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FDA Investigating Z-Pak Antibiotic Linked to Heart RisksBy MURTAZA AKHTER


FDA Investigating Z-Pak Antibiotic Linked to Heart Risks
By MURTAZA AKHTER The U.S Food and Drug Administration is investigating the antibiotic azithromycin, commonly known as Z-Pak, after a study linked the drug to an increased risk of death. The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, found patients prescribed Z-Pak...

FDA rejects 1-800-GET-THIN's proposed corrections to its 'misleading' advertising; must include death warning
A billboard for the Lap Band over the 210 freeway. The Food and Drug Administration has cracked down on the 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign that has promoted weight-loss surgery at several Southern California clinics. The company behind 1-800-GET-THIN has halted all its advertising.

DMAA latest: FDA considers next steps; GNC remains defiant; Nutrex says FDA is 'demonstrably wrong'
GNC: 'As a company, we are completely opposed to this unilateral, factually and legally unfounded action by the FDA...'
 

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