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What is kratom, the addictive drug found at vape shops and gas stations? FDA takes action
The FDA has released a report to educate the public regarding the dangers of 7-OH and its distinction from the kratom plant leaf.
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After Prasad’s Ouster, Makary Looks for Better Drug, Biologic Alignment at FDA
The FDA has denied that it plans to combine the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and Center for Biologics Evaluation ...
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An FDA panel spread misinformation about SSRI use in pregnancy, alarming doctors
A panel organized by the FDA cast doubts on the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy — drawing ire from doctors who say SSRIs are a crucial treatment option for women with perinatal depression.
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FDA cracking down on 7-OH to avoid epidemic: Commissioner
7-OH, formally known as 7-Hydroxymitragynine, is banned in China; however, Makary found that in the Biden administration, the ...
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Vinay Prasad is my former student and friend. His departure from FDA is a loss for American medicine
It is hard to imagine someone more equipped and more dedicated to vetting treatments than Vinay Prasad,” writes his former ...
The Man Who Was Too MAHA for the Trump Administration
Such appeasement efforts proved insufficient to protect him from rival forces in the Republican Party, if not also in the ...
FDA chief says NIH ‘brewed up a virus that killed 20 million people’
Commissioner Marty Makary again promoted a conspiracy theory about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, accusing the ...