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Aug-8-17 Washington, DC: A drug indicated for the treatment of type 2 diabetes already carries warnings for compelling adverse reactions including a heightened risk for lower limb amputations, kidney failure, diabetic ketoacidosis and cardiovascular injuries. To that end, the FDA warns of fracture risk with Invokana and Invokamet . Yet in spite of such serious s... - Chantix Study Eases, but Does Not Eliminate, Concern
Nov-20-09 Bristol, UK Chantix, once the darling of smoking-cessation aids, quickly moved under a black cloud of controversy as news emerged about Chantix suicide , Chantix aggression and other serious side effects. In July the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a black box warning for "serious neuropsychiatric symptoms," including changes in behavior, h... - Women Speak Out About Essure Health Problems
Jul-31-17 Santa Clara, An in-depth investigative piece in the Washington Post highlights the considerable adverse health effects, even pregnancies, that thousands of women have experienced and continue to experience as a result of having Bayer’s Essure contraceptive devices implanted. Hailed as the next generation of contraception, Essure consists... - Ortho Evra Patch Maker Johnson & Johnson Waves A White Flag
Jun-3-06 On May 2, 2006, Johnson & Johnson attorney, Susan Sharko, wrote to New Jersey Superior Court Judge, Peter Bariso, to inform the court that the company had reached confidential settlements with 11 of the 12 plaintiffs involved in litigation in New Jersey. Less than a month earlier, on April 9, 2006, the New York Post reported that women who suffered life-t... - Cambio de turno y protocolo de pago de McDonald's bajo lupa legal en un tribunal
Jul-29-17 Los Angeles, CA: La demanda laboral en California en la que el gigante de comida rápida McDonald's está envuelta no es nada rápida, habiendo sido litigada desde 2013 y sin mostrar señales de un arreglo rápido. Sin embargo, un juicio en tribunales que se llevó a cabo a fines del mes pasado para resolver varios asuntos legales antes de lo que se... - Viagra/Cialis and Melanoma: Jury is Still Out
Jul-24-17 Raleigh, NC: Sexually active older men worried about the link between melanoma and Viagra/Cialis can relax—maybe. A new study has found that there is no link to skin cancer and the erectile dysfunction medications, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they should keep popping those blue pills. In the Journal of the National Cancer... - Illinois Fights Opioid Crisis with Class Action Suit
Jul-19-17 St. Clair County, Illinois The opioid addiction crisis has hit St. Clair County, Illinois hard. They are fighting back in a class action lawsuit charging the Purdue Pharma and Abbot Laboratories Inc. put profits ahead of the health and safety of its customers by underplaying the potential harm associated with highly addictive narcotics. “This a... - SJS Risk Increases with Increase in Medications
Oct-19-09 San Francisco, CA The seriousness of Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is fostering research into the debilitating and sometimes fatal condition, even though it is rare. Part of the reason why Stevens Johnson Syndrome skin disease is not falling through the cracks, is due to what often triggers it: medication. Given the growing list of medications and var... - Study finds more people may be exposed to MRI risk in certain areas
Oct-19-09 Stanford, CA A new study has found that people who live in areas with more MRI machines use the machines more often, suggesting an increase in MRI health risks such as kidney disease and failure. According to Stanford University researchers Jacqueline D. Baras and Dr Laurence Baker, there would have been 5.4 percent fewer lower back MRIs and 9 percent... - Eliquis Lawsuit Alleges Wrongful Death, Product Misrepresentation
Jul-16-17 New York, NY: Raymond Warme, according to a recent Eliquis lawsuit , was prescribed the new-age blood thinner apixaban for atrial fibrillation. That was in April, 2014. Litigation brought on his behalf by his daughter and partner claim that Warme began to experience gastrointestinal bleeding within two months of starting on the drug. He would not surviv... - Hip Replacement Patient says Better Off Without
Jun-28-17 Seattle, WA: When Sharon had a Hip replacement she expected, and was told, it would improve her quality of life, her overall well-being. Instead, her health has deteriorated and she is totally disabled. And her third hip revision surgery is scheduled for next month. “Not even a year after my Biomet hip replacement failed—and I st... - Zimmer Biomet Shoulder Failure: Consider Rehabilitation over Revision Surgery
Jun-27-17 Washington, DC: Not only is the failure rate of Zimmer Biomet shoulder surgery abnormally high, a new study shows that some patients undergoing shoulder replacement surgery have an increased risk of complications, including the need for revision surgery—which comes with its own set of risks. Every surgery has a risk of failure, and because sh... - Risperdal Lawsuit Hit 18,000 and Climbing, Status Update Due in July
Jun-25-17 Philadelphia, PA: The Risperdal lawsuit count now stands at a number above 18,000. To that end a staggering number of cases name pharmaceutical giants Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals as defendants. Most allege Risperdal gynecomastia , a Risperdal side effect characterized as the growth of male breast tissue. Howeve... - Are Recalled Duodenoscopes Any Safer?
Jun-21-17 Washington, DC: Any medical device plaintiff fighting an endoscope infection lawsuit appears to have a friend in Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash). The Democratic lawmaker noted back in April that she had become alarmed in the face of a superbug outbreak in Europe late last year, and thus had issued a request to medical device manufacturer Olympus Corp. (O... - More Evidence Against Avandia
Aug-20-09 A new study published this week in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has determined that people taking the diabetes medication avandia , made by GlaxoSmithKline, are at greater risk for heart failure than people taking a competing drug, Actos, by Takeda Pharmaceuticals. The Canadian study used prescription data for 39,736 patients, aged 66 and older,... - Allegations of Conflict Dog FDA Official Over Generic Heparin Drug
Aug-16-09 Washington, DC In a pharmaceutical world bedeviled by drug side effects , drug defects and even medical device safety inherent with products put out by medical device companies, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has at various times found itself called out for everything from lax oversight to slow response times. Now there are conflict of int... - Enbrel Use Linked to Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Juvenile Arthritis Patients
Aug-4-09 Copenhagen, DK Those patients who take Enbrel for arthritis risk a collection of Enbrel side effects including, but not limited to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children suffering from juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). An Enbrel infection of this type appears to present as a high possibility according to a recent study released last month in C... - Doubleday Dilemma
Jan-27-06 A third lawsuit has been filed in a Seattle federal court against the best-selling author James Frey. In the wake of the discovery by The Smoking Gun , an investigative Web site, alleging that Frey fabricated some information in his book, A Million Little Pieces , Doubleday, a division of Random House, the book's publisher, issued a statement promising... - Baldness Treatment Drugs May Raise Risk of Depression But Not Risk of Suicide in Older Men
Jun-8-17 Atlanta, GA: Drugs such as Propecia and Proscar, which are used to treat male pattern baldness and enlarged prostate, may raise the risk of depression and self-harm in older men but not increase their risk of suicide, a new study found. Both US and Canadian consumers have filed lawsuits against Merck & Co., the maker of Propecia (finasteride), c... - Yet Another Medication Carries SJS Risk
Jul-15-09 Washington, DC A new medication designed to improve wakefulness that was introduced to the US market last month already has a bolded warning for SJS, among other potentially serious SJS side effects. Stevens Johnson Syndrome is a rare, but potentially dangerous condition characterized by skin lesions akin to serious burns. It can, and has proved fa...