Ep 048 - Uninformed

The New York Attorney General wrote a public letter urging the FDA to increase warnings on Singulair, an asthma and allergy drug. She also wants the FDA to discourage prescribing it to children because of its psychiatric side effects. We dig into how common these side effects are and what the FDA's role in situations like this.

Plus, Samsung gets FDA approval to track sleep apnea using their smartwatch!

Also, probably no news to you, but the price of medicine is increasing…but maybe not as much as you'd think when compared to previous years.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Show Intro
01:21 - Behind the Counter
04:28 - Warnings for Singulair
06:43 - What are the warnings we need to know about?
08:32 - How common are the side effects?
12:34 - What is a black box warning?
18:04 - Medwatch
18:49 - REMS
22:39 - What else can be done?
25:55 - What other drugs were treated this way?
29:36 - Celebrex and Vioxx
34:14 - Practical Takeaways
40:17 - Show Outro

SHOW NOTES:
1) Sleep Apnea (Tech) - https://tinyurl.com/3wfzxt3f
2) Big Pharma Prices (Daily Mail) - https://tinyurl.com/59wpbv6p
3) Medication Safety (Very Well) - https://tinyurl.com/mrx43bd3
4) Asthma Drug Warning (NYT) - https://tinyurl.com/58sz2ecu
5) Asthma Drug Warning (NY.gov) - https://tinyurl.com/3256k8j2
6) Thalidomide (Reuters) - https://tinyurl.com/4bupw5dk
7) Thalidomide (U Chicago) - https://tinyurl.com/26hy2mxk
8) Vioxx (NIH) - https://tinyurl.com/bdvcnfue
9) Vioxx (FDA) - https://tinyurl.com/mrycw6sp
10) MedWatch (FDA) - https://tinyurl.com/5w82zct2

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