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Banned
Drugs Chart
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Brand Name
(generic name)
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Date
Banned
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Side
Effects
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Manufacturer
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Prescribed For
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Avandia
(rosiglitazone maleate)
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3-2000
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heart failure, hepatitis, and liver failure
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Glaxo SmithKline
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diabetes
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Baycol
(cerivastatin)
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8-2001
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fatal rhabdomyolysis
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Bayer AG
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cholesterol
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Bextra
(valdecoxib)
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4-07-2005
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heart attack, stroke, skin diseases
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Pfizer
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arthritis
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Celebrex
(celecoxib)
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stronger
warnings
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Pharmacia
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arthritis
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Dexatrim
(phenylpropanolamine) (PPA)
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11-2000
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fatal strokes
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Bayer
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cold, cough
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Ephedra (ma huang)
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4-2004
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high blood pressure, heart rate irregularities, insomnia,
nervousness, tremors, seizures, heart attacks, strokes,
brain hemorrhages, and death
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Brayton Purcell
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weight loss
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Fen Phen
(dexfenfluramine)
(phentermine)
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9-15-1997
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heart valve damage, primary pulmonary hypertension
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American Home Products
(now Wyeth)
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weight loss
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Lotronex
(alosetron)
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11-2000
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ischemic colitis, abdominal pain, severe constipation
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Glaxo SmithKline
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irritable bowel
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Paxil
(paroxetine)
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stronger
warnings
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suicide
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Glaxo SmithKline
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depression
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Pondimin
(fenfluramine)
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9-15-1997
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heart valve damage, primary pulmonary hypertension
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American Home Products
(now Wyeth)
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weight loss
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Propulsid
(cisapride)
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3-2000
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torsades de pointes, SIDS
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Janssen
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heartburn
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Redux
(dexfenfluramine)
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9-15-1997
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heart valve damage, primary pulmonary hypertension
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American Home Products
(now Wyeth)
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weight loss
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Rezulin
(troglitazone)
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3-2000
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severe liver toxicity
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Warner-Lambert
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diabetes 2
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Vioxx
(rofecoxib)
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9-2004
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heart attack, stroke
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Merck
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arthritis
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Zyprexa
(olanzapine)
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stronger
warnings
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diabetes, hyperglycemia, ketoacidosis
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Eli Lilly
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mania, bipolar disorder
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Banned Drugs
