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First FDA-Cleared Blood Test for Amyloid Plaques in the Brain Has Limited Clinical Uses The FDA recently authorized the marketing of a medical device that analyzes a blood sample and concludes from the analysis whether amyloid plaques are present in the brain. Learn why the medical devic...

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24.11.2025 16:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A Third COVID-19 Vaccine (NUVAXOVID) Wins FDA Approval In May 2025 the FDA approved a third COVID-19 vaccine (NUVAXOVID). Unlike the previously approved messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines, the main active ingredient of Nuvaxovid is the viral-surfa...

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20.11.2025 21:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Key Takeaways From the Recent FDA-Funded Benzodiazepine Tapering Guideline Except for one drug for panic disorder, Public Citizen’s Health Research Group has long designated all benzodiazepines as Do Not Use for insomnia, anxiety or any other uses. Unfortunately, many patien...

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18.11.2025 22:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Improved Public Information About FDA Rejection Letters The From the Editor column discusses the improved public information that is now available about FDA rejection letters. Known as “complete response letters,” the rejection letters provide important in...

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17.11.2025 15:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Product Recalls: September 17, 2025 - October 15, 2025 - Public Citizen Note: Never stop taking a drug that appears on the product recall list without first talking to your doctor or…

Drug 💊 recalls from September 17, 2025 - October 15, 2025 can be viewed in the November issue of our Health Letter: www.citizen.org/article/prod...

11.11.2025 16:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Meloxicam and Rizatriptan (SYMBRAVO): A Bad Choice for Migraine In January 2025 the Food and Drug Administration approved meloxicam and rizatriptan (SYMBRAVO), a fixed oral combination drug for adults with acute migraine headache with or without aura. Public Citiz...

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07.11.2025 17:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Outrage of the Month: Protecting Americans From Risky Drugs Made Overseas - Public Citizen (An earlier version of this column was published in the September 2025 issue of Worst Pills, Best Pills News) When…

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05.11.2025 16:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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03.11.2025 14:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Out now! The November 2025 Worst Pills, Best Pills News, featuring: “Meloxicam and Rizatriptan (SYMBRAVO): A Bad Choice for Migraine,” “Improved Public Information About FDA Rejection Letters” & more: www.worstpills.org/newsletters/... (subscription required)

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Public Citizen's Health Letter - Public Citizen Published monthly since 1985, Public Citizen's Health Letter brings you critical information about health issues — arming you with up-to-date information.

The November 2025 Health Letter is out now, featuring: “Outrage of the Month: Protecting Americans From Risky Drugs Made Overseas” & the latest drug recalls: www.citizen.org/news/public-...

03.11.2025 14:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

News Brief: FDA Recommends Scheduling 7-OH Products as Controlled Substances

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28.10.2025 16:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Benzoyl Peroxide Acne Drugs: Limited Recalls Despite Evidence of Degradation Into Benzene Benzoyl peroxide products, available in over-the-counter and prescription topical formulations such as creams, gels, lotions and washes, are used to treat acne due to their bactericidal activity. Howe...

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23.10.2025 15:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New Study: Increased Risk of Dementia in People With Marijuana Use Requiring Hospital-Based Care A large observational study using data from Ontario, Canada, focuses attention on an increased risk of dementia in people with marijuana (cannabis) use that is intensive enough to require hospital-bas...

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20.10.2025 14:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Linaclotide (LINZESS): A Pricey Constipation Drug Whose Benefits Do Not Outweigh Its Risks Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2012, linaclotide (LINZESS) is an expensive drug for constipation and for symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation. Based on our review, w...

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17.10.2025 15:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A Misguided Recommendation To Remove Thimerosal From U.S. Influenza Vaccines The “From the Editor” column discusses the recent recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that children, pregnant women, and adults receive only single-dose formulations o...

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15.10.2025 14:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Product Recalls: August 13, 2025 - September 17, 2025 - Public Citizen Note: Never stop taking a drug that appears on the product recall list without first talking to your doctor or…

Drug 💊 recalls from August 13, 2025 - September 17, 2025 can be viewed in the October issue of our Health Letter: www.citizen.org/article/prod...

09.10.2025 14:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Review of Zoledronic Acid (RECLAST) for the Treatment of Osteoporosis Learn about zoledronic acid (RECLAST and generics), a drug approved for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and for other uses. Based on a review of new evidence, Publ...

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07.10.2025 15:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Outrage of the Month: A Misguided Recommendation To Remove Thimerosal From U.S. Influenza Vaccines - Public Citizen If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention! Read what Public Citizen has to say about the biggest blunders and…

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03.10.2025 16:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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01.10.2025 14:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Out now! The October 2025 Worst Pills, Best Pills News, featuring: “Review of Zoledronic Acid (RECLAST) for the Treatment of Osteoporosis,” “A Misguided Recommendation To Remove Thimerosal From U.S. Influenza Vaccines” & more: www.worstpills.org/newsletters/... (subscription required)

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Public Citizen's Health Letter - Public Citizen Published monthly since 1985, Public Citizen's Health Letter brings you critical information about health issues — arming you with up-to-date information.

The October 2025 Health Letter is out now, featuring: “Outrage of the Month: A Misguided Recommendation To Remove Thimerosal From U.S. Influenza Vaccines,” & the latest drug recalls: www.citizen.org/news/public-...

01.10.2025 14:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

News Brief: Drug-Free Capsules for Weight Loss Have Adverse Effects, Offer Limited Benefit

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29.09.2025 16:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

News Brief: FDA Authorizes At-Home Test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Trichomoniasis

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25.09.2025 16:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Public Citizen Petitions the FDA To Contraindicate Use of Two Wakefulness-Promoting Drugs During Pregnancy Learn about Public Citizen’s May 2025 petition to the Food and Drug Administration to request contraindicating the use of the widely used oral wakefulness-promoting drugs modafinil (PROVIGIL and gener...

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23.09.2025 17:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lenacapavir (YEZTUGO), a Twice-Yearly Injectable Drug To Prevent Sexually Acquired HIV Infection In June 2025 the Food and Drug Administration approved lenacapavir (YEZTUGO), a twice-yearly injectable HIV drug to prevent sexually acquired HIV infection in adults and adolescents weighing at least ...

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18.09.2025 15:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Protecting Americans From Risky Drugs Made Overseas The “From the Editor” column discusses a ProPublica investigation of the FDA’s oversight of foreign factories, where many generic drugs sold in the United States are manufactured. ProPublica’s central...

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16.09.2025 19:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Product Recalls: July 16, 2025 - August 13, 2025 - Public Citizen Note: Never stop taking a drug that appears on the product recall list without first talking to your doctor or…

Drug 💊 recalls from July 16, 2025 - August 13, 2025 can be viewed in the September issue of our Health Letter: www.citizen.org/article/prod...

11.09.2025 17:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Benzgalantamine (ZUNVEYL): Another Bad Choice for Alzheimer’s Disease In 2024 the Food and Drug Administration approved the oral drug benzgalantamine (ZUNVEYL) for the treatment of mild or moderate dementia in adults with Alzheimer’s disease. Both benzgalantamine and th...

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09.09.2025 17:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Outrage of the Month: Mitigating the Damage From Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Assault on Federal Vaccine Policy - Public Citizen If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention! Read what Public Citizen has to say about the biggest blunders and…

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