WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday strongly warns four medications, extensively used to treat arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying, these can increase the risk of possible lethal fungal infections.

The drugs include Enbrel, Remicade, Humira and Cimzia, act by putting down the immunity system to keep it from attacking the body. The treatment provides relief from painful and swollen joints in patients of rheumatoid arthritis, but it’s “a double-edged sword,” said the FDA’s Dr. Jeffrey Siegel, because these drugs also weaken the body’s defense to multiple infections.

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WASHINGTON – Nearly 1,500 widely used drugs have names, alike to at least one other medication that they’ve already caused mix-ups, says a major study by the U.S. Pharmacopoeia.

Mixing up drug names, because they have similar names or looks, is one of the most common types of medical mistakes which can cause deadly results. Now new efforts are focusing to stop the confusion, and make patients aware of the expected risk.

”There are so many new drugs approved each year, this problem can only get worse,” warns USP vice president Diane Cousins.

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Medications, in combination with “multimodal treatment,” help to reduce the symptoms of diseases and enhance body functioning. People must evaluate the pros and cons in making decisions about medications.

Most people do not care when they caught common diseases e.g. headache, cold or back pain they prefer to take counter medicines than prescription of a doctor. These people must make this decision based on their comfort.

Most people may consult there physician for infection of serious trouble of back but they do not take interest to medication for anxiety disorder. According to research untreated anxiety disorders can get worse.

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