WASHINGTON (AP) -- A popular new treatment for irritable bowel syndrome could cause severe intestinal side effects -- some requiring surgery -- that have already affected at least 19 women.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it had ordered Glaxo Wellcome Inc. to attach to every bottle of Lotronex a plain-English pamphlet explaining the risk, and that women should...
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