5 results

• Unnecessary Antibiotics Prescriptions Rampant, Despite Risks: Study

  October 11, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  Overuse of antibiotics is still rampant, and could be putting patients and humanity at risk, according to the findings of a new study.

• Tygacil Death Risk Results in Black Box Warning for IV Antibiotic

  September 30, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA has added a black box warning to the IV antibiotic Tygasil, due to an increased risk of death.

• Public Citizen Petition for Black Box Warning on Tygacil Updated

  June 6, 2012

  Irvin Jackson

  Public Citizen, a prominent consumer watchdog organization, is reviving efforts to get more stringent warnings added to the antibiotic Tygacil,...

• Tygacil Side Effects Require Black Box Warnings, Petition to FDA Claims

  November 2, 2011

  Staff Writers

  The prominent consumer advocacy group Public Citizen is calling for the FDA to require a new black box warning for...

• Tygacil Side Effects Increase Risk of Death: FDA Warns

  September 2, 2010

  Staff Writers

  Federal drug safety regulators are changing the labeling on the antibiotic Tygacil to indicate that it carries an increased risk...