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Top Doctor Topics of 2011

Concerns about drugs, both prescription and illegal, made headlines during 2011. The possibility of cancer from cell phones came into the spotlight as well.

But not all news was about warnings and scares. The FDA approved a new drug for diabetes, linagliptin, giving people with type 2 diabetes another treatment option.

Here are 2011's most popular stories about clinical issues on Medscape, WebMD’s site for health care professionals:

1. FDA Calls for Simvastatin Limits The FDA played a role in most of this year's top news stories, starting with a June 8 recommendation that doctors restrict prescribing high-dose cholesterol medication simvastatin, sold under the brand name Zocor, because of a risk of muscle damage. The FDA says doctors should limit using the 80-mg dose of simvastatin unless the patient has already been taking the drug for 12 months and there is no evidence of muscle damage.

2. FDA Warns of Drugs That Interact With Antidepressants On July 26, the FDA warned about two medications that were linked to a serious side effect called serotonin syndrome. The first, methylene blue, is a dye used in diagnostic procedures. The second, linezolid, is an antibiotic.

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