Terri -----Original Message----- From: Helen Dynda <olddad66@runestone.net> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com> Date: Thursday, September 28, 2000 8:27 PM Subject: FDA warns women about side effects from irritable bowel treatment -- Lotronex!!!
[] FDA warns women about side effects from irritable bowel treatment!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/women/08/25/lotronex.warning.ap/index.html [] August 25, 2000
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...
WARNING: If you have been prescribed Lotronex for irritable bowel syndrome, be sure to read this entire article!!