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Mar-14-06 Heavy-hitters from across the country are heading to Washington this month to debate representatives of the pharmaceutical industry during FDA hearings on the controversy surrounding the over-prescribing of attention deficit drugs to children. The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP) will be represented by five of the le... - Intergel Scandal: A "Dangerous Precedent" at FDA?
Jun-24-07 Washington, DC In the wake of the Gynecare Intergel recall, many critics are questioning why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ever approved Intergel for medical use. Could it be, as some suggest, that the FDA is playing politics to its drug-company funders? Intergel: Initially "Not Approvable" Initially (2000) the FDA rejected Intergel as "no... - AMO Recall Not Soon Enough
Jun-22-07 Virginia Beach, VA "About one year ago I ordered contact lenses from Sam's Club and they gave me two "action pack" bottles of AMO Complete MoisturePlus Multi-Purpose Solution , "says Carey Jones. "If I knew about the AMO recall sooner, I may not have cornea damage." "I used the AMO solution right up until I heard on the news that it had been recalled,"... - Warning to Avandia Patients in Canada
Jun-22-07 Ottawa, ON Avandia Canada patients have been warned to speak with their doctors after a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found a link between the risk of heart-related problems and Avandia. The study, published last month, combined the results of 42 clinical trials and found that Avandia increased the risk of heart attack by 43... - More Seroquel Lawsuits: Patients Speak Out
Jul-15-07 Wilmington, DE Patients are speaking out about their experiences with the controversial anti-psychotic drug Seroquel , as lawsuits against AstraZeneca, the drug's maker, are on the rise. Legal actions started when the FDA ordered a label change several years ago, indicating patients are at a heightened risk of contracting diabetes and other blood sugar... - Adderall Online - Black Market Profits In Plain Sight
Feb-24-06 Dubbed "Kiddie Coke," Adderall is being abused by increasing numbers of high school and college students all across America. It's difficult to quantify the extent of the abuse among students due the availability of the drug through legal prescriptions and on the internet. Adderall is an amphetamine, a class of stimulant drugs that were widely abused wh... - Zyprexa: Can you trust Eli Lilly?
Jul-13-07 Washington, DC: The news has been full of stories about the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa —Eli Lilly Co.'s big money-maker with the deadly side effects—and all the related litigation. Eli Lilly has been sued by individuals and sued by way of class action for failure to warn adequately that the drug can cause weight gain, diabetes, hypogly... - Avoiding Hidden Charges Including the Safe Warranty Fee
Jul-11-07 Anaheim, CA: Hidden charges, such as "safe warranty fees," room services, and phone charges added to hotel bills can cause the price of a room to skyrocket overnight. Guests who stayed at CHOICE Hotels, which operates Comfort Inns, Clarion, and Econo Lodge are investigating potential lawsuits against the company alleging they were unfairly charged "safe... - AOL and Compuserve Telephone Cramming
Feb-21-06 AOL can't get its billing act together: Customers are still complaining of double billing and over-billing. You would think a high-tech Internet service provider like AOL would be able to get the little things - like account billing - right. Despite being a deep-pocketed, multi-media, premier Internet service provider, (with years of complaints and lawsu... - Giant Law Firm loses California Labor Code case with Paralegal
Jun-5-07 Los Angeles, CA One of the largest law firms in the world has been brought to its knees by a woman who used to work for them as a paralegal. The international law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, based in Los Angeles, has 13 offices worldwide and more than 1,000 lawyers in its employ. It has been around since 1885, and has had many notable partners throu... - Big Pharma Implant For-Profit Industry Not Deserving of Preemption Protection Part II
Jul-10-07 Washington, DC: All the major medical device makers are using the preemption argument against patients who were implanted with defective devices, but Minneapolis-based Medtronic is a regular pen-pal with the Justices at the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court ruled against the company on preemption in Medtronic v Lohr, 518 US 470 (1996), a case where a pace... - If Paxil doesn't Kill you with Guilt, Nothing Will
Jul-9-07 Toledo, OH Kristie Crayne started taking Paxil in 2000 and stayed on it during her pregnancy. Her daughter Megan was born in 2001. "I met other Moms' in the hospital who had also taken Paxil," says Crayne. "None of us knew Paxil caused birth defects. When you are sitting together in NICU you talk about how you are coping with a sick baby. 'I love that pi... - Strattera - 130 Reports Of Suicidality In One Month
Feb-15-06 A not yet released discussion paper written by the British Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency, reveals that last fall, there were 130 reports of suicidality in a single month by patients treated with the attention deficit drug Strattera. In addition, the paper reveals that there have also been more than 760 spontaneous reports of cardiac disorders... - Johnson & Johnson Litigation Stories: Panacryl Sutures and the Duragesic Patch Part II
Jul-4-07 West Palm Beach, FL What do Panacryl sutures and the Duragesic patch have in common? Simply this: Both Johnson & Johnson products have both proven defective in an alarming number of cases, and both have caused untold misery and death. A defective Duragesic patch, a J&J pain relief patch containing a drug said to be more powerful than morphine, brough... - Johnson & Johnson litigation stories: Panacryl Sutures and the Duragesic Patch - Part I
Jul-2-07 West Palm Beach, FL Johnson & Johnson made the news June 20 after a West Palm Beach federal court jury awarded $5.5 million to the family of a young man who died while wearing a Duragesic pain relief patch. The Duragesic patch joins J&J's Panacryl suture as a newsmaker. Both products have hung J&J out to dry in court -- and both have left a trail of vict... - Asbestos Found in 21 University Buildings at Cal State
May-23-07 Northridge, CA Faculty and staff at California State University were shocked when an article in the university newspaper revealed that asbestos has been detected in 21 of the campus's buildings. Risks associated with asbestos exposure include asthma, asbestosis, elevated risks of lung cancer, colon cancer and mesothelioma -- an incurable cancer of the... - Investigations Focus on Illegal Marketing by Medical Device and Supply Companies
May-18-07 Washington, DC Government law enforcement agencies have made it known that illegal marketing and promotional practices of medical device and supply companies are now the targets of investigations basically because lawmakers who oversee spending by public health care programs say the booming business in this field of medicine is a little too good to be true... - Natrecor Heart Drug - Deadly and Expensive
Jan-31-06 Let there be no mistake, Johnson & Johnson, and its subsidiary Scois, knew all about the dangers associated with its heart failure drug Natrecor, but threw caution to the wind in promoting its off-label use in pursuit of profits. Natrecor was FDA approved in August 2001 for the sole purpose of treating patients for the most acute from of congestive heart... - Paxil Claims a Short Life
May-15-07 Omaha, NE "My wife took Paxil before and during her pregnancy and everything was fine," says Trever Hargitt. "This was going to be our third so we knew what to expect -- or thought we did..." Keagan Hargitt lived only three short weeks due to heart and lung failure. "Now we will never know what our son could have grown up to be." "There was nothing... - Overtime: Not All States are Created Equally
May-15-07 Sanford, NC: Most questions and complaints about employment have to do with overtime and failure to pay overtime is one of the leading causes of claims against employers. After all, time means money, especially when it comes to extra hours that countless programmers are "asked" to do. But many programmers find themselves working overtime without the mo...