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Many of us have hectic schedules and we sometimes struggle to get a good night’s rest. In fact, it is estimated that 40 million Americans suffer from chronic insomnia (sleeplessness) and an additional 20 million experience episodic insomnia. During these times, we commonly turn to sleep medicines....
In the full year of 2009 reported patient deaths associated with drug
therapy increased by 14% compared to 2008, and were up 3-fold since
2000.
Our database of reported medication errors now contains hundreds of
cases of accidental mix-ups between adult and pediatric products used
to immunize patients against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis
(whooping cough). Several reports involve errors that affected numerous
patients.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning of the potential risk of overdosing infants with liquid vitamin D. Some liquid vitamin D supplement products on the market come with droppers that could allow parents and caregivers to accidentally give harmful amounts of the vitamin to an infant. These droppers can hold a greater amount of liquid vitamin D than an infant should receive. Parents and caregivers should only use the dropper that comes with the vitamin D supplement purchased.
