News from the FDA/CDC

FDA eases mental health warnings in smoking cessation drugs’ labels

Publish date: December 19, 2016

Labels on the smoking cessation drugs varenicline and bupropion will offer less severe warnings for mental health risk potentials in people with...

Publish date: December 19, 2016

The U.S. death rate from synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, soared by 72.2% from 2014 to 2015, according to the CDC.

Publish date: December 16, 2016

FDA warning says repeated or lengthy use of general anesthetic or sedation drugs under age 3 years or in late pregnancy may affect children’s...

Publish date: October 5, 2016

Physicians had the highest level of coverage (95.6%), while health care assistants and aides had the lowest (64.5%).