New warnings are coming out for Prepulsid (cisapride)

August 1998

New warnings are coming out for Prepulsid (cisapride).

It's causing serious arrhythmias and even somedeaths...especially in patients with predisposing factors. Or whenit's combined with other drugs.

Over 20 drugs interact with Prepulsid.

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Table of Contents

Pharmacists in Mississippi will now get paid by the government for pharmaceutical CARE
Gastroenterology New warnings are coming out for Prepulsid (cisapride)
Gastroenterology two TEN-DAY regimens for H. Pylori
Men's Health Viagra is currently the fastest-selling new drug in the U.S. and will be approved in Canada this fall
Men's Health Propecia
Men's Health new drug for benign prostatic hypertrophy, Flomax (tamsulosin)
Cholesterol new 80 mg Zocor (simvastatin) tablet
Cholesterol garlic doesn't reduce cholesterol
Anticoagulants Lovenox (enoxaparin) at HOME
Hypertension new findings are now coming to light regarding drug treatment for hypertension
Hypertension diuretics for the initial treatment of hypertension in the ELDERLY
Hypertension captopril (Capoten) reduces the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death in patients with hypertension
Women's Health Monistat 1, a new one-dose OTC product for vaginal yeast infections
Noni Juice, the "cure-all" made from tropical morinda fruit
Neurology & Pain Duract (bromfenac) was on the U.S. market less than a year
Neurology & Pain NEW class of pain relievers
Multiple Sclerosis Avonex, the new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS)
Practice the FDA has approved thalidomide (Thalomid) for leprosy