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Feb-8-08 Rockville, MD On January 7, 2008 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert highlighting the possibility of severe and sometimes incapacitating bone, joint, and/or muscle (musculoskeletal) pain in patients taking bisphosphonates, such as Fosamax . The severe musculoskeletal pain may occur within days or even years after starting a bisphosph... - Public Health Advisory Issued by FDA on Chantix
Feb-7-08 Rockville, MD: A Public-Health Advisory has been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration to caregivers, health care providers, and patients regarding new warnings that concern the stop smoking prescription medication, Chantix . An Early Communication was issued to health care providers and the public by the FDA on November 20, 2007, regarding the... - More Concern Over Heparin
Feb-4-08 Round Lake, IL: And now there is more concern over heparin , after another manufacturer has announced a voluntary recall of the product, this time in vials, as opposed to pre-filled syringes. While no deaths have been reported as of January 17th 2008, when the recall was announced, Baxter Healthcare Corporation is concerned enough about its product that... - Rochester Meat Recall: Where's the Beef?
Jan-22-08 New York, NY: In the wake of the Rochester Meat recall , things have been quiet—as they say in the westerns, "Yeah, too quiet." Minnesota-based Rochester Meat Company announced the voluntary recall of 188,000 pounds of ground beef suspected of E. coli contamination after six people fell ill in Wisconsin and California. The beef was sold in bulk... - Wife: Avandia Responsible for Husband's Health Crisis
Jan-16-08 Louisville, KT: Marie's husband Steve is living in a nursing home. He has been there since his health seriously declined, following illness, heart attacks and liver and kidney problems. Marie says that Avandia caused Steve's health crisis. Steve has been on Avandia for a while, almost 10 years. However, his serious health problems began this year when... - Topps Tainted Beef: Recall Could Have Happened Sooner
Dec-21-07 Lexington, NB In the aftermath of the Topps beef recall , one of the largest beef recalls in US history, a number of problems have been identified that may, ideally, serve to improve safeguards and prevent illness and similar recalls from happening again. However, the very convenience of frozen foods only adds to the problem, and dictates that safeguar... - Stand 'n Seal: Seal Your Tile, Seal Your Fate...
Nov-11-07 Denville, NJ As lawsuits continue to circulate through the courts in the wake of the Stand 'n Seal dangerous product recall , more information is coming to light that casts an even darker shadow on the product, and the dubious efforts of the manufacturer and distributor to warn the public against a serious personal injury hazard. Perhaps most damning... - Avandia Side Effects Can Occur Quickly
Sep-26-07 Seattle, WA Patients taking Avandia do not necessarily have to wait a long time to feel the drug's negative effects. Some people are reporting that they suffered adverse reactions to Avandia within the first few months of taking the drug. Lawsuits have been filed both in the U.S. and internationally against the maker of Avandia, alleging the company knew... - Zyprexa Linked to Suicide Risk
Sep-22-07 Houston, TX Zyprexa , an atypical antipsychotic drug, has been linked to an increased risk of suicide. Clinical trials for Zyprexa have found that patients taking the drug are more likely to commit suicide than patients on any other antipsychotic medication. Lawsuits are now being filed against the maker of Zyprexa, alleging the company knew about the ri... - Attorney Subpoenas J&J AstraZeneca and Lilly for Hidden Antipsychotic Data Part II
Sep-10-07 Washington, DC Attorney Jim Gottstein is the director of the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, a public interest law firm that has mounted a campaign against forced psychiatric drugging all over the country. He represents mostly indigent clients through his non-profit organization and is not involved in the lawsuits filed against the atypical makers by p... - Avandia To Get Black Box Warning
Aug-19-07 Rockville, MD The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that Avandia , a controversial diabetes drug, will now carry a strong black box warning on its label. The new label will advise patients of the increased risk of heart failure associated with taking the drug. The warning label follows the release of studies that found using Avandia may incre... - SSRI-Induced Akathisia's Link To Suicide and Violence
Aug-18-07 Washington, DC: Medical experts have long known that the side effect associated with the class of antidepressants known as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors most likely to drive people to suicide or violence against others is "akathisia". Akathisia is but one in a long list of side effects that SSRI makers were able to keep hidden, as they set... - Doctors Hesitate to Prescribe Ortho Evra
Aug-16-07 Nashville, TN: A group of doctors in Tennessee has decided to stop prescribing the Ortho Evra patch to patients over concerns that the device could increase their risk of blood clots or other problems. In a letter to their patients, the doctors cited a study which showed that women who use the Ortho Evra patch are at an increased risk of deep vein thromb... - Big Business Fights Back Over Information Technology Overtime Claims
Aug-16-07 Santa Clara, CA Information technologists, otherwise known as IT workers, have been taking big businesses to court to recover unpaid IT overtime wages for quite a few years now. They have been remarkably successful. IT workers have started class actions against high tech giants like IBM and Sun Microsystems, Inc., and many of these class actions have alr... - Avandia and heart failure: Did Avandia pave the way to this woman's heart attack?
Aug-16-07 Edmonton, AB Karen Trelford was stunned to see a report on television this summer that the diabetes drug Avandia exposed its users to a 43% higher risk of heart failure and heart attack. The Edmonton woman had good reason to react to the news. In the late spring of 2006, Karen's doctor prescribed Avandia for her. She took it for several months before... - Avandia FDA Mole Hawks Lethal Medication Patches
Aug-12-07 Washington, DC: Douglas Arbesfeld, the pharmaceutical industry's mole inside the FDA, recently revealed his existence quite by accident when he attempted to destroy the reputation of cardiologist Dr. Steve Nissen by sending a malicious email to reporters after Dr. Nissen published a study that found the diabetes drug Avandia possibly increases the risk o... - Avandia Remains on Market Despite Health Risks
Aug-7-07 Los Angeles, CA: Despite expert testimony about its side effects risk, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee has recommended that the diabetes drug Avandia should be allowed to stay on the market. But while the committee did not call for an Avandia recall, it says that the drug's label should carry a stronger warning about its risk of causing... - Lawsuits Against Glaxo Rise as Avandia Sales Plummet
Aug-1-07 Washington, DC: A study released in July 2007, by the Federal Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, reported that the older diabetes drugs, available for as little as $10 a month, are as safe and effective as the newer drugs like Avandia (rosiglitazone), which costs between $131 and $262 a month. On July 20, 2007, Science Daily reported that li... - Kidney failure patients warned of health risk in MRIs
Jul-29-07 Boston, MA: A case report published July 12 in the New England Journal of Medicine tells the story of a 70-year-old man with kidney failure who developed the classic symptoms of having been exposed to gadolinium during one or more MRI s. Over the course of four years following a kidney transplant operation, he became seriously disabled by nephrogenic fib... - OxyContin officials spared jail
Jul-21-07 Abington, VA As a drug, OxyContin has been getting a bad rap. Recently in the news for allegations of misbranding and suspect marketing practices by its manufacturer and abuse by addicts and youths, the OxyContin debacle appears to be a case of a worthy product taken advantage of by greedy profiteers and a lax regulatory framework. It is telling that,...