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FDA criticized after study finds drug-related deaths up

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The number of serious injuries and deaths from drugs reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration more than doubled between 1998 and 2005, according to a report in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine published by the American Medical Association.

The report is expected to add momentum to efforts to reform the federal government's monitoring of prescription drugs.

The story said the dramatic rise in "adverse events" made known to the FDA point out myriad problems with the government's monitoring of drugs before approval and after they are on the market. The study looked at "serious adverse events," occurrences that result in death or injuries including birth defects, disability and hospitalization.

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