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2002
 | Tips
for the Savvy Supplement User, FDA Consumer, Volume 36, Number 2,
March-April 2002. |
| Paris Man Pleads Guilty 
March 4, 2002. |
| Recall of PC SPES and SPES dietary supplements:
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| Information
About Dietary Supplements, from the Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition and FDA. Updated February 26, 2002. |
| FDA
Patient Representatives, FDA Consumer Magazine, January-February 2002. |
| Why
drugs get taken off the market, FDA Consumer Magazine, January-February
2002. |
| Activities
of FDA’s Medical Product Centers in 2001, January 25, 2002. |
| Cyber Letters 2002,
letters sent electronically via the Internet, to web sites that offer to
sell online prescription drugs that may be illegal. A Press
Release dated February 2, 2000 describes these "cyber" letters
in more detail. |
2001
| VAQTA (Hepatitis A vaccine) recalled
due to decreased antigen content
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| Kava-containing dietary supplements linked
to serious hepatotoxicity
 | Dec 19, 2001 Letter
- FDA / CFSAN
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| FTC Cracks
down on Marketers of Bogus Bioterrorism Defense Products, November 19,
2001. |
| Home
Diagnostic Tests: The Ultimate House Call? FDA Consumer Magazine,
November-December 2001. |
| Living
With AIDS--20 Years Later, FDA Consumer Magazine, November-December
2001. |
| Buying Diagnostic Tests From the Internet: Buyer
Beware! October 31, 2001. |
| Thai
Aids 'cure' declared useless, 15 August, 2001. |
| Capsules Containing Dangerous Herbs Recalled,
July 31, 2001. |
| FDA’s
Drug Review and Approval Times, July 30, 2001. |
| ATF Fitness Products, Inc. is recalling
BioPharm brand T-Cuts, a dietary supplement, July 27, 2001. |
| FDA
Sponsored AIDS Health Fraud Task Forces, June 14, 2001. |
| Virtual
"Treatments" Can Be Real-World Deceptions, June 2001. |
| Claims
That Can Be Made for Conventional Foods and Dietary Supplements, March
20, 2001. |
| 9/28/00 Revision of Import
Alert #66-41 "Unapproved New Drugs Promoted in the United
States", attachment revised 2/12/01. |
| Cyber Letters 2001. |
2000
1999
| How
to Spot Health Fraud - FDA Consumer magazine, November
- December 1999. |
| T-Up: Aloe Vera Indictment, July 7,
1999. |
| Gamma Butyrolactone (GBL)
| TDH issues press releases on GBL
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| FDA
warns about products containing GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE or GBL and asks
companies to issue a recall. January 21, 1999. |
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| Home-Use Tests For HIV
| FTC: Test Can Be Inaccurate,
June 1999. |
| FDA
Letter: EZ MedTest, July 6, 1999. |
| Business Sentenced
to Over Five Years for Selling Bogus HIV Testing Kits, February 17,
1999. |
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| FDA
Approves New Health Claim for Soy Protein and Coronary Heart Disease,
October 20, 1999. |
| The U. S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, January 15,
1999, instructs FDA to define
the term "significant scientific agreement" for
Health Claims on dietary supplement labels and to allow the use of
disclaimers on labels. |
| Cyber Letters 1999. |
1998
| Warning
letter
about the promotion and distribution of the unapproved drug Laetrile in the
form of “Apricot seeds“, “Vitamin B- 17 tablets”, and “Amigdalina”
ampoules. October 28, 1998. |
| Purchasing
Medications Outside the USA
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| Oxygenation Therapy: Unproven
Treatments for Cancer and AIDS, Spring/Summer 1998. |
| FDA launches effort against fraudulent HIV treatments
Dallas Voice, November 27, 1998. Volume XV, Number 31, page 21. |
| Staking
a Claim to Good Health - Read it and believe it. FDA has made sure that
label claims that link a food with disease prevention or better health are
backed up with strong evidence. FDA Consumer Magazine, November-December
1998. |
| MedWatch:
FDA's 'Heads Up' on Medical Product Safety - FDA Consumer
Magazine, November-December 1998. |
| FTC
and FDA Announce the Adoption of an International Agreement To Combat Health
Fraud, December 10, 1998. |
| Acupuncture,
Amitriptyline for Pain - HIV-Related Peripheral Neuropathy... JAMA,
Nov. 11, 1998 |
| Dissemination of Information on Unapproved/New Uses for Marketed Drugs,
Biologics and Devices; Proposed Rule, June 8, 1998. In PDF
and plain
text format. |
| FDA Proposed Rules for
Dissemination Information on Off-Label Uses, June 5, 1998. |
| Investigate
Before You Participate, AIDS Health Fraud Conference, August 26-27,
1998. |
| US
Network of AIDS Health Fraud Task Forces Empowers Communities to Make
Informed Choices About Their Health Care, 12th World AIDS Conference, June
28-July 3,1998. |
| Cyber Letters 1998. |
1997
1992-1996
| FDA,
States Collaborate for Safety's Sake, March 1996. |
| An
FDA Guide to Choosing Medical Treatments, June 1995. |
| FDA
Cautions Consumers on Kombucha Mushroom Tea, March 23, 1995. |
| Testimony
before Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, Randolph
Wykoff, M.D., Director of AIDS Office, May 27, 1993. |
| FDA Issues Import
Alert Against Unapproved Mail Order Drugs from Overseas, January 30,
1992. |
| FDA
Urges Buyers Clubs to End Sales of Underground DDC, February 6, 1992. |
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