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Woman who won millions from Wyeth in cancer suit dies  -  Jun 21, 2008
She and two other women were awarded 58 million dollars after a Nevada jury found that their breast cancer was caused by the drug Prempro, WLOS,

Mouthwash showed depth of alcoholism  -  Jun 29, 2008
In addition, I take amitriptyline, calcium, multivitamins, Prempro and aspirin. My eyebrows have become so sparse that I need to use an eyebrow pencil to Seattle Times,

Obituaries in the news  -  Jun 21, 2008
Forrester and two other women were awarded $58 million after a jury found that one of Wyeth's drugs, Prempro, caused their breast cancer. The Associated Press

Will Women Give Hormone Maker A Second Chance?  -  Jun 24, 2008
Can Wyeth win back the 40 million Premarin and Prempro users it's lost since 2002 -- along with $1 billion a year in profits -- with a new menopause drug? AlterNet,

House OKs Telecom Immunity; Obama to Support “Compromise�? Bill  -  Jun 23, 2008
She was one of three Nevada women awarded $58 million in damages earlier this year, after a jury determined the drug Prempro caused their breast cancer. Democracy Now,

Saudi oil summit...Philippines typhoon...Snowboarder bodies found ...  -  Jun 22, 2008
A jury ruled that the Wyeth drug Prempro caused their breast cancer. Forrester died at 65 Thursday of lung cancer. TACOMA, Wash. Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck,

People's pharmacy  -  Jun 29, 2008
In addition I take amitriptyline, calcium, multivitamins, Prempro and aspirin. My eyebrows have become so sparse that I need to use an eyebrow pencil to Houston Chronicle,

Yerington plaintiff in Wyeth case dies at 65  -  Jun 21, 2008
Forrester, Arlene Rowatt, 67, of Incline Village and Jeraldine Scofield, 74, of Fallon, were awarded $58 million after a jury found that Wyeth drug, Prempro Carson Times,

MONROE J. CARELL JR.  -  Jun 22, 2008
Forrester and two other women were awarded $58 million after a jury found that one of Wyeth’s drugs, Prempro, caused their breast cancer. The State,

Dr. Gott: Is it menopause or thyroid med?  -  Apr 19, 2008
I took Prempro for two years, which successfully alleviated 95 percent of the hot flashes. I currently take Levoxyl daily to suppress two goiters on my Northwest Herald,

Prempro maker argues to strike $27M damage award  -  May 10, 2008
Jurors concluded that Wyeth inadequately warned Scroggin that its drugs Premarin and Prempro carried an increased risk of breast cancer. WXVT,

Denogean: Giffords takes bad step by opposing FDA hormone ruling  -  May 19, 2008
It would be prudent to look at the long-term risks of the hormones used by compounding pharmacies, just as it was prudent to do long-term studies on Prempro Tucson Citizen,

Tucson pharmacy making custom hormones despite fed warning  -  May 24, 2008
Wyeth has seen sales of its own hormone-replacement drug, Prempro, plummet since large national studies found high rates of heart attacks, KTAR.com,

Another HRT Study Cites Breast Cancer Risk  -  May 31, 2008
A recent study out of Germany found hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs - inlcuding Prempro and Premarin - taken for more than five years, Newsinferno.com,

Hormone Replacement Therapy: FAQs  -  May 20, 2008
The 16600 women who participated in the first study, published in July 2002 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, were taking Prempro (called CBC.ca,

Overmedication leaves woman sleepy all day  -  May 9, 2008
I took Prempro for two years, which successfully alleviated 95 percent of the hot flashes. I currently take Levoxyl daily to suppress two goiters on my Northern Daily News,

Pioneering Area Physician is First in the Lehigh Valley to Offer ...  -  May 8, 2008
A common example of a synthetic hormone is Prempro. Although used as a replacement for human progesterone, it is not bio-identical to human progesterone. PR.com (press release),

Senate thinking of ways to help Alzheimer's patients  -  May 14, 2008
In one large national study of women 65 and older, Prempro, a specific form of combination hormone therapy, was found to double the risk of dementia in Food Consumer,

Motherhood: Revered and defiled  -  May 8, 2008
The pregnant mares that are used to produce Premarin and Prempro spend most of their lives virtually immobilized in tiny stalls with urine-collection bags Weston Town Crier,

Dr. Gott: Is it menopause or thyroid med?  -  Apr 19, 2008
I took Prempro for two years, which successfully alleviated 95 percent of the hot flashes. I currently take Levoxyl daily to suppress two goiters on my Northwest Herald,

Wyeth Profit Falls 4.6 Percent on Protonix Decline (Update2)  -  Apr 22, 2008
...line of antidepressants rose 15 percent to $1.02 billion. Revenue from hormone replacement therapies Prempro and Premarin rose 15 percent to $276 million. Bloomberg

Judge orders Wyeth to pay plaintiffs' legal fees  -  Apr 22, 2008
The women claimed Wyeth's hormone replacement drug Prempro, used to counter menopausal symptoms, caused their breast cancer. After a five-week trial that Reno Gazette Journal,

Problems with low cholesterol pop up  -  Apr 20, 2008
The compounding pharmacist stated that because all three forms of estrogen are used, the risk that accompanies Premarin or Prempro does not exist. Houston Chronicle,

Before You Take That Pill  -  Apr 18, 2008
That night, my Prempro went straight into the hotel trash can. Although tossing my prescription without speaking to a doctor was a dumb way to make a St. Louis Post-Dispatch,

ALSO NOTED: Genzyme can't make Myozyme at Boston plant; Ranbaxy ...  -  Apr 22, 2008
...in attorney's fees for acting in 'bad faith' during settlement talks in the case of three women who sued over the Prempro hormone replacement therapy. FiercePharma,

Risks of hormone therapy linger  -  Apr 8, 2008
Patients in the study, the Women's Health Initiative, took the hormone combo, sold under the brand name Prempro, for an average of 5 1/2 years. Asbury Park Press,

Suit alleges HRT therapy caused breast cancer  -  Mar 26, 2008
Simmons states that while under a doctor's care she began taking Premarin, Prempro, and/or its generic equivalent in 1998. After eight years of constant Southeast Texas Record,

Facing change  -  Mar 26, 2008
...scientists reported they stopped a long-term study of the drug Prempro because too many women were getting sick with breast cancer and heart disease. Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier,

Pellets: The Safer Hormone Replacement Therapy  -  Apr 16, 2008
...hot flashes, mood swings and waning sexual desire, without the dangerous side effects of hormone replacement medications, such as Prempro and Premarin, FOXNews

Herpes patient desperate for solutions  -  Apr 21, 2008
The compounding pharmacist stated that because all three forms of estrogen are used, the risk that accompanies Premarin or Prempro does not exist. Jackson Clarion Ledger,

Menopause drags on and on  -  Apr 20, 2008
I took Prempro for two years, which successfully alleviated 95 percent of the hot flashes. I currently take Levoxyl daily to suppress two goiters on my Monterey County Herald,

Compounded hormone therapies: unproven, untested — and popular  -  Mar 25, 2008
...women for a small clinical pilot trial designed to compare estradiol, estriol and progesterone with low-dose conjugated estrogen (PremPro, Wyeth). Endocrine Today,

Hormone Therapy Boosts Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence  -  Mar 26, 2008
Since 2002, sales of Wyeth’s Prempro have dropped from $2 billion a year to a little more than $1 billion. Women went off their pills, choosing to risk hot eFluxMedia

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