| Brand Name (generic name) |
Side Effects | Manufacturer | Prescribed For | ||
| Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate) |
heart failure, hepatitis, and liver failure | Glaxo SmithKline | diabetes | ||
| Baycol (cerivastatin) |
fatal rhabdomyolysis | Bayer AG | cholesterol | ||
| Bextra (valdecoxib) |
heart attack, stroke, skin diseases | Pfizer | arthritis | ||
| Celebrex (celecoxib) |
warnings |
Pharmacia | arthritis | ||
| Dexatrim (phenylpropanolamine) (PPA) |
fatal strokes | Bayer | cold, cough | ||
| Ephedra (ma huang) | high blood pressure, heart rate irregularities, insomnia, nervousness, tremors, seizures, heart attacks, strokes, brain hemorrhages, and death | Brayton Purcell | weight loss | ||
| Fen Phen (dexfenfluramine) (phentermine) |
heart valve damage, primary pulmonary hypertension | American Home Products (now Wyeth) |
weight loss | ||
| Lotronex (alosetron) |
ischemic colitis, abdominal pain, severe constipation | Glaxo SmithKline | irritable bowel | ||
| Paxil (paroxetine) |
warnings |
suicide | Glaxo SmithKline | depression | |
| Pondimin (fenfluramine) |
heart valve damage, primary pulmonary hypertension | American Home Products (now Wyeth) |
weight loss | ||
| Propulsid (cisapride) |
torsades de pointes, SIDS | Janssen | heartburn | ||
| Redux (dexfenfluramine) |
heart valve damage, primary pulmonary hypertension | American Home Products (now Wyeth) |
weight loss | ||
| Rezulin (troglitazone) |
severe liver toxicity | Warner-Lambert | diabetes 2 | ||
| Vioxx (rofecoxib) |
heart attack, stroke | Merck | arthritis | ||
| Zyprexa (olanzapine) |
warnings |
diabetes, hyperglycemia, ketoacidosis | Eli Lilly | mania, bipolar disorder | |