Diet Drugs Guide and News

Preventing Gout Attacks: Know Treatment Options Like Uloric …
U.S. News & World Report, DC
Uloric is the first new drug for gout in 40 years. Your diet matters, too; know which foods to avoid By January W. Payne Until recently, a diagnosis of gout, also known as gouty arthritis, meant a regimen of mainstay treatments that didn't always work …
Uloric (febuxostat) Approved As Gout Treatment About - News & Issues
Gout Quiz: Answers U.S. News & World Report
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Xenical Diet Pill Leads to Poorer Diet
Diet Blog, California
A new study suggests the popular diet drug Orlistat, sold under the prescription name Xenical, doesn't inspire people to improve their diets, instead individuals popping Xenical are more likely to eat worse. How's that for irony. …

Chesley says he didn't object to fees for diet-drug lawyers
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
Chesley, who collected $20.5 million himself for negotiating the settlement with the diet drug's manufacturer, also acknowledged on cross-examination by defense counsel that judges in class actions may award lawyers more than the amount set out in …
Prominent Lawyer Testifies In Fen-Phen Retrial MSNBC
Chesley called as witness in fen-phen trial WZTV
Chesley testifies against former lawyers Kentucky.com
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Research group proposes "fact boxes" for drug labels
SmartBrief, DC
Researchers at Dartmouth Medical School are scheduled to meet with the FDA on Friday to present the concept of drug fact boxes — numerical data indicating the risks and benefits of pharmaceutical products. The boxes, which are modeled after nutrition …
Researchers to propose drug benefit labeling International Herald Tribune
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Chesley called as witness in fen-phen trial
WZTV, TN
(AP) — Government prosecutors in the fen-phen diet drug trial have called a prominent trial lawyer as a witness. Former Lexington attorneys Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion are being tried for a second time, accused of cheating 440 clients …

Lawyers' fees in diet-drug case assailed
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
Heywood Ferguson Jr., whose mother Alma died of a disease caused by the diet drug, said "this stinks" was his reaction to learning in 2001 that his family collected only about $1 million from their $2.6 million fen-phen settlement. …
Chesley testifies against former lawyers Kentucky.com
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Diet-drug case fees assailed
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
Heywood Ferguson Jr., whose mother Alma died of a disease caused by the diet drug, said "this stinks" was his reaction to learning in 2001 that his family collected only about $1million from their $2.6million fen-phen settlement. …

A Push to Spell Out a Drug’s Risks and Benefits
New York Times, United States
By NATASHA SINGER WHAT if consumers could calculate the benefits and risks of taking a prescription drug as easily as they can gauge the carbs and calories of an Oreo cookie? An ad for the sleep drug Lunesta. Sepracor, the drug’s maker, …
Research group proposes "fact boxes" for drug labels SmartBrief
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Magic pill, herb do not exist;
Benson News Sun, AZ
In the December notice, the FDA warned the public not to purchase products ranging from the 7-day diet drug, to some Slim Fast products and other fat-burning diuretics. The bottom line is read labels, and as Mayberry stated, "if it sounds too good to …

Weight loss centres cop a pounding from consumer group
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand
By Pongphon Sarnsmak Weight loss clinics around the country have been prescribing diet pills to patients without checking their personal profile or providing information on key concerns such as drug hypersensitivity, blood pressure, body height and …