Medical Dangers : Eczema drugs may have cancer side effect.

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FDA to Require Warnings on 2 Eczema Drugs

 

http://news./s/ap/20060120/ap_on_he_me/eczema_warning

 

By ANDREW BRIDGES, Associated Press Writer 9 minutes ago

 

The labels on two prescription creams to treat eczema will have to bear " black

box " warnings of possible cancer risks.

 

The Food and Drug Administration action Thursday follows an agency advisory

committee recommendation last February that Elidel cream and Protopic ointment

carry the label warnings.

 

The new labeling also will clarify that the two drugs are recommended for use

only after other prescription topical medicines have been tried by patients, the

FDA said. The agency is also issuing a guide updating patients of its concerns.

 

A black box warning is the most serious type of warning in

prescription drug labeling. The warning will be located lower on the labels of

the two drugs than is typical, although a statement higher on the labels will

refer to the risk.

 

" This is something that is a possible risk, is a long-term possibility and is

something that still needs to be researched, " FDA spokeswoman Susan Cruzan said.

 

As of October, the FDA has received reports of 78 cases of cancers, including

skin and lymphoma, in patients treated with the two drugs, said Dr. Stanka

Kukich, the acting director of the FDA's dermatologic and dental drug products

division.

 

 

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--- Jagannath Chatterjee <jagchat01 wrote:

 

> SSRI-Research@

> Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:57:58 -0500

> [sSRI-Research] only 10 million at risk for

> cancer from Eczema drugs...

>

> [-- sound familiar????]

>

> FDA to Require Warnings on 2 Eczema Drugs

>

>

http://news./s/ap/20060120/ap_on_he_me/eczema_warning

>

> By ANDREW BRIDGES, Associated Press Writer 9 minutes

> ago

>

> The labels on two prescription creams to treat

> eczema will have to bear " black box " warnings of

> possible cancer risks.

>

> The Food and Drug Administration action Thursday

> follows an agency advisory committee recommendation

> last February that Elidel cream and Protopic

> ointment carry the label warnings.

>

> The new labeling also will clarify that the two

> drugs are recommended for use only after other

> prescription topical medicines have been tried by

> patients, the FDA said. The agency is also issuing a

> guide updating patients of its concerns.

>

> A black box warning is the most serious type of

> warning in

> prescription drug labeling. The warning will be

> located lower on the labels of the two drugs than is

> typical, although a statement higher on the labels

> will refer to the risk.

>

> " This is something that is a possible risk, is a

> long-term possibility and is something that still

> needs to be researched, " FDA spokeswoman Susan

> Cruzan said.

>

> As of October, the FDA has received reports of 78

> cases of cancers, including skin and lymphoma, in

> patients treated with the two drugs, said Dr. Stanka

> Kukich, the acting director of the FDA's

> dermatologic and dental drug products division.

>

>

> " Our ideal is not the spirituality that

> withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the

> power of the spirit. " - Aurobindo.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Photos – Showcase holiday pictures in

> hardcover

> Photo Books. You design it and we’ll bind it!

>

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