Public service advisory re Bruno's Barbers Services stores. For their own protection, it will be beneficial for prospective customers of said stores to, before patronizing any of said stores, to require any of said stores to provide proofs, if any, that the personnel of said stores, are qualified to perform the services they are assigned to do.




Protecting Yourself
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ProtectYourself/default.htm
Protect yourself with these resources from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency offers

* tips for buying medicines, medical devices, and radiation-emitting products online safely and reporting suspicious Web sites and products
* summaries of recent safety alerts prompted by reports received by FDA from health care professionals and their patients
* warnings and other enforcement actions FDA has taken to protect the public from counterfeit or other fraudulent products
* advice on how to report fraudulent or dangerous products

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Buying Online

* Buying Medicines Over the Internet1
* The Possible Dangers of Buying Medicines Over the Internet2
* Beware of Online Cancer Fraud3
* How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet4
* Fact Sheet--Buying Online Drugs, Office of Women's Health (PDF) (PDF - 120KB)5
* FDA Warns Consumers about Counterfeit Drugs from Multiple Internet Sellers6
* Hidden Risks of Erectile Dysfunction "Treatments" Sold Online7
* Buying Medical Devices and Diagnostic Tests Online8
* Buying Contact Lenses Online or By Mail9
* Consumer Safety Alert: Internet Sales of Laser Products10
* FDA Warns Consumers to Avoid Red Yeast Rice Products Promoted on Internet as Treatments for High Cholesterol11
* Counterfeit Medicine12

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Warnings and Other Enforcement Actions

* Cyber Letters 200813
* FDA Warns Individuals and Firms to Stop Selling Fake Cancer 'Cures'14
* FDA Warns Companies Importing and Marketing Drugs Over the Internet that Fraudulently Claim to Prevent and Treat STDs15
* FDA Announces New Measures to Protect Americans from Counterfeit Drugs16
* FDA Issues Warning Letter to Melanocorp, Inc. For Illegal Sale of Melanotan II17

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Free morphine for indigent cancer patients
http://www.doh.gov.ph/node/2539.html

Pain management is one of the most important aspects of health care especially for those with chronic or terminal illnesses yet scores of Filipino patients are suffering from pain unnecessarily due to lack of accessibility and availability of opioid medicines such as morphine.

Although eliminating pain is clinically possible as there are a number of safe and effective methods that treat pain such as opioid analgesics (i.e. morphine), it is often left untreated because access to these controlled medications is a problem for many. Impediments in regulation, procurement, and knowledge and attitude on opioids often pose obstacles in the adequate use of these drugs for medical purposes.

The Technical Working Group (TWG) for the Accessibility and Availability of Opioid for Pain and Palliative Care is a multidisciplinary, multisectoral group that facilitates and advocates for policies that improve accessibility and availability of opioid analgesics for pain and palliative care in the country created in April 2008. With the primary objective of breaking the barriers and other misconceptions about opioids, and in coordination with the Department of Health (DOH), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) and other partner agencies, the TWG has initiated and implemented activities for opioid accessibility and availability in the past years.

The DOH procured an estimated P10 million worth of morphine at the end of 2008. These drugs were then turned over to selected government hospitals and hospices in
Metro Manila in February 2009 to be used by indigent patients suffering from pain. The drugs were distributed to at least 10 DOH hospitals by July 2009, and were increased to 16 DOH hospitals by September 2009. At the start of 2010, the morphine tablets are available in the following hospitals/institutions:
REGION No HOSPITAL AREA
NCR 1 Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center

Sta. Cruz, Manila
2 Rizal Medical Center Pasig City
3 East Avenue Medical Center East Ave., Quezon City
4 UP -Philippine General Hospital Taft Avenue, Manila
5 Quirino Memorial Medical Center Project 4, Quezon City
CAR 6 Baguio General Hospital & Medical Center Baguio City
Region 1 7 Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital Ilocos Norte
8 Batanes General Hospital Basco, Batanes
Region 2 9 Cagayan Valley Medical Center Tuguegarao City
10 Veterans Memorial Hospital Nueva Viscaya
Region 3 11 Jose B. Lingad General Hospital San Fernando, Pampanga
12 Dr. Paulino J. Garcia Memorial Research and Medical Center Cabanatuan City
Region 4A 13 Madre de Amor Hospice Foundation c/o Healthserve Los Baños, Inc. Laguna
14 Batangas Regional Hospital Batangas City
Region 4B 15 Ospital ng Palawan Puerto Prinsesa City
Region 5 16 Bicol Regional Training & Teaching Hospital Albay
Region 6 17 Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital Bacolod City
18 Western Visayas Medical Center Iloilo City
Region 7 19 Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital Bohol
20 Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center Cebu City
Region 8 21 Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center Tacloban City
Region 9 22 Zamboanga City Medical Center Zamboanga City
Region 10 23 Northern Mindanao Medical Center Cagayan de Oro
24 Hilarion Ramiro Memorial Hospital Ozamis City
Region 11 25 Davao Medical Center Davao City
26 Davao Regional Hospital Davao City
Region 12 27 Cotabato Regional & Medical Center SOCCSKSARGEN
CARAGA 28 CARAGA Regional Hospital Surigao City


Summary of Distribution: DOH Hospitals - 26
Other Government Hospitals - 1
NGO - 1
Total - 28



Complaint vs. Bruno's barbers services at level 3 Glorietta 3, Ayala Center, Makati, sometime in April, 2010. While I was in said store on said date, there was no visible required express lane for senior citizens in the customer area of said store. There was also no required visible sign re privileges of/for of senior citizens. I believe the provisions/requirements of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2003 was violated by said store.While I was in said store on said date I paid three hundred eighty pesos for services rendered. Proof of payment is Bruno's barbers services at level 3 Glorietta 3, Ayala Center, Makati, official receipt No. 9457.


Lax security at two entrances to the Landmark building on April 26, 2010. The guards at the entrance to the Landmark building and at the entrance to said building
from Power Books, didn't inspect my luggage, which was large to contain deadly weapons. On said date, the guard at the second level entrance to SM building from
Glorietta, didn't inspect/scan my luggage, which was large enough to contain deadly weapons. The guard, at the entrance to SM supermarket at the SM Annex building
at Ayala Center, Makati. The guard, at the entrance to Park Square 1, at Ayala Center, Makati, didn't inspect my luggage, which was large enough to contain deadly
weapons.

On April 26, 2010: No one at the Landmark supermarket at the Landmark building at Ayala Center, Makati, stopped me from bringing my luggage into said grocery. The guard, at an entrance to said store, didn't inspect said luggage, which was large enough to contain deadly weapons.

npr org music web site
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Antidepressant Use in Children, Adolescents, and Adults
http://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/informationbydrugclass/ucm096273.htm

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today [5/2/2007] proposed that makers of all antidepressant medications update the existing black box warning on their products' labeling to include warnings about increased risks of suicidal thinking and behavior, known as suicidality, in young adults ages 18 to 24 during initial treatment (generally the first one to two months).

Current Information

* FDA News1 (issued 5/2/2007)

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2007/ucm108905.htm

* Medication Guide for Antidepressant Drugs (PDF - 27KB)2
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/ucm100211.pdf

* Revisions to Product Labeling (PDF - 28KB)3
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/UCM173233.pdf

* Questions and Answers4
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/ucm096321.htm



List of Antidepressant Drugs with Medication Guides
Anafranil (clomipramine)
Asendin (amoxapine)
Aventyl (nortriptyline)
Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide)
Cymbalta (duloxetine)
Desyrel (trazodone HCl)
Elavil (amitriptyline)
Effexor (venlafaxine HCl)
Emsam (selegiline)
Etrafon (perphenazine/amitriptyline)
fluvoxamine maleate
Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate)
Limbitrol (chlordiazepoxide/amitriptyline)
Ludiomil (maprotiline)
Marplan (isocarboxazid)
Nardil (phenelzine sulfate)
nefazodone HCl
Norpramin (desipramine HCl) Pamelor (nortriptyline)
Parnate (tranylcypromine sulfate)
Paxil (paroxetine HCl)
Pexeva (paroxetine mesylate)
Prozac (fluoxetine HCl)
Remeron (mirtazapine)
Sarafem (fluoxetine HCl)
Seroquel (quetiapine)
Sinequan (doxepin)
Surmontil (trimipramine)
Symbyax (olanzapine/fluoxetine)
Tofranil (imipramine)
Tofranil-PM (imipramine pamoate)
Triavil (perphenazine/amitriptyline)
Vivactil (protriptyline)
Wellbutrin (bupropion HCl)
Zoloft (sertraline HCl)
Zyban (bupropion HCl)

For more information on some of these drugs, please see the Index to Drug-Specific Information5.

Historical Information6

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Links on this page:

1. http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2007/ucm108905.htm
2. http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/ucm100211.pdf
3. http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/UCM173233.pdf
4. http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/ucm096321.htm
5. http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/ucm111085.htm
6. http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/ucm096293.htm

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