Category Archives: FDA

Act Now! FDA Comment Period on Dietary Sodium!

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

The FDA is Doing it Again! As if they had nothing better to do, now it is dietary sodium decrease… again! After hundreds of academic articles show that the more dietary salt we consume, the healthier we are, they want … Continue reading →

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Quinolone Antibiotics — Black Box Released!

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

Thank You FDA! This article was updated on 5/22/2019 with new FDA link to the quinolone warning label change by the FDA.

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Some Tradeoff: Candy vs. Kidney Damage

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

Hold On Death! I Am finishing My Ice Cream! The relatively new drugs canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet) and dapagliflozin (Farxiga, Xigduo XR) are for blood sugar control in the case of type 2 diabetes. The FDA now has strengthened its “existing … Continue reading →

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Milk, Fats, Cholesterol, Salt & Good Bye Migraines

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

PRESS RELEASE And Then Some On the site HormonesMatter where I am a scientist blogger, an article I wrote just published that you may want to read even if you are not a migraineur. It contains a TV video in … Continue reading →

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FDA ruling on Quinolones! FINALLY!!!

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

The FDA MADE A DECISION! I have been working on this for almost 2 years! Some great news to share with quinolone sufferers: Finally! The FDA made a decision after almost 2 years since my original citizen petition was filed … Continue reading →

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Will a Medicine Help You? The Numbers Will Shock You!

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

I love TED. I watch TED programs all the time because in 15-20 minutes they summarize important information that you cannot get anywhere else! This TED is like that. This is the most important TED you may ever watch in your … Continue reading →

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FDA Drug Label Warning Changes

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

****************IMPORTANT***************** The MedWatch September 2015 Safety Labeling Changes posting includes 48 products with safety labeling changes to the following sections: BOXED WARNING, CONTRAINDICATIONS, WARNINGS, PRECAUTIONS, ADVERSE REACTIONS, or PATIENT PACKAGE INSERT/MEDICATION GUIDE. The “Summary Page” table provides a listing of … Continue reading →

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In the Jungles of Panama: Sugar is Not Permitted!

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

Sugar – the Disguised Drug of Pleasure that Future Illnesses are Made Of I received a most amazing message from one of my migraine sufferers that I want to share because I found it so amazing and it underlies our clueless … Continue reading →

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Artificial sweeteners, Sugar alcohols, Novel, & Natural non-sugar sweeteners

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

I have an article to post about aspartame but just so you know, this goes for all sugar substitutes and artificial sugars. According to Mayo Clinic, sugar substitutes are broken down into 4 groups: Artificial sweeteners (i.e. aspartame), Sugar alcohols (i.e. … Continue reading →

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Levaquin, Cipro, & Avelox Lawsuit!

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

Anyone ever got hurt (floxed) by Levaquin, Cipro, or Avelox, here is a lawsuit you can join. How do you know if you were floxed? Not everyone has the same symptoms but what these drugs share in common is that … Continue reading →

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