All the additives listed here are sanctioned for use by the Food and Drug Administration of the federal government.

In the United States the question of emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains due to use of antibiotics in livestock was raised by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 1977.

Amisulpride has not been approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States.

In 1986, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration banned the use of sulfites on fruits and vegetables intended to be eaten raw.

Despite its relatively recent approval by the Food and Drug Administration and the guideline recommendations, digoxin use is decreasing in patients with heart failure, likely the result of several factors.

Availability-Currently there are 20 medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the use of treatment of epileptic seizures in the US: carbamazepine ( common US brand name Tegretol ), clorazepate ( Tranxene ), clonazepam ( Klonopin ), ethosuximide ( Zarontin ), felbamate ( Felbatol ), fosphenytoin ( Cerebyx ), gabapentin ( Neurontin ), lacosamide ( Vimpat ), lamotrigine ( Lamictal ), levetiracetam ( Keppra ), oxcarbazepine ( Trileptal ), phenobarbital ( Luminal ), phenytoin ( Dilantin ), pregabalin ( Lyrica ), primidone ( Mysoline ), tiagabine ( Gabitril ), topiramate ( Topamax ), valproate semisodium ( Depakote ), valproic acid ( Depakene ), and zonisamide ( Zonegran ).

In consequence, the United States Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) has approved the use of low-level irradiation as an alternative treatment to pesticides for fruits and vegetables that are considered hosts to a number of insect pests, including fruit flies and seed weevils ; the U. S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has cleared among a number of other applications the treatment of hamburger patties to eliminate the residual risk of a contamination by a virulent E. coli.

The United States Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) approved this off-label use of certain brands of regular combined oral contraceptive pills in 1997.

* 1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.

A transdermal patch form of the MAOI selegiline, called Emsam, was approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States on February 28, 2006.

Though not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) for use on humans, obsidian is used by some surgeons for scalpel blades, as well-crafted obsidian blades have a cutting edge many times sharper than high-quality steel surgical scalpels, the cutting edge of the blade being only about 3 nanometers thick.

Drug use and attempts at psychedelic music moved out of acoustic folk-based music towards rock soon after The Byrds " plugged in " to produce a chart topping version of Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man in the summer of 1965, which became a folk rock standard.

However, studies by the Drug Abuse Warning Network in the 1970s show that media reports of PCP-induced violence are greatly exaggerated and that incidents of violence were unusual and often ( but not always ) limited to individuals with reputations for aggression regardless of drug use.

From 1969 to 1992, the US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) received 157 reports of health problems related to quinine use, including 23 which had resulted in death.

In addition, in 2007 the U. S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) approved an endotracheal breathing tube with a fine coat of silver for use in mechanical ventilation, after studies found it reduced the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Silver solutions were approved in the 1920s by the US Food and Drug Administration for use as antibacterial agents.

# Medical software: The U. S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has identified the use of static analysis for medical devices.

Butyl cyanoacrylate has been used medically since the 1970s outside the US, but, due to its potential to irritate the skin, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration did not approve its use as a medical adhesive until 1998 with Dermabond.

* March 20 – AZT: Zidovudine ( or, more commonly, Azidothymidine ) is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of HIV / AIDS.

Although this gradual change in the meaning of gender can be traced to the 1980s, a small acceleration of the process in the scientific literature was observed when the Food and Drug Administration started to use " gender " instead of " sex " in 1993.

Instead René did a My Drug Hell-interview for Nieuwe Revu magazine in which he confessed to long-time heroin and cocain use as a way of dealing with the pressures of fame.

It was approved by the USA Food and Drug Administration in 1953 for use in seizures.

Drug use does not directly harm other people, although addicts facing prices inflated by prohibition may turn to crime.

Drug use and gambling have similar problems.

Drug use is typically considered a victimless crime whereas the sale of drugs between two or more persons would be a consensual crime.

Drug is added to either a protein or mineral supplement for a period of 7 or 14 days.

Acceptance of radiopasteurization is likely to be delayed, however, for two reasons: ( 1 ) the storage life of fresh chicken under refrigeration is becoming a minimal problem because of constantly improved sanitation and distributing practices, and ( 2 ) treatment by antibiotics, a measure already approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, serves to extend the storage life of chicken at a low cost of about 0.5 cents per pound.

This task force aims to actively address antimicrobial resistance, and is coordinated by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ), and the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ), as well as other US agencies.

The Gulf News published on 30 November 2011, saying " This is the biggest drug bust of its kind in 2011 and the second big one in the last three years worldwide ," said Dr. Wadia Maalouf, International expert at the United Nation's Drug and Crime office.

It is controlled by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology ( WHOCC ), and was first published in 1976.

The Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) is the principal healthcare regulatory authority in the United States, having jurisdiction over medical devices, drugs, biologics, and combination products.

This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War.

The Food and Drug Administration ( FDA or USFDA ) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments.

The HashKeeper database maintained by the American National Drug Intelligence Center, for instance, is more aptly described as a catalog of file fingerprints than of hash values.

In Australia, hydrocodone is a Schedule 8 ( S8 ) or Controlled Drug.

The United States Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers that any sexual enhancement product that claims to work as well as prescription products is likely to contain such a contaminant.

Maple syrup is similar to sugar with respect to calorie content, but is a source of manganese, with 13 grams containing about 0. 44 milligrams, or 22 percent of the US Food and Drug Administration Daily Value ( DV %) of 2 milligrams.

It is approved by the United States ' Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) for the treatment of narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder and excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea.

In the United States, modafinil is approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration only for the treatment of narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder, and as an adjunct treatment for obstructive sleep apnea / hypopnea.

The Netherlands is a signatory to international counter-narcotics agreements, a member of the UN International Drug Control Program, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, and is a contributor to international counter-narcotics.

* Abraxane, approved by Food and Drug Administration to treat breast cancer, is the nanoparticle albumin bound paclitaxel.

* 1976 – Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.

The US Drug Control Program maintains that " eliminating the cultivation of illicit coca and opium is the best approach to combating cocaine and heroin availability in the US.

Drug resistance poses a growing problem in the treatment of malaria in the 21st century, since resistance is now common against all classes of antimalarial drugs, except for the artemisinins.