FDA Consumer Information

'Miracle' Treatment Turns into Potent Bleach
"Light" Tobacco Products Pose Heavy Health Risks
"My Medicines" … This Brochure Can be a Lifesaver
2009-2010 Seasonal Influenza Vaccines
6 Tip-offs to Rip-offs: Don't Fall for Health Fraud Scams
A Glimpse at 'Gluten-Free' Food Labeling
A New Online Guide to Hearing Aids
A Parent's Guide to Kids' Vaccines
Ad Spotlights Teen Abuse of Medicinal Drugs
Allergy Meds Could Affect Your Driving
Allergy Relief for Your Child
An FDA Guide to Drug Safety Terms
Are You Storing Food Safely?
At FDA, Pharmacists Answer Your Call
Avoid Maalox Mix-Ups
Avoiding Drug Interactions (video)
Avoiding Medication Mistakes (video)
Bad Ad Program: FDA Aims to Keep Drug Promotion Truthful
Barbecue Basics: Tips to Prevent Foodborne Illness
Benzocaine and Babies: Not a Good Mix
Beware of Bug Bites and Stings
Beware of Fraudulent 'Dietary Supplements'
Beware of Fraudulent Flu Products
Beware of Fraudulent Weight-Loss 'Dietary Supplements'
Beware of Ticks... & Lyme Disease
Bio-Identicals: Sorting Myths from Facts
Black Licorice: Trick or Treat?
Breast Pumps: Don't Be Misled - Get the Facts
Buying Medicines Online? Be Wary, FDA Says
Children and Asthma: The Goal Is Control
Combating Antibiotic Resistance
Combating Antibiotic Resistance
Combating Misuse and Abuse of Prescription Drugs: Q&A with Michael Klein, Ph.D.
Concentration Lowered in Tamiflu Medication
Cooperative Program Ensures Safe Shellfish
Cooperative Programs Help Keep Food Safe
Coping with Memory Loss
Dangerous Supplement Now Sold as 'WOW'
Database Is One-Stop Resource on Kids' Medications
Don't Be Fooled By Health Fraud Scams
Don't Get Burned: Stay Away From Ear Candles
Don't Swallow Benadryl Itch Stopping Gel - Use on Skin
Don’t Double Up on Acetaminophen
Drops, Sprays Put Curious Kids at Risk
Dry Mouth? Don’t Delay Treatment
E-Cigarettes: Questions and Answers
Eat for a Healthy Heart
Ensuring Food Safety: The Cooperative Retail Food Program
Ensuring the Safety of Imported Products: Q & A with Deborah Ralston
Facing Facts About Acne
Facts About Crohn's Disease
FDA 101: Advisory Committees
FDA 101: Clinical Trials and Institutional Review Boards
FDA 101: How to Use the Consumer Complaint System and MedWatch
FDA 101: Medication Errors
FDA 101: Product Recalls - From First Alert to Effectiveness Checks
FDA 101: Product Recalls (video)
FDA 101: Smoking Cessation Products
FDA Acts to Reduce Harm from Opioid Drugs
FDA Advises Women with Breast Implants
FDA and ISMP Work to Prevent Medication Errors
FDA Approves First Medication to Reduce HIV Risk
FDA Approves First Scorpion Sting Antidote
FDA Approves New Prostate Cancer Therapy
FDA Continues to Study BPA
FDA Contributing to Fight Against Polio
FDA Expands Access to Investigational Drugs
FDA Expands Advice on Statin Risks
FDA Helps Women Get Heart Smart
FDA Intends to Remove Unapproved Drugs from Market
FDA Invention Fights Counterfeit Malaria Drugs
FDA Launches “FDA Basics” Online to Enhance Public Understanding of the Agency
FDA Law Enforcers Crack Down on Illegal Botox Scammers
FDA Promotes Openness and Transparency to Public
FDA Sheds Light on Sunscreens
FDA Sounds Alarm on Phony Tamiflu
FDA Targets Drug Side Effects
FDA Team Advances Women's Health
FDA to Examine the Safety of Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages
FDA Unveils New Cigarette Health Warnings
FDA Unveils Safe Use Initiative to Reduce Harm From Medication Use
FDA Urges Safe Use of Certain Inhaled Asthma Medicines
FDA Warns About Lipodissolve Product Claims
FDA Warns About Raw Alfalfa Sprouts
FDA Warns Marketers of Unapproved ‘Chelation’ Drugs
FDA Warns Marketers of Unapproved Chelation Drugs
FDA Warns Not to Feed SimplyThick to Premature Infants
FDA Warns of Health Risks Posed by E-Cigarettes
FDA Warns: Beware of Bogus STD Products
FDA Web Page on Salmonella and Peanut Products
FDA Works to Lessen Drug Shortage Impact
FDA Works to Reduce Risk of Opioid Pain Relievers
FDA: Limit Use of 80 mg Simvastatin
FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: April 2010
FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: August 2009
FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: December 2009
FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: May 2010
FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: November 2009
FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: October 2009
FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: September 2009
FDA's Strategic Plan: Charting Our Course for the Future
Fentanyl Patch Can Be Deadly to Children
Fighting the Impact of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Find the Latest Drug Product and Safety Information
First Home-Use HIV Kit Approved for Self-Testing
Food Allergies: Reducing the Risks
Food Allergies: Reducing the Risks (video)
Food Bill Aims to Improve Safety
Food Label Helps Consumers Make Healthier Choices
Food Safety Tips for Healthy Holidays
Food Safety Tips for Healthy Holidays
Fortify Your Knowledge About Vitamins
Fortify Your Knowledge About Vitamins (video)
Generic Drug Roundup: April 2010
Generic Drug Roundup: December 2010
Generic Drug Roundup: September 2009
Generic Drugs: Same Medicine, Lower Cost
Get Set for Winter Illness Season
Giving Medication to Children
Giving Medicine to Children
Grapefruit Juice and Medicine May Not Mix
H1N1 Flu: FDA Responds Quickly to Protect the Public's Health
Hand Sanitizers Carry Unproven Claims to Prevent MRSA Infections
Have Food Allergies? Read the Label
Have You Given Blood Lately?
HCG Diet Products Are Illegal
Health Fraud Awareness (video)
Hearing Aids and Personal Sound Amplifiers: Know the Difference
Helping Consumers Reduce Sodium Intake
How Do You Know If Your Child Has ADHD?
How FDA Works to Keep Produce Safe
How Is Diabetes Treated in Children?
How Long Should You Take Osteoporosis Drugs?
How Safe are Color Additives?
How to Dispose of Unused Medicines
Hyland's Teething Tablets: Questions and Answers
Improper Use of Skin Numbing Products Can Be Deadly
Improving Access to HIV/AIDS Drugs Abroad
Improving Medical Products for Children: Q & A with Dianne Murphy, M.D.
Indoor Tanning: The Risks of Ultraviolet Rays
Infant Overdose Risk With Liquid Vitamin D
Infant Sleep Positioners Pose Suffocation Risk
Insulin Pens are Not for Sharing
Is Post-Surgery Codeine a Risk for Kids?
It's Not Too Late to Get a Flu Shot
Itching for Allergy Relief?
July 13 Webinar - FDA’s Safety Monitoring of Approved Vaccines
Keep Kids, Pets Away From Skin Sprayed With Evamist
Keep Listeria Out of Your Kitchen
Keeping Drug Advertising Honest and Balanced
Keeping Watch Over Direct-to-Consumer Ads
Kidney Risk Spurs Warning on Bowel Cleansers
Kids Have Problem With Medical Product?
Know Active Ingredients in Children's Meds
Know Concentration Before Giving Acetaminophen to Infants
Less Risky Tobacco Product? Only if the Science Says So
Living with Fibromyalgia, Drugs Approved to Manage Pain
Lock it Up: Medicine Safety in Your Home
Lowering Salt in Your Diet
Medication Errors Happen to Pets, Too
Medication Guides for Certain Prescription Products
Medications for High Blood Pressure
Medications for Your Pet: 10 Questions to Ask Your Vet
Medications Target Long-Term Weight Control
Mercury Poisoning Linked to Skin Products
Mom, Can I Get Contact Lenses, Please?
More Weight Loss Products Added to Consumer Alert
Negative Pressure Wound Devices Draw FDA Notice, Advice
New Steps Aimed at Cutting Risks from Acetaminophen
Nicotine Replacement Therapy Labels May Change
No Bones About It: Bones are Unsafe for Your Dog
Nonprescription Zyrtec-D for Allergies
Nutrition Basics Help Fight Child Obesity
Nutrition Facts Label: 20 and Evolving
OTC Cough and Cold Products: Not For Infants and Children Under 2 Years of Age
Outsmarting Poison Ivy and Other Poisonous Plants
Personalized Medicine Will Fit You Like a Glove
Pet Turtles: Cute But Contaminated with Salmonella
Pistachio Recall Expanded
Possible Fracture Risk With Osteoporosis Drugs
Possible Increased Risk of Bone Fractures With Certain Antacid Drugs
Pregnancy: A Time for Special Caution
Pregnant Women to Benefit from Better Information
Prescription Drug Leaflets Need Improvement
Primatene Mist With Chlorofluorocarbons No Longer Available After Dec. 31, 2011
Purchasing Pet Drugs Online: Buyer Beware (video)
Putting a Patch on Migraines
Recall of Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
Recall of Liquid Products for Children: What Consumers Need to Know
Reducing Fever in Children: Safe Use of Acetaminophen
Reducing Radiation from Medical X-rays (video)
Registries Help Moms Measure Medication Risks
Removing Hair Safely
Reporting Drug Quality Problems
Research Improves Minority Health
Safe Use Initiative: Preventing Harm from Medicines
Safe Use of Flea and Tick Products in Pets
Safety Concerns About Testosterone Gel
Safety Review of Avandia (Rosiglitazone)
Scam Alert: Beware of Bogus FDA Agents
Searching Online for 'Hemorrhoids'?
Serious Concerns Over Alcoholic Beverages with Added Caffeine
Seven Inhalers That Use CFCs Being Phased Out
Should You Put Sunscreen on Infants? Not Usually
Should Your Child Be in a Clinical Trial?
Some Lead-Free Pottery Can Still Taint Food
Some Medications and Driving Don't Mix
Some Sleep Drugs Can Impair Driving
Sprout Recall Due to Potential Contamination with Listeria
Start at the Store: 7 Ways to Prevent Foodborne Illness
Start at the Store: Prevent Foodborne Illness (video)
Stay Safe in the Summer Sun
Stimulant Potentially Dangerous to Health, FDA Warns
Stolen Inhalers Pose Risk
Strengthening Drug Safety
Sun Safety: Save Your Skin!
Survey Shows Gains in Food-Label Use, Health/Diet Awareness
Tablet Splitting: A Risky Practice
Tainted Products Marketed as Dietary Supplements
Teaching Kids About Using Medicine Safely
Ten Tips to Prevent an Accidental Overdose
The Benefits and Risks of Pain Relievers Q & A on NSAIDs with Sharon Hertz, M.D.
The Critical Path: Making Medical Products Better, Faster, and Cheaper
The Evolution, and Revolution, of Flu Vaccines
The Scoop on Whole Grains
The Skinny on Liposuction
The Special Risks of Pharmacy Compounding
The Straight Poop on Kids and Diarrhea
The Word is Out on Unapproved H1N1 Products
Thyroid Medications: Q & A with Mary Parks, M.D.
Topical Pain Relievers May Cause Burns
Treating Cushing's Disease in Dogs
Treating Head Lice
Triclosan: What Consumers Should Know
Understanding Antidepressant Medications
Update to FDA Alert About Stolen Insulin
Use Caution with Cough and Cold Medicines for Children
Use Caution with Over-the-Counter Creams, Ointments
Users of Last CFC Inhalers Must Soon Switch
Using Malaria Medication for Leg Cramps is Risky
Using Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Products in Children
Vaccines Approved for H1N1 Influenza Virus
WANTED: Consumers to Report Problems
Warning on Body Building Products (video)
Warning on Body Building Products Marketed as Containing Steroids or Steroid-Like Substances
Warning on Hydroxycut Products
Warning on Potentially Contaminated Cheese
Warning on Stolen Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution and Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution
Warning: Counterfeit Alli
Wrinkle Relief: Injectable Cosmetic Fillers
Zebrafish Make a Splash in FDA Research

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