Reporting any adverse events (unexpected side effects) to FDA after using a medical product, or other problems with any products that the agency regulates.
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Tips for Reporting
Quick-Reference Chart for Reporting Problems to FDA
Types of Problems FDA Doesn’t Handle
Consumers play an important public health role by reporting to the Food and Drug [...]
As middle years near, women may need to rethink contraceptive choices
If you’re approaching the middle years of your life, it might be time to review your choice of contraceptives. But don’t be too hasty in putting them away for good.
Middle-age women and teenagers have the highest rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion in the [...]
How to Use the Consumer Complaint System and MedWatch
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Consumer Complaint Reporting
Reporting Problems Can Spur Action
MedWatch Reporting
How to Report to MedWatch
Problems to Report to MedWatch
Reporting Emergencies
FDA Consumer Complaint Coordinators (regions and telephone numbers)
If you have a complaint about a product regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency wants to hear [...]
She ‘Bends Toward Justice’ by Giving Her All
By Laurie Emrich - WeNews commentator
(WOMENSENEWS)–I want to live in a world where cooperation, equity and justice thrive. To make that happen I try to follow the advice of 1960s rhythm and blues singer-songwriter Wilson Pickett: “Ya gotta shake whatcha brought whicha.”
Part of what I now bring with [...]
The Food and Drug Administration should rethink its rejection of the Declaration of Helsinki.
Later this year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will adopt new standards for human clinical trials conducted without its advance sign-off in foreign countries. The rules will govern whether data from such trials can be used in applications to market [...]
Monkeys Under Stress More Likely to Binge on Banana Chips
Many believe the worst day at work can be curbed by inhaling a big tub of ice cream, but now scientists have found new evidence suggesting that bingeing isn’t our fault — it’s biology.
A new study shows that bingeing when stressed might be biological.
Researchers studying the [...]
Following the settlement of a lawsuit earlier this week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its consumer advice on mercury amalgam to say that it poses health risks to pregnant women, children, and the unborn.
The updated consumer advice, which is in the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) section of [...]
The Food and Drug Administration has ordered Merck & Co. to correct numerous manufacturing deficiencies at its main vaccine plant, the latest in a string of setbacks for the drug maker.
The FDA released a warning letter sent to Merck’s chief executive, Richard T. Clark, that states FDA inspectors determined manufacturing rules are not being followed [...]
Do not use or buy Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning people not to use or buy Mommy’s Bliss Nipple Cream because the product contains potentially harmful ingredients that may cause respiratory problems or vomiting and diarrhea in infants.
Marketed by MOM Enterprises Inc. in San Rafael, Calif., the product [...]
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