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Articles in Nov-Dec, 2006 issue of FDA Consumer

• Purchasing pet drugs online: buyer beware
  by Linda Bren
• Additional flu vaccine
• Observations
  by Raymond Formanek, Jr.
• Cracking down on health fraud
  by Michelle Meadows
• The FDA approves new leukemia drug; expands use of current drug
• The FDA: fresh leafy greens grown in the United States are safe
• Generic ciprofloxacin injection
• Totally implanted artificial heart
• Outreach program to teach safe medicine use to middle school children
  by Michelle Meadows
• New use for Plavix
• Plan B available over-the-counter for women 18 and older
• The importance of patient-reported outcomes … it's all about the patients
  by Linda Bren
• Novel medicine to prevent fungal infections
• Warning against drinking hydrogen peroxide
• Take the FDA consumer quiz
• Alert on counterfeit One Touch Basic/Profile and One Touch ultra test strips
• First of a kind in HIV treatment
• Advisory on refrigeration of carrot juice
• The FDA broadens access to lead screening test
• Hepatitis B tests improve safety of donor blood, tissue, and organs
• Generic drugs for osteoarthritis
• First treatment for hunter syndrome
• New FDA test detects fake bioterror agents
• Treatment for nerve-poisoning agents
• Strengthening the regulation of clinical trials and bioresearch monitoring