Drug & Food Information

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Advisories, Alerts, Bulletins, Recalls,and Adverse Events

• Consumers Report a Problem (Food and Drug Administration)
• FDA Recall Policy (Food and Drug Administration)
• Recalls and Safety Alerts in Past 60 Days (Food and Drug Administration)
• Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program: MedWatch (Food and Drug Administration)
• Recalls and Withdrawals of Blood Products/Biologics (Food and Drug Administration)
• Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (Food and Drug Administration)

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Animals: Health, Safety, and Drugs

• Pets and Pet Health (MedlinePlus)
• Veterinary Medicine (healthfinder)
• Animal Drugs (healthfinder)
• Center for Veterinary Medicine (Food and Drug Administration)
• Diseases Spread from Animals to People (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Guide Dogs (healthfinder)

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Biologics (blood, allergenics, biological treatments, vaccines)

• Biologics (healthfinder)
• Consumer Information About Biologics (Food and Drug Administration)
• List of Distributed Biologics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Recalls and Withdrawals of Blood Products/Biologics (Food and Drug Administration)

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Biotechnology

• National Center for Biotechnology Information (National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine)
• Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Consumer Information (Food and Drug Administration)

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Blood

• Blood/Blood Transfusion (MedlinePlus)
• Blood (healthfinder)
• Blood Banks (healthfinder)
• Blood Donations (healthfinder)
• Blood Products (healthfinder)
• Blood Safety (healthfinder)
• Blood Transfusions (healthfinder)
• Regulating Blood (Food and Drug Administration, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research)

• Bone Marrow Transplantation (MedlinePlus)
• Bone Marrow Transplants (healthfinder)

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Cosmetics

• Cosmetics (MedlinePlus)
• Cosmetics (healthfinder)
• Cosmetics Regulation (Food and Drug Administration)

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Devices

• Drug and Medical Device Safety (MedlinePlus)
• Center For Devices and Radiological Health (Food and Drug Administration)
• Recently Approved Devices (Food and Drug Administration)

• LASIK
• Cell Phones
• Whole-Body CT Scans
• Breast Implants
• Mammography
• Vision Correction Devices
• Cochlear Implants
• Phakic Intraocular Lenses

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Dietary Supplements

• Dietary Supplements (healthfinder)
• Dietary Supplements (Food and Drug Administration)
• Dietary Supplements Consumer Q and A (Food and Drug Administration)
• Herbal Medicines (MedlinePlus)
• Dietary Supplements (U.S. Government)
• Facts about Dietary Supplements (National Institutes Of Health)
• Consumer Information on Dietary Supplements (National Institutes Of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)
• Evaluating Dietary Supplements (Food and Drug Administration)
• Warnings and Safety Information (Food and Drug Administration)

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Drugs

Advisories, Alerts and Bulletins: Drug Safety (healthfinder)

• About Your Medicines (MedlinePlus)
• Drug and Medical Device Safety (MedlinePlus)
• Tips For Taking Medicines Safely (Food and Drug Administration)
• Antibiotics (MedlinePlus)
• Drug Safety (healthfinder)
• What You Should Know About Buying and Using Drug Products (Food and Drug Administration)
• How to Give Medicine to Children (Food and Drug Administration)
• Cancer Drug Therapies (Food and Drug Administration)
• Frequently Asked Questions about Food and Drug Administration Activities and Drug Regulation (Food and Drug Administration)
• Getting Information from FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
• Report a Problem (Food and Drug Administration)
• Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program: MedWatch (Food and Drug Administration)

• Drugs by Drug Name (MedlinePlus)
• Drugs by Drug Name (Food and Drug Administration)
• Drugs@FDA Searchable Drug Information Database (Food and Drug Administration)
• Approved Drug Products/Orange Book (Food and Drug Administration)
• New Drug Approval List by Date (Food and Drug Administration)
• Additions/Deletions of Approved Drugs by Month (Food and Drug Administration)

• Generic Drugs (Food and Drug Administration)
• Generic Drugs (healthfinder)
• Generic Drugs: Consumer Q and A (Food and Drug Administration)
• Search for Generic Equivalents by Brand Name (Food and Drug Administration)

• Buying Prescription Medicines Online: A Consumer Safety Guide (Food and Drug Administration)

• Drug Allergies (healthfinder)

• Look Up Specific Drug to Find Interactions (MedlinePlus)
• Drug Interactions: What You Should Know (Food and Drug Administration)
• Drug Interactions (healthfinder)

• FDA Recall Policy (Food and Drug Administration)
• Recalls and Safety Alerts in Past 60 Days (Food and Drug Administration)

• Drug Import Task Force (Health and Human Services)

• Over-the-counter Medicines: What's Right For You? (Food and Drug Administration)
• Understanding the Over-the-counter Medicine Label (Food and Drug Administration)
• Facts about the New Over-the-counter Drug Label (Food and Drug Administration)

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Food

Food Safety Information for Hurricane Katrina Aftermath (Food and Drug Administration)
Advisories, Alerts and Bulletins: Food Safety (healthfinder)

• Food Information For Consumers (Food and Drug Administration)
• Getting Information from FDA (Food and Drug Administration)

• Food Safety (MedlinePlus)
• Food Safety (healthfinder)
• Food Safety by Food Type (U.S. Government)
• Food Safety Programs (U.S. Government)
• Food Contamination and Poisoning (MedlinePlus)
• Food Preparation and Foodborne Illness (Food and Drug Administration)
• Food Safety for Seniors (Food and Drug Administration)
• Food Irradiation and Safety: Introduction (Food and Drug Administration)
• Food Code, 2005 (Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

• How To Read the Food Label (Food and Drug Administration)
• How to Use the Food Label (Food and Drug Administration)
• Food Labeling and Nutrition (Food and Drug Administration)
• FDA to Require Food Manufacturers to List Food Allergens (Food and Drug Administration)

• Food Storage (Food and Drug Administration)

• Food Preparation and Foodborne Illness (Food and Drug Administration)

• Additives (Food and Drug Administration)

• Food Coloring (Food and Drug Administration)

• Food Irradiation and Safety: Introduction (Food and Drug Administration)
• Food Irradiation and Safety: More details (Food and Drug Administration)

• Food Allergy (MedlinePlus)
• Food Allergy: An Overview (National Institutes of Health) [PDF – 573K]
• Food Allergens (Food and Drug Administration)
• Food Allergy (healthfinder)
• FDA to Require Food Manufacturers to List Food Allergens (Food and Drug Administration)

• FDA Recall Policy (Food and Drug Administration)
• Recalls and Safety Alerts in Past 60 Days (Food and Drug Administration)

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Immunizations/Vaccinations

• Immunization/Vaccination (MedlinePlus)
• Childhood Immunization (MedlinePlus)
• National Immunization Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Immunization (healthfinder)
• Vaccine Research Center (National Institutes of Health)
• National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (Health Resources and Services Administration)
• National Vaccine Program Office (Health and Human Services)
• Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (Food and Drug Administration)
• Vaccines (Food and Drug Administration)

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Safe Drinking Water

• Drinking Water (MedlinePlus)
• Drinking Water (healthfinder)
• Safe Drinking Water from Wells (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Safe Drinking Water for Travelers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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