Banned Drugs Chart (still prescribed)

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Banned Drugs Chart

 

 

 

 

Brand Name (generic name)

 

Date Banned

 

Side Effects

 

Manufacturer

 

Prescribed For

 

 

 

 

Avandia(rosiglitazone maleate)

 

3-2000

 

heart failure, hepatitis, and liver failure

 

Glaxo SmithKline

 

diabetes

 

 

 

 

Baycol(cerivastatin)

 

8-2001

 

fatal rhabdomyolysis

 

Bayer AG

 

cholesterol

 

 

 

 

Bextra(valdecoxib)

 

4-07-2005

 

heart attack, stroke, skin diseases

 

Pfizer

 

arthritis

 

 

 

 

Celebrex(celecoxib)

 

strongerwarnings

 

 

 

Pharmacia

 

arthritis

 

 

 

 

Dexatrim(phenylpropanolamine) (PPA)

 

11-2000

 

fatal strokes

 

Bayer

 

cold, cough

 

 

 

 

Ephedra (ma huang)

 

4-2004

 

high blood pressure, heart rate irregularities, insomnia, nervousness, tremors, seizures, heart attacks, strokes, brain hemorrhages, and death

 

Brayton Purcell

 

weight loss

 

 

 

 

Fen Phen(dexfenfluramine)(phentermine)

 

9-15-1997

 

heart valve damage, primary pulmonary hypertension

 

American Home Products(now Wyeth)

 

weight loss

 

 

 

 

Lotronex(alosetron)

 

11-2000

 

ischemic colitis, abdominal pain, severe constipation

 

Glaxo SmithKline

 

irritable bowel

 

 

 

 

Paxil(paroxetine)

 

strongerwarnings

 

suicide

 

Glaxo SmithKline

 

depression

 

 

 

 

Pondimin(fenfluramine)

 

9-15-1997

 

heart valve damage, primary pulmonary hypertension

 

American Home Products(now Wyeth)

 

weight loss

 

 

 

 

Propulsid(cisapride)

 

3-2000

 

torsades de pointes, SIDS

 

Janssen

 

heartburn

 

 

 

 

Redux(dexfenfluramine)

 

9-15-1997

 

heart valve damage, primary pulmonary hypertension

 

American Home Products(now Wyeth)

 

weight loss

 

 

 

 

Rezulin(troglitazone)

 

3-2000

 

severe liver toxicity

 

Warner-Lambert

 

diabetes 2

 

 

 

 

Vioxx(rofecoxib)

 

9-2004

 

heart attack, stroke

 

Merck

 

arthritis

 

 

 

 

Zyprexa(olanzapine)

 

strongerwarnings

 

diabetes, hyperglycemia, ketoacidosis

 

Eli Lilly

 

mania, bipolar disorder

 

 

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