Accutane

While some users hail it as a miracle drug for treating severe disfiguring acne that will not respond to other treatments, Accutane has a number of Serious And Lethal Side Effects, including Birth Defects, Depression, Suicide, IBD, Crohn’s Disease, Colitis, and many other Accutane side effects.

Adderall

Adderall is a stimulant prescribed to children to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). But then came reports of at least 20 sudden deaths – 14 of them children – and strokes among Adderall XR users.

Aprotinin

Aprotinin is used in heart surgery to suppress blood loss. A January 2006 study in the New England Journal of Medicine claimed that use of Trasylol during bypass surgery can double a patient’s risk of kidney failure, heart attack, stroke and death.

Baycol

The popular cholesterol-lowering drug, Baycol, was removed from the market by its manufacturer, Bayer, when it was found to produce a sometimes deadly form of muscle damage.

Chantix

Chantix is a prescription stop smoking aid, taken in pill form. It was released onto the market by Pfizer in 2006. It is the ability of Chantix to impact brain chemistry that enables it to have strong side effects for some users. Mild Chantix side effects impact digestion with nausea and vomiting or sleep, with insomnia or bizarre dreams. These side effects have been named in Chantix lawsuit claims. Overall more significant Chantix legal claims have been emotional, psychological, and behavioral side effects.

Crestor

Crestor is approved as an adjunct therapy accompanied by a low-cholesterol diet and exercise program to reduce the overall level of bad cholesterol in the blood stream. Related Crestor side effects include cardiac arrest resulting from potassium released from the damaged muscle cells, causing malignant heart rhythms.

Denture Cream

In 2008 the American Academy of Neurology published a report linking the use of products containing excessive amounts of zinc, such as Fixodent and Poligrip, to neuropathy and hypocupremia (low levels of copper in the blood).

Digitek

Digitek®, also known as digoxin, is prescribed to treat heart failure and irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia). The manufacturer of Digitek / digoxin tablets is recalling the product, saying that it may have accidentally released pills that are double the normal thickness, thus carrying twice the active ingredient.

Ephedra

Because ephedra was used as a dietary supplement and not a drug or food, the manufacturers of products containing ephedra didn’t have to get FDA approval before marketing their products, but the FDA had the power to remove ephedra from the market if ephedra was proven to be dangerous. After reports of many ephedra side effects such as death, heart attacks, and strokes, the consumer advocacy organization Public Citizens Health Research Group called for a ban of ephedra in 2001, and the American Medical Association asked for a ban in October 2002.

Fosamax

Fosamax was designed with the idea of reducing the risk of serious injury due to osteoporosis and Paget’s disease. Although some of the aforementioned Fosamax side effects can potentially manifest themselves in a severe nature, the most serious Fosamax side effect is the development of a bone disease called osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), or “dead jaw.”

Gadolinium

Gadolinium is used during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) as an image contrast agents. Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) and Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NFD) are linked to Gadolinium.

Gardasil

Heparin

Heparin is a blood thinner and an anticoagulant which prevents the formation of blood clots. The Heparin recall crisis began in late 2007, when four Missouri children came down with severe allergic reactions after receiving Heparin as a part of their dialysis treatment.natutal viagra has no side effect of viagra Soon afterwards the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had received hundreds more drug reaction reports involving Heparin.

Hydroxycut

Hydroxycut products are dietary supplements that are marketed for weight-loss, as fat burners, as energy-enhancers, as low carb diet aids, and for water loss. The FDA has received 23 reports of serious health problems ranging from jaundice and elevated liver enzymes, an indicator of potential liver injury, to liver damage requiring liver transplant.

Ketek

Ketek is an antibiotic medication meant to treat upper respiratory infections such as streptococcus, sinusitis, community acquire pneumonia and bronchitis. In the past two years, studies have surfaced that bring the Ketek’s safety into question.cialis There have been 18 deaths and over 100 cases of liver damage reported in Ketek patients.

Levaquin

Levaquinis an antibiotic primarily used to treat specific bacterial infections of the lung, sinus, skin and urinary tract. The FDA’s database has over 262 reported cases of tendon ruptures, 259 cases of tendonitis, and 274 cases of other tendon injuries, all involving the use of Levaquin or its generic version, levofloxacin.

Lotronex

While clinical trials of the drug showed few side effects, reports of serious and even deadly adverse reactions to the medication began cropping up shortly after its FDA approval. In some patients the drug caused side effects so severe they resulted in hospitalization and even death.

Medtronic

MiniMed Paradigm insulin pumps are used by diabetics to receive insulin at the proper time. Side effects for a diabetic patient receiving too much or too little insulin can be serious and potentially life-threatening. Common side effects include hyperglycemia (high blood sugar level), hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), fainting or unconsciousness, seizures, stroke, diabetic comas, heart attacks, and potentially death.

Meridia

The weight-loss drug Meridia has been the subject of a great deal of controversy. After many deaths and serious side effects, the FDA (Federal Drug Administration) has acted slowly in requiring the manufacturer, Abbott Laboratories, to inform health care professionals and the public about the dangers of this drug.

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a form of malignant cancer. It is considered rare because on average 2,500 cases are diagnosed each year. What is shocking to the general public is that up to 80 percent of these cases are directly linked to asbestos exposure. The symptoms of Mesothelioma normally show up years after exposure.

Nuvaring

Studies indicate about a two-fold increase in the risk of venous blood clots associated with products containing desogestrel.” If blood clots form in your legs they can travel to the lungs and causes blockages. Blood clots can also from in the eye causing partial vision loss or blindness.

Paxil

The FDA and The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is currently reviewing reports of an increased risk of suicide, suicidal thinking and attempts related to the use of the drug Paxil in “children, adolescents and adults” with major depressive disorder (MDD). These agencies are also looking at an increased incidence of self-mutilation, self-harm and related agitation surrounding the antidepressant drug Paxil.

Plavix

When Plavix was first approved for public use, Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb promoted it as a safe alternative to aspirin and similar anti-clotting medications. Recent research has linked Plavix to numerous potentially deadly side effects, including gastrointestinal bleesing, internal hemorrhaging, and other serious conditions.

Raptiva

The FDA has issued a public health advisory following the deaths of three patients using the psoriasis drug efalizumab, which is marketed as Raptiva. The agency said in its Feb. 19th advisory that there have been confirmed reports of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, or PML, in adults using the drug since it was approved.

Reglan

Reglan, commonly used to treat heartburn, is linked to permanent involuntary muscle movement. Long-term users of the drug, and elderly patients, especially women are at an increased risk of developing Tardive Dyskinesia. There is no known cure for Tardive Dyskinesia and even after discontinuing the drug, symptoms may still persist.

Renu

Persons using Bausch & Lomb’s ReNu with MoistureLoc contact solution with their soft contact lenses are at risk of developing fungal keratitis infections from the Fusarium fungus, a rare but serious and painful eye infection that can cause permanent blindness or significant loss of vision.

Seroquel

Extensive clinical trials show that Seroquel® is effective in the treatment of all manner of symptoms of schizophrenia, from delusions to apathy. In 2004, four medical societies named Seroquel® as one of six anti-psychotic drugs that promote diabetes, obesity or high cholesterol.

Trasylol

Trasylol, manufactured by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, is an antifibrinolytic agent formerly used during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The FDA directed Bayer to suspend marketing of Trasylol in the U.S. after the preliminary results of a Canadian study revealed that Trasylol had double the risk of death as equally effective (and much less expensive) drugs. The FDA had known about the dangers of the drug in 2006 after a study found a high risk of kidney failure in patients given the injection.

Tylenol

Consumers should stop using certain lots of infants’ and children’s Tylenol products because some of them may contain more of the active drug ingredient than specified. Other products involved in the recall may contain foreign particles or inactive ingredients that may not meet testing requirements, the company said.

Yasmin

Yasmin is an oral drug designed for birth control in women. Recently thousands of women have come forward with reports of dangerous side effects associated with Yasmin, which is a fairly new drug to the market.

Yaz

If you’re one of the woman taking Yaz, you should know that the drug has come under serious scrutiny. Yasmin has been associated with serious side effects including stroke, heart attack and even death.

Zicam

Scores of people have lost their ability to smell, and in some cases taste, after using a Zicam nasal gel or swab to treat or prevent a cold. Smell and taste alert people to fires, poisonous fumes, leaking gas, and spoiled food. The inability to detect such dangers can be life threatening.

Zocor

Although muscle injury (called myopathy) is a known side effect with all statins, this warning highlights the greater risk of developing muscle injury, including rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis is the most serious form of myopathy and can lead to severe kidney damage, kidney failure, and sometimes death.