From
CounterPunch:
2010 will go down as the year the diet pill
Meridia and pain pill
Darvon were withdrawn from the market and the heart-attack associated diabetes drug Avandia was severely restricted.
Additionally, here are the drugs which make 2010's Hall of Shame:
- Yaz and Yasmin
- Lyrica, Topamax and Lamictal
- Humira, Prolia and TNF Blockers
- Chantix
- Ambien
- Tamoxifen
- Lipitor and Crestor
- Boniva
- Prempro
- Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, SSRIs
- Effexor, Cymbalta, Pristiq, SNRIs
- Seroquel, Zyprexa, Geodon, atypical antipsychotics
- Ritalin, Concerta, Strattera, Adderall and ADHD Drugs
- Gardasil and Cervarix Vaccines
- Foradil Aerolizer, Serevent Diskus, Advair and Symbicort
- Singulair and Accolate, leukotriene receptor antagonists