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Dec-19-06 Washington DC Documents acquired by the New York Times from attorney Jim Gottstein show that Eli Lilly ran a "Viva Zyprexa" marketing campaign to convince doctors to prescribe Zyprexa off-label and between 1999 and 2002, its sales doubled from $1.5 billion to $3 billion. Although most people would recognize that the Zyprexa cat cannot be stuffed ba... - Flu Vaccines - Open Season
Dec-15-06 For all the frantic, unvaccinated citizens fearing the "upcoming" peak of flu season—rest assured, coming down with a flu infection is the least of your worries. Despite the governments statements urging individuals to vaccinate their children, the threat of an infantile influenza fatality is just about as serious as the dreaded hangnail. Noneth... - It's Just Lunch - Not honoring contracts
Dec-11-06 Chicago, IL: It's Just Lunch is a dating service that claims to offer specialized match-making services for its professional clientele. However, many former clients and employees argue that It's Just Lunch is less than professional and fails to honor its contractual obligations. Over the past few months, many complaints about It's Just Lunch have be... - Experts Says Warn About Stents - FDA Says No
Dec-11-06 Washington, DC: What to do about the problematic over-use of drug-eluting stents has become a problem in itself. A recall is out of the question, because 3 million people in the US already have the devices implanted in their chests, according to USA today. Drug-eluting stents (DES) are mesh tubes used in patients with heart disease to keep their arter... - Glaxo Writing Checks Left and Right to Settle Paxil Legal Battles
Dec-3-06 Madison County, IL: GlaxoSmithKline is no doubt looking forward to the New Year because the end of this one is becoming costlier by the month. On November 1, 2006, the Associated Press reported that Glaxo had agreed to pay $63.8 million to settle a class action lawsuit with allegations that Glaxo promoted Paxil for use with children and adolescents wh... - Elidel and Protopic: File Sooner than Later
Nov-29-06 "If you have been diagnosed with some form of lymphoma (including Non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's Disease), leukemia or skin cancer, you may have a case against the manufacturers of Protopic or Elidel," says Laurilyn Cook-Arrington, para-legal at the law offices of Larry M. Roth. "However, the public must know that these cases are gove... - An interview with Trasylol lawyer George Otstott
Nov-28-06 Trasylol spells big profits for the drug manufacturer Bayer AG, but at what cost to its recipients? For countless patients who were given Trasylol during open heart surgery, it has meant renal failure and other severe, often fatal, side affects. Trasylol is administered during open heart surgery. It works to slow or prevent bleeding, and is used to reduce... - UnumProvident settles with Two States
Nov-23-06 New York, NY UnumProvident Corp. has settled major lawsuits in the states of New York and California. In the first lawsuit, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced on November 1 that the UnumProvident will stop contingent commission payments, disclose insurance-broker compensation and pay a settlement of $17.4 million. Of that $17.4 mill... - Trasylol Delivers Deadly Consequences
Nov-14-06 Dallas, TX "I want to tell you about Trasylol from the perspective of a daughter whose mother died," says Dawn Tonglish, investigative reporter for CW33 News in Dallas. "I hate this drug because it killed my mother and I have subsequently been told by doctors that it is extremely dangerous." "Doctors said that, if Trasylol... - Stockbroker Arbitration: Protecting Yourself
Nov-7-06 Los Angeles, CA: If an investor feels his losses were the result of negligent actions on the part of his stockbroker , rather than the vagaries of the market, he can file for arbitration to try to recover those losses. Many contracts between investors and brokers require the investors to submit such disputes with their brokers to arbitration. Furth... - Keeping Safe from Propane Explosions
Nov-6-06 Butte, MT: As the temperature drops people are beginning to use their propane heating devices more frequently, increasing the risk of propane explosions and other problems. Propane is a liquified natural gas and its use exposes consumers to potential dangers. Luckily, there are a number of things that you can do to minimize the risk of a propane explo... - FDA and Big Pharma Gang Up On Joe Citizen
Nov-6-06 Washington, DC: The botched safety processes at the FDA have had an extremely negative impact on the nation's public health and tens of thousands of people have died as a result of its negligent handling of the Vioxx debacle alone. Americans today can no more trust what's in their medicine cabinets than could the pioneers in the 1800s who filled their m... - Ketek: A Timeline of Lies
Nov-3-06 Washington, DC Despite information indicating that using Ketek (telithromycin) carried a serious risk of liver disease and other problems, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the antibiotic for sale in April, 2004. This occurred even though evidence that the drug was effective was unreliable at best and fraudulent at worst. Use of Ke... - Foreign Currency Fees: Another form of Credit Card Abuse
Oct-30-06 Parkville, MO: Many people don't realize that they may be charged foreign currency fees for purchases made on credit cards outside of the United States. But that's exactly what many credit card companies are doing. Foreign currency fees are just another way that credit card companies abuse their customers in order to make a profit. John Carter rece... - Experts Alarmed by Rising Cases of Fosamax Jaw Bone Death
Oct-25-06 Atlantic City, NJ: Dentists and oral surgeons are becoming increasingly worried about the rising number of patients they are seeing with osteonecrosis (ONJ). ONJ is a painful, disfiguring, debilitating condition that essentially rots the jawbone, as a result of millions of Americans taking the relatively new class of osteoporosis medications. The d... - Pancreas Transplant Program on Probation
Oct-5-06 San Diego, CA Sharp Memorial Hospital has been put on probation after it was discovered that the hospital's pancreas transplant program failed to perform enough transplants. The hospital is also in trouble for not alerting patients to the status of the pancreas transplant program. The United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) runs the United States tran... - Uphill Battle - Warning Pharma Customers about Dangers of SSRIs
Sep-29-06 Recent concerns about the adverse effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants (SSRIs) have focused on suicide risks. However, a new study published in the September 2006 journal, Public Library of Science (PLoS), reports that in addition to self-harm, the drugs can also cause some patients to become violent and homicidal. Professor... - Blue Cross Insurance Leaves Patient with the Bill
Sep-29-06 Torrance, CA Eve H. thought she had covered all her bases when she signed up for Blue Cross insurance. Although she had occasional minor pain for which she took Glucosamine, she made sure Blue Cross was aware of her situation to avoid any trouble from the insurance company. After she was approved for Wellpoint Blue Cross insurance , Eve decided to... - Plavix Sales to Soar due to Faulty Heart Stents
Sep-22-06 Natick, MA Recent studies have shown the new generation of drug-eluting heart stents to be associated with an increased risk of late stent thrombosis, cardiac mortality, myocardial infarction, and all cause mortality. And at the same time, they have proven to be little more effective, if any, than the older bare-metal stents that sell for a fraction... - Zyprexa: Another Link to Diabetes
Sep-19-06 Truro, NS In September 2005, Mary Allen was hospitalized and treated for manic depression. She was given Zyprexa . "I was never told about any side effects," she says. "My doctor nor I knew at the time of any correlation between Zyprexa and diabetes. "At the hospital, I was a subject of a clinical study to determine whether Zyprexa was more effecti...