Ethics in Medicine

FDA warns against Atrial Fibrillation drug Multaq. Moral? Wait 7 years before taking any newly released drug.

Kristen Sparrow • July 25, 2011

I’m starting to bore myself with reporting on the dangerous drugs that have been approved and set loose on the market, but here’s another one. Link below. Please wait to take any new drug for several years, 7 at least, from the time of release. Let other people be the guinea pigs. (info on my practice here)

F.D.A. Issues Alerts on the Heart Drug Multaq
By DUFF WILSON

American and European regulators issued safety alerts on Thursday about Multaq, a drug approved two years ago to treat abnormal heart rhythms…