The new warnings about the GI drug Propulsid (cisapride)

August 1998

The new warnings about the GI drug Propulsid (cisapride) arecausing many physicians to switch to safer alternatives.

Lots of patients take Propulsid...over $1 billion is sold per year.

But it's causing serious arrhythmias and even somedeaths...especially in patients with predisposing factors, or oninteracting drugs.

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Table of Contents

The new warnings about the GI drug Propulsid (cisapride)
Hypertension new findings are now coming to light regarding drug treatment for hypertension
Hypertension captopril (Capoten) reduces the risk of MI, stroke, and death in patients with hypertension
Cholesterol new 80 mg Zocor (simvastatin) tablet
Anticoagulants Lovenox (enoxaparin) at HOME
Gastroenterology two 10-day regimens for H. pylori
saw palmetto, provides SYMPTOMATIC benefit for men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
Diabetes There's been lots of MIS-UNDERSTOOD press about Rezulin (troglitazone) going off the market
Diabetes developing new hand-held INHALERS that deliver insulin to the lungs
Women's Health Monistat 1, a new one-dose OTC product for vaginal candidiasis
Women's Health new OTC test for urinary tract infections
rifapentine (Priftin) for tuberculosis
Amoxil TABLETS
Omnicef (cefdinir), a new oral cephalosporin for children and adults
Migraine another "triptan" for migraines
Neurology & Pain NEW class of pain relievers