Eye on Washington
This has been a contentious and generally unproductive session of Congress, with little major legislation passed, authorization bills still incomplete, and much attention paid to pushing potentially awkward votes on such issues as keeping the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and reinstating the military draft. Some $145 billion worth of tax cuts sought by President George W. Bush were enacted—without alternative sources of revenue identified. Legislation that would legalize reimportation of prescription drugs from Canada failed to get a hearing.
FDA warns of serious potential reaction to levetiracetam and clobazam
November 30th 2023The reaction, called Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS), can start as a rash but can progress quickly, potentially resulting in injury to internal organs, hospitalization, and death.
