PUBLIC CITIZEN HEALTH RESEARCH GROUP PETITIONS THE FDA FOR BETTER WARNINGS ABOUT PROLIA

Public Citizen Health Research Group recently petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for better warnings about the osteoporosis drug Prolia.

While most of the suggestions in that Petition were ignored, the FDA agreed to some modest changes.  

You can read the entire petition and the FDA response here:

https://www.citizen.org/article/petition-to-the-fda-to-require-a-black-box-warning-for-the-osteoporosis-drug-prolia/

Readers in a hurry can get the gist of the Petition from the press release: 

https://www.citizen.org/news/patients-doctors-must-be-warned-about-risk-of-spinal-fractures-soon-after-stopping-osteoporosis-medication/

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