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esomeprazole (NEXIUM, NEXIUM 24HR); lansoprazole (PREVACID, PREVACID 24HR); omeprazole (PRILOSEC, PRILOSEC OTC, YOSPRALA); pantoprazole (PROTONIX); rabeprazole (ACIPHEX)
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SSRIs Can Have Dangerous Interactions With Other Drugs
January 2008
More than 70 million prescriptions a year are filled for these popular antidepressants, including Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Luvox, Celexa and Lexapro. This article gives details about more than 60 other widely prescribed prescription drugs that can have harmful interactions if used with these antidepressants. The two different kinds of interactions are also discussed.

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Testimony regarding the FDA's categorization of "morning sickness" and "leg edema" during pregnancy as conditions not diseases which allows dietary supplement manufacturers to promote for these symptoms (HRG Publication #1517)
Under the dangerous provisions of DSHEA, that categorization allows dietary supplement manufacturers to promote products as treatments of those conditions without first proving that the products are safe and effective.
Letter to the Food and Drug Administration regarding their final regulations on dietary supplements and their definition of adverse effects of pregnancy. (HRG Publication #1507)
Now, the same agency seems to have thrown caution to the wind and appears willing to endanger unborn babies by pretending that medical conditions such as morning sickness and edema of pregnancy are not diseases, thereby allowing the marketing of dietary supplements/herbals that have not been tested for safety.

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