Category: Dangerous Medications

  • Study: Wide use of drug caused deaths

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    Kirsten Knudsen
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    NEW YORK (AP) — New research shows that soon after doctors started prescribing a drug for congestive heart failure more widely, the number of patients who died from a side effect increased. The researchers say their findings illustrate what can happen when doctors apply drug-study results to their own patients. They suggest that some of…