Fwd: [MC_USA] Medical Lobbyist, Regulate Pain killers

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Wayne Fugitt

Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:49:06 -0600

[MC_USA] Medical Lobbyist, Regulate Pain killers

 

Medical lobbyist calls for re-regulation of ibuprofen

Sydney Morning Herald [Australia]

 

" Popular painkillers containing ibuprofen should be taken off

supermarket shelves, Australian Medical Association president Bill

Glasson said today. The US Food and Drug Administration has

launched a consumer advertising campaign advising medication

containing ibuprofen can cause kidney damage and stomach

bleeding when taken with prescription drugs including diuretics. 'We

think it's a backward step to move drugs from pharmacy shelves and

put them onto supermarket shelves when a lot of those drugs do

have side-effect profiles that really require the expert advise of a

pharmacist,' [Glasson said]. " (01/29/04)

 

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/29/1075088119991.html

 

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