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 FDA Information - November 20, 2008
| A drug that fights mild to severe Alzheimer's disease has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for liquid oral forms. Forest Laboratories, Inc. announces Friday that an oral solution formulation of Namend (memantine HCl), is now available to physicians, patients, and pharmacies nationwide. Oral solution offers an alternative that may make the ingestion of Namenda easier for those patients who have trouble swallowing tablets | | A drug that fights mild to severe Alzheimer's disease has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for liquid oral forms. Forest Laboratories, Inc. announces Friday that an oral solution formulation of Namend (memantine HCl), is now available to physicians, patients, and pharmacies nationwide. Oral solution offers an alternative that may make the ingestion of Namenda easier for those patients who have trouble swallowing tablets | | The University of Pennsylvania is training surgeons how to use a new device to treat a type of heart aneurysm that often grows without any symptoms until it bursts, usually with fatal consequences. The Food and Drug Administration in March approved the stent, which is a flexible tube that comes in a range of lengths and diameters. It can be used for a specific kind of aneurysm that pops out from the aorta -- the body's main artery | | Users of the acne drug Accutane will have to enroll in a national registry, along with every doctor who prescribes it and every drugstore that sells it. The Food and Drug Administration announced the long-anticipated program Friday - a move to toughen new restrictions aimed at preventing women from becoming pregnant with this birth defect-causing drug | | Consumer advocates are asking Congress to investigate the Food and Drug Administration's plans to return silicone gel-filled breast implants to the market. Last month, the FDA announced it would approve Mentor Corp's silicone implants if the company meets certain conditions | |
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