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Sort by date 2,026 pages found matching Best Buy- Ortho Evra Patch Caused Daughter's Death
Mar-22-07 Seattle, WA: "My daughter took the Ortho Evra patch in 2004," says April. "She started to have chest pains but her doctor thought it was just an infection." Eryn was only 24 years old when she passed away. "Some days I just don't want to go on." "Eryn went to the doctor a few times but he said it was an upper respiratory problem," says April (not her... - Whirlpool Side-by-Side Refrigerators
Mar-7-07 Little Rock, AR A class action lawsuit has been filed against Whirlpool Corporation: Paula Rush et al, filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Case No. 07-2066 claiming that Whirlpool knew, or should have known, that the side-by-side refrigerators were defective in design, were not fit for their ordinary or intended... - Tankless Water Heaters Linked to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Mar-5-07 Denver, CO: Three brands of tankless water heaters were recalled earlier this week after being linked to carbon monoxide poisoning. The brands are Rheem, Ruud, and Richmond. The voluntary recall was announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in cooperation with the Water Heating Division of Rheem Sales Company Inc., and Paloma Industries In... - Plavix can be Life-Threatening
Feb-27-07 Reno, NV Jim Duggan was prescribed Plavix after he had three coronary stents implanted. Two years later, "I'm the poster kid for blood circulation side effects," he says. "I took Plavix from February 2005 to May 2006 although my primary cardiologist said I would be on it 'indefinitely'. This was a big problem because I was waiting for a hip replacemen... - More Zyprexa Postcards From the Edge
Feb-18-07 Washington, DC: On February 13, 2007, Judge Jack Weinstein issued a permanent injunction, prohibiting attorney, Jim Gottstein, and Dr David Egilman, an expert witness in litigation involving Zyprexa , from further disseminating certain Eli Lilly documents that were sealed with a court order until Mr Gottstein released them to the media in December 2006... - Fosamax - Dental Professionals Concerned about ONJ
Feb-12-07 Denver, CO: Fosamax , made by Merck, was approved to help people suffering from Osteoporosis, a disease in which people lose bone mass and density which can result in bones that break easily. However, many people who have taken Fosamax have reported another problem, Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ). It was around five years ago that dentists and oral sur... - Ortho Evra Patch Linked to Blood Clot
Feb-12-07 Sacramento, CA In June 2006, Amanda Grenon, aged 25, experienced severe leg cramps and swelling that caused excruciating pain. She had recently been on the Ortho Evra Patch. "I called my doctor and told him my symptoms but he didn't think it was that important, said Amanda. Neither Amanda or her doctor equated the warning signs to a blood clot, or th... - FedEx Age Discrimination
Feb-11-07 Los Angeles, CA: Federal Express (FedEx) is facing two lawsuits that claim the company engages in discriminatory practices regarding its older employees. The lawsuits claim that the company discriminates against couriers over 40 years old, especially if they have over ten years' seniority, by taking away their routes and setting unrealistic performance t... - UnumProvident Changes - In Name Only?
Feb-9-07 Seattle, WA: Insurance giant UnumProvident has announced that it will change its name, but whether or not the company's business practices will also change is still in doubt. UnumProvident announced in mid-January that as part of a rebranding effort the company's name would be changed to Unum Group. The name change is part of an effort by the company... - Another FedEx Courier Comes Forward
Feb-8-07 Paramus, NJ Larry Mungiello was the oldest working courier at FedEx and one of the longest employed. He gave the company 19 years of loyalty, commitment and hard work. Too bad the company wasn't loyal in return. Mungiello was terminated from his job in August 2005 without even a thank-you. He definitely was not getting the gold watch. He believes tha... - Zyprexa Injury Clock Keeps Ticking Away
Feb-2-07 San Jose, CA The on-going legal battle over the disclosure of secret Eli Lilly documents that reveal the serious health risks associated with Zyprexa and the company's off-label promotion of the drug involves a matter of grave public concern. But observers on the sidelines of this courtroom circus say the conduct of the judge in helping Lilly keep d... - Unborn Baby has Birth Defects from SSRI
Feb-2-07 Toronto, ON Diane Johnson started taking Celexa , an SSRI, in January, 2005. She is now 27 weeks pregnant and an ultrasound shows that her baby has a clubfoot. Nobody told her about the risks associated with SSRIs - in fact she told her doctor about them! "When I was prescribed Celexa I had two children and I wasn't coping very well," said Diane Johns... - PPH and Fen-Phen: What We Know so Far
Jan-31-07 Los Angels, CA: Fen-Phen (a diet drug combination of phentermine and either Pondimin and Redux) has been linked to an increased risk of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH). Fen Phen was an appetite suppressor used by people who were trying to lose weight in the 1990s. It was withdrawn from the market in 1997 after the drug combination was linked to h... - Trasylol Studies Terminated
Jan-30-07 Boston, MA: In response to FDA-approved label changes for Trasylol , Bayer HealthCare has announced it will terminate three studies meant to expand the use of the drug. Trasylol is used to reduce blood loss during coronary artery bypass surgery. The studies included examining the effectiveness of the drug in patients undergoing elective spinal fusion s... - Actiq Lollipop Off-Label
Jan-26-07 Los Angeles, CA: Actiq Lollipop is a big money-maker for Cephalon Inc., most likely due to its aggressive "off-label" marketing to practitioners other than oncologists. Eight years ago, the FDA approved the powerful narcotic only for use by cancer patients who are already taking a long-acting, chronic painkiller but suffer from severe spikes in pain... - SSRIs Cause Agony and Guilt
Jan-25-07 Centerville, OH Some of us may remember back in the 1960s when a prescription sedative was marketed throughout 47 countries in the world, including Canada, that resulted in almost 10,000 babies born with 'phocomelia' - a birth defect whereby the upper portion of a limb is absent or poorly developed, so that the hand or foot attaches to the body by a short,... - Elidel Lawyer wins pre-emption ruling with the FDA
Jan-23-07 Los Angeles, CA: In a landmark case ruling, (No. 05-530) Larry Roth, of law offices of Larry M Roth, PA, in cooperation with the law firm of Seeger Weiss, are the first lawyers to win an FDA pre-emption ruling sought by a drug manufacturer in an Elidel lawsuit. Elidel is a topical immunosuppressant drug linked to lymphomas. When people suffer an injur... - Lilly's Legal Battle over Zyprexa Documents Continues
Jan-8-07 On January 3, 2007, a hearing was held before Judge Jack Weinstein, in a US District Court in New York, on a motion by Eli Lilly to extend an injunction to conceal company documents that show Lilly hid the lethal side effects of Zyprexa for a decade and engaged in an illegal off-label marketing scheme to promote the drug for unapproved uses. Zyprexa... - Criminal Prosecution of Lilly Sought Over Zyprexa
Jan-4-07 California Attorney, Ted Chabasinski, is calling for the criminal prosecution of Eli Lilly executives for hiding the adverse effects of Zyprexa , based in part on articles last month in the New York Times which quote internal company documents that revealed that Lilly knew about the adverse effects for a decade but kept the information hidden. Mr Chab... - Doctor's Perks and Free Drug Samples Cost Patients Plenty
Dec-20-06 Washington, DC: In the debate over whether Big Pharma's perks lead doctors to prescribe high priced brand-name drugs over equally effective generics, the question to ask is whether an industry would direct 90% of a $20 billion marketing budget at doctors if it did not work. As lawmakers enact measures to limit the drug company's influence over the medic...