  -  Mar 1, 2007
...of Mealey's Viagra Watch with ... including nitrates; and a warning by Roche Laboratories on the use of Viagra with its blood pressure drug Posicor. ... Pay-Per-View - Business Publisher - HighBeam Research

Bush Signs Drug Safety Bill Into Law | Article from AP Online |...  -  Sep 27, 2007
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

House OKs Bill to Improve Drug Safety | Article from AP Online | …  -  Jul 12, 2007
Online 05-10-1999 FDA Explores Patient Safety ... growing concern over drug safety, the Food and Drug ... pressure drugs when FDA approved Posicor, ... Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research

Mexico's former anti-drug chief accused of taking traffickers'...  -  Nov 22, 2008
Article: HEART MEDICATION POSICOR IS PULLED FROM MARKET.(FRONT) The Virginian Pilot; June 9, 1998 ; 700+ words ... ... their drugs,'' because suddenly ... Pay-Per-View - Virginian-Pilot - HighBeam Research





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