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Sort by relevance 572 pages found matching <script>alert('What_Security?')</script>- Chantix Led Smoker to the Psych Ward
Apr-11-08 Las Vegas, NV Donna's experience with Chantix was like a fast descent into hell and she's lucky to be alive to tell her story. It started out with bizarre dreams and ended with a suicide attempt that put her in a psychiatric ward. Today she is dealing with embarrassment and remorse. And she's back to smoking a pack a day. She took Chantix for three... - Attorney Leonard Aragon: Going after LifeLock
Apr-7-08 Phoenix, AZ: On March 27, the law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro filed a proposed consumer class action against LifeLock of Tempe, AZ. LifeLock uses aggressive advertising to convince consumers to subscribe to its $10-a-month "proactive identity theft protection" service, claiming to "offer a proven solution that prevents your identity from being st... - Asbestos Mesothelioma: Six Members of One Family Now Dead
Mar-30-08 Winnipeg, MB A Canadian First Nations family that has incredibly lost five of its members to asbestos poisoning, has now lost a sixth. Rita Swain died earlier this week from mesothelioma, the Canadian Press reported. She was diagnosed three years ago with the asbestos-related disease, which affected the lining of her stomach. Raven ThunderSky herself... - Chantix: "I Started To Get Really Depressed"
Mar-30-08 Superior, WI Victoria H. says she had no idea that Chantix could have been responsible for her suicide attempt. In fact, it was not until a month later, when her friend phoned her with information about Chantix , that Victoria had any idea that her suicide attempt could have been caused by the anti-smoking medication. "I went to a family doctor to get... - Botox: Evidence Mounts that Toxin Migration is Possible
Mar-23-08 Washington, DC Try to forget that the needle about to inject a substance in your brow is a derivative of a deadly bacterium.Try not to think about the fact that the same Botox used to paralyze the muscles that cause your crow's feet and furrowed brow, has also been known to migrate away from the injection area and can have the same numbing effect on musc... - Husband Recovering until Given Heparin
Mar-23-08 Grafton, WV " Heparin was given to my husband at the hospital," says Betty Soames. "He was supposed to have a coloscopy but they didn't get to that--we had no idea he was going to die. My husband and two nurses told me that he was getting shots of Heparin." But Betty Soames (not her real name pending a lawsuit) was never was told why he was given it,... - Lucky to be off Duragesic Pain Patch
Mar-20-08 Tucson, AZ After five years of suffering mental and physical side effects from chronic back pain medication, Frank begged his doctor to prescribe a non-narcotic painkiller. The adhesive Duragesic pain patch sounded ideal but didn't take long for his situation to worsen. "At first I thought it was terrific," says Frank. "Anything was better than the shiv... - Heparin: Tainted Product, Confusing Labels and the Hollywood Factor
Mar-13-08 Hollywood, CA In the spring it was poisoned pet food, then tainted toothpaste. In the summer and fall, lead-laced toys for tots. Now, the latest word that appears to summarize problems with imports from China, is heparin . Heparin is a blood thinner made from the intestines of pigs, and in the last several weeks heparin has been all over the news. In D... - Credit Card Abuse Takes on Many Forms
Mar-13-08 Freeland, MI Credit card abuse can take on many forms—including the personal data you entrust the credit card company to hold safe on your behalf. However, that is not always the case, as witnessed in January when data from 650,000 credit cards was at risk of being compromised after a computer tape went missing. GE Money handles credit card oper... - Wind Shear Detection Improving but not Foolproof
Mar-12-08 Hamburg, DE Passengers aboard a Lufthansa flight on March 1st narrowly escaped a plane crash when stormy winds up to 155 mph rocked their aircraft as it attempted to land in Hamburg, Germany. Gut-dropping images caught on amateur video of its runway approach, show the left wing of the Airbus A320 grazing the runway; the aircraft teeters, then lifts o... - Murphy Oil USA Inc. to pay $179,100 settlement in occupational safety violations lawsuit
Superior, WI: (Feb-25-08) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration brought charges against Murphy Oil USA Inc., alleging that a six month inspection of its Superior, WI refinery revealed various safety violations. The suit stated that the inspection, which started in August 2007 as part of the agency's National Emphasis Program for petroleum refin... - Defective Products vs. The Supreme Court. They Fight, You Lose
Feb-23-08 Peachtree City, GA On February 21st the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, in concert with Rinnai America Corp, announced a voluntary product safety recall involving the defective product Rinnai EnergySaver Direct-Vent Wall Furnace, due to a potential carbon monoxide hazard. According to the alert a gasket in the furnace, fuelled by either natural... - Botox: Lose the Wrinkles, Lose Your Life?
Feb-22-08 Washington, DC Got a Botox shot lately, to mitigate those wrinkles? Here's the thing—Botox could actually provide one little wrinkle of its own: You could die from it . Earlier this month the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was petitioned by the advocacy group Public Citizen to release warnings about Botox, a product that is more generall... - Botox Delivers Bad Results for Some Users
Feb-20-08 Los Angeles, CA: Botox injections used for the aesthetic purpose of eliminating lines and wrinkles are becoming tied to some sober results from reactions. Some reactions have been serious enough to cause death in users. The announcement was allegedly made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The reactions have born a striking resemblance to thos... - Trasylol: A Thousand Deaths a Month
Feb-18-08 Long Island, NY You have seen his name before, in various articles about Trasylol , the now-vilified drug that was removed from the active market by Bayer AG on November 5th of last year following a two-year hailstorm of salacious revelations. Joe Randone, a 52-year-old sales rep from Long Island New York. Suffering from a heart murmur since he wa... - Researcher: Too Many Deaths Caused by Trasylol
Feb-16-08 Rockville, MD At least one critic of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says the organization acted too slowly when it learned of the dangers of Trasylol. According to Dr. Dennis Mangano, approximately 22,000 lives could have been saved if the FDA had removed Trasylol from the market when it received evidence that the drug was linked to thousand... - Fosamax: Low-Cost Generics Expand the Risk
Feb-13-08 Leavenworth, KS: The troubles over Fosamax are bound to intensify, with the approval of a new, generic form of the drug that is alleged to cause Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), a debilitating disease of the jawbone . With its patent for alendronate having expired, just days ago the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the licensing of the f... - Chantix: Beefed-up Warnings, Increasing Concern
Feb-9-08 Washington, DC In a move that is hardly a surprise for anyone conversant with Chantix , the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marked the beginning of February with the stark announcement that a link between serious psychiatric problems , and Pfizer's hitherto most promising performer is "increasingly likely." This comes a couple of weeks after Pfi... - Botox and Myobloc Linked to Hospitalizations and Death
Feb-8-08 Rockville, MD The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today notified the public that Botox and Botox Cosmetic (botulinum toxin Type A), and Myobloc (botulinum toxin Type B) have been linked to adverse reactions, including respiratory failure and death. The reactions reported are suggestive of botulism, which occurs when botulinum toxin spreads in... - Head Games: Meat Packing Plants Pose Risks to Workers
Feb-8-08 Austin, MN You've often heard the phrase, "he's got more brains than he knows what to do with..." In the town of Austin, Minnesota that phrase has taken on new meaning, thanks to a bizarre health issue that appeared to be affecting certain employees of a meat processing plant there. In fact, as truth is stranger than fiction, you would be forgiven if...