Is the FDA on a black-box blitz? “The number of drugs given so-called “black box” warnings by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has more than doubled in the past year as concerns over the safety of everyday medicines continues to mount.
The dramatic increase in safety concerns from America’s medicines watchdog comes as more than 10,000 patients prescribed Vioxx press ahead with lawsuits against Merck, the drug’s manufacturer, amid claims that the painkiller caused heart attacks and strokes.”
