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Apr-12-07 Penryn, CA Terry Wicks took Pempro for about 17 years - back then, hormone replacement therapy was the cure for menopausal side effects. Back then, nobody knew it could cause breast cancer and Wicks didn't give it a second thought; she was an athlete, in perfect health. But last year she finished 33 radiation treatments. "I started Prempro when I be... - Ortho Evra Patch should be Banned
Feb-28-07 Toronto, ON Judy Baker is shocked that the Ortho Evra patch is still available. Baker developed a painful and life-threatening blood clot, and because of her ordeal, she wants to warn women to stay off the patch. "I was on the Ortho Evra patch for about six months, from June to December of 2006," says Baker (not her real name pending a lawsuit). "I wa... - Suicide Risk of Neurontin Kept Hidden for Years
Feb-27-07 Washington, DC: Neurontin , the all-time poster child for an illegally promoted off-label drug, was marketed by Warner-Lambert and its Parke-Davis division until Pfizer acquired the company in 2000. The term "off-label" means prescribing a drug for indications not listed on the label, upping the recommended dose, prescribing a drug in combination with... - Panacryl Sutures: Another headache for Ethicon
Feb-24-07 Des Moines, IA The recall of Panacryl Sutures last year, four years after the manufacturer took them off store shelves, is only the latest in a string of headaches for Ethicon, makers of Panacryl. Much like what happened with Ethicon's Vicryl brand of sutures, the company will likely face a string of lawsuits because of problems with the Panacryl Sutures... - Wyeth's Off-Label Promotion of Prempro Leads to 5,200 Lawsuits
Mar-30-07 Washington, DC: For many years, Wyeth led women to believe that taking Prempro , with the combined hormones of estrogen and progestin, would not only relieve hot flashes, vaginal dryness, night sweats, and moodiness, but it would also prevent heart disease, osteoporosis, and mental deterioration. Very little of that advice now appears to be true. The l... - Two Big Settlements In California Overtime Lawsuits
Mar-26-07 Newport Beach, CA: Although overtime lawsuits filed by California police officers have received a lot of attention lately, they are not the only people who have not been properly paid for working overtime hours. Some recently settled lawsuits against a grocery chain and a restaurant company show that many people are at risk for not being properly compens... - Kugel Mesh Patch: Keeping Track of the Recalls
Feb-14-07 Belgium, WI: With so many recalls in the past 14 months, keeping track of Kugel Mesh Patches can be difficult. People who were relieved that their patches were not initially recalled are now learning that the recalls have been expanded to include new lots and product codes. Other people who had their patch fail are left wondering if their replacement... - Kugel Mesh Recall Updated to Class 1
Feb-7-07 New York, NY: Earlier this month, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had upgraded the recall category of several Composix Kugel Mesh Hernia Patches to Class 1. The announcement, issued February 1, was made because exposure to defective Kugel Mesh Patches carried a reasonable probability of causing serious health pro... - 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... - J&J's Charite Spinal Disc Bonanza Short Lived
Mar-10-07 Newport, RI The Charite artificial spinal disc was FDA approved in October 2004, as an alternative to spinal fusion surgery. But in reality, experts say, the superiority of the two procedures is limited to the cost. Charite disc replacement can run as high as $50,000, while spinal fusion surgery costs less than half that at roughly $23,000. The Charit... - Kugel Mesh Recalls - A Timeline
Jan-25-07 Cranston, RI: Over the past 13 months, Davol, Inc., makers of Kugel Mesh Hernia Patches , issued a recall and then expanded it twice. Here is a timeline of the Kugel Mesh Patch recalls. December 27, 2005: C.R. Bard notifies US customers of a voluntary Class I recall of the Bard Composix Kugel Mesh X-Large Patch by letter delivered via Federal Express... - Patients require further surgery because of Panacryl Sutures
Mar-1-07 Somerville, NJ Panacryl sutures were recalled last year after it was discovered that they were causing some serious health problems in patients. The recall was announced by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last year because the organization learned that patient's bodies were rejecting the sutures. Problems associated with the Panac... - Depakote: A Brief History
Feb-26-07 Portland, OR: Since 1983, Depakote has been marketed in the United States as a medication for the treatment of epilepsy. More than two million Americans have some form of epilepsy, and 125,000 new cases of epilepsy are reported each year. For the drug maker, Abbott Laboratories, sales were brisk, but there were other markets to tap into - also known as "... - Did SSRI Meds cause my Son's Birth Defects?
Feb-26-07 Salt Lake City, UT Trudy Hanson is sitting in a waiting room at Primary Children's Hospital, a room that has become her second home since giving birth to her son - this is Michael's 14th surgery. Trudy says she can't help but blame herself for taking Effexor while she was pregnant. "I started taking Effexor a few months before I was pregnant and cont... - Another lawsuit filed against Eli Lilly's Zyprexa
Feb-25-07 Chicago, IL: Eli Lilly faces yet another court appearance to defend its anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa after a lawsuit was filed late last month in Illinois. The plaintiff filed the lawsuit claiming he now suffers from diabetes and permanent bodily and mental harm after taking Zyprexa. He also argues that his illness has caused mental anguish, emotiona... - 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... - UnumProvident Tells Customer to Work Despite Internal Bleeding
Feb-17-07 Bethpage, NY: Thomas Villani paid his UnumProvident premiums for years while he worked at Verizon. According to the terms of his policy, in case of illness lasting for more than a year he would receive 65 percent of his income and Verizon would hold his job for another year. Unfortunately, UnumProvident refused to hold up their end of the contract. In... - Eli Lilly's Zyprexa Woes not Finished Yet
Feb-2-07 Washington, DC: Eli Lilly, makers of Zyprexa , may finally be feeling some of the sting of recent lawsuits. Late last month Eli Lilly announced that its fourth-quarter earnings had dropped, likely due to recent settlements of lawsuits related to Zyprexa. According to a report in the New York Times, Eli Lilly made $132 million in its fourth quarter; d... - Ethicon's Panacryl Lawsuits
Jan-28-07 New York, NY: Just like history repeating itself, Ethicon now faces liability lawsuits similar to its Vicryl sutures lawsuits more than a decade ago. This time the product is Panacryl sutures. Ethicon was sued after a recall of 3.5 million packages of its Vicryl brand of sutures in 1994 -- the sutures were contaminated due to a faulty sterilizer. Now,... - Experts Predict Many Cases of Permax Heart Valve Damage
Jan-21-07 Washington, DC Nearly three years ago, HealthDay News reported that a study had confirmed previous findings that the drug, Permax , used to treat Parkinson's disease, could damage heart valves and surgery would be needed to correct the problem. The April 28, 2004, report quoted the lead researcher, Dr Richard Dewey Jr, an associate professor from the U...