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About a third of FDA-approved drugs go on to have major safety issues

Amid calls for faster reviews, researchers look for ways to catch dangerous drugs.

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    *The three withdrawn drugs include valdecoxib, an anti-inflammatory, and tegaserod, a drug used for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. Both were withdrawn over concerns of cardiovascular events. The third is efalizumab, a drug used to treat psoriasis, which was withdrawn over the risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, a disease that damages the brain.

    Yikes! I'm amazed most statins are still on the market quite frankly.

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