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Jan-15-08 Fayetteville, TN: When Sarah D. was only a child she was put on Zyprexa to help control the mood swings associated with her bipolar disorder. Beth (Sarah's mother) says that they tried several drugs, but from around age eight to age fourteen, Sarah took Zyprexa. According to both Beth and Sarah, it was only a matter of months after her prescription began... - Personal Injury: Van in New Brunswick Crash is Banned in 40 States
Jan-15-08 Bathurst, NB: The passenger van involved in a tragic accident in Bathurst, New Brunswick has long been banned from transportation of public school students in most of the United States and some Canadian provinces. The design of the 15-seat Ford Club Wagon made it dangerously susceptible to personal injury for passengers and drivers. In the New Bru... - Norton Internet Security Symantec Subscription Overpayment
Norton Internet Security, which is produced by Symantec Corp, is pre-installed on many new computers, both desktop and laptop. Norton Internet Security is designed for the purpose of protecting the computer from on-line threats such as spy ware, viruses, worms and hackers. The pre-installed version of the Norton Internet Security is good for 60 days. A... - Yamaha Rhino Rollover Victims Report Serious Injuries
Jan-13-08 Dallas, TX: Imagine if you were a passenger in a Yamaha Rhino when it rolled over. Through no fault of your own, you were involved in an ATV accident . Now imagine that because you, naturally, stuck your arm or leg out to break your fall, you suddenly faced a decision about whether or not to amputate your injured limb. Now, imagine that people told you... - Zetia can have Serious Side Effects
Jan-5-08 Seattle, WA: Patients taking Zetia are now learning that the drug may come with some serious side effects. Those include liver damage, rhabdomyolysis and myopathy. What has surprised many consumers is that the makers of Zetia conducted a few studies and found that there are risks associated with taking Zetia, but did not publicize the results of those st... - Burn Injury Sustained During Surgery
Jan-11-08 Richmond, VA: Wanda G. is an experienced OR nurse who has seen her share of injuries, including burn injuries. However, when she had surgery in April 2007, she had no idea that she could possibly wake up from the surgery with burn injuries of her own. Yet that is exactly what she says happened. She went for surgery because she had herniated nerves i... - Truck Accidents: Navigating the Legal System
Jan-9-08 Kansas City, MO: Accidents involving large trucks and tractor-trailers occur every day, and it is rare that an accident involving such massive vehicles does not involve injury. Usually, the injuries sustained are to people in smaller passenger vehicles and they are often serious. After all, a fully loaded semi truck can weigh more than 20 times what some... - Did Trasylol Put Husband on Dialysis?
Jan-2-08 Miami, FL "My husband had a heart transplant in July 2003 and for the last four years, he has had a problem with fluid retention," says Myra H. Now, he is on a dialysis machine—for the rest of his life. "I was told that one of the transplant drugs damaged hid kidneys but after reading about Trasylol in the New York Times , I wonder if that drug wa... - Cargill ground beef e.coli contamination recall
Cargill Meat Solutions is recalling more than 1 milion pounds of ground beef that are suspected of containing E. coli bacteria, after the Agriculture Department found a sample of the meat contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7. Ten states are involved in the recall: Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsyl... - Avandia: "A Big Risk to Your Heart"
Jan-8-08 Montgomery, AL: Joyce A. says she did not know that Avandia could cause so many health problems, at least she did not know until her doctor took her off Avandia and put her on another drug. Unfortunately, this happened after she was hospitalized two times with severe chest pains. Although she has started to recover since being taken off Avandia, she says... - Fortune 1000 Companies 401(k) Plan Excessive Fees
A firm is investigating Fortune 1000 companies that, we believe, have breached their fiduciary duties and engaged in prohibited transactions by allowing excessive administration and management fees and expenses in connection with the administration of their 401(k) plans. Persons adversely impacted by this practices include current employees who ar... - Zetia: Patient Complains About Severe Muscle Pain
Jan-7-08 Doraville, GA: Charles S. says he is annoyed by Zetia. The problem is that within days of taking the drug, he experienced extreme muscle pain—pain that required steroids for relief. Charles has no doubt that the cause of his muscle pain was Zetia. "I was requested to take Zetia for cholesterol control, of course," Charles says. "So I did start t... - Yamaha Rhino: When a Fun Time Turns Tragic
Dec-31-07 Dallas, TX ATVs such as the Yamaha Rhino are supposed to be associated with fun. They are meant to be a great way to spend some time outdoors, riding through nature and enjoying life. Even when they are used with work, as a way to move around a large yard more easily, they are still meant to make a person's life easier. So why are so many people compl... - Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: Popping a Pill Could Mean Hell on Earth
Dec-31-07 Gaithersburg, MD Of the myriad side effects one can experience while taking prescriptions, and even some over-the-counter drugs, one in particular is little-known but deadly: Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS). This horrific condition, taken to the extreme, has been described by some as a fate worse than death. You just need to see the pictures, to unde... - Chantix: "People Should be More Informed"
Jan-6-08 Sacramento, CA: Sandra (not her real name) had been smoking for 10 years and had tried every method available to quit when she was told about Chantix. Hearing that people had some success on the drug, she decided to give it a shot. She took her first Chantix dose on October 21, 2007 and since then has experienced a wide range of side effects, including n... - Neurontin alleged suicide side effect. Send your complaint to a Neurontin lawyer.
Ever since Neurontin has been on the market, there have been reports of suicidal behavior and death in those taking the drug. Neurontin (generic name: gabapentin) has been approved by the FDA and prescribed by millions of physicians for two different ailments: controlling seizures and reducing pain caused by shingles. While the FDA and the drug company... - Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: A Terrible Ordeal
Jan-5-08 Grand Rapids, MI: When Yvette S's four-year-old daughter was prescribed Bactrim for her urinary tract infection, Yvette did not know that Bactrim could cause Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Her daughter was given Bactrim for 10 days. Two weeks after her prescription was finished, Yvette's daughter began complaining that her eyes were itchy. The next day, Yv... - SSRI May Have Caused Reflux Disease
Jan-4-08 Elkin, NC: SSRIs can cause many serious problems for infants and children. Many people associate the use of SSRIs while pregnant with birth defects such as primary pulmonary hypertension and other lung and heart problems. However, Theresa H. (not her real name) says that she thinks taking Paxil and Zoloft may have caused her child to develop gastro-esoph... - Topps E. coli Beef: Almost Two Million Pounds Still In Storage
Jan-2-08 Elizabeth, NJ Topps Meat Co. may have closed October 5th, but there are still 1.8 million pounds of meat potentially contaminated with E. coli still languishing in the company's warehouses. What ultimately happens to that meat will hinge on the potential sale of the bankrupt company—its assets as well as trademarks—to a food company in New J... - PPH Diagnosis After All These Years
Jan-2-08 Atlanta, GA Toward the end of 1990 Angela R. went to a weight loss clinic and she was prescribed Fen-Phen. "I took it for several years, on and off," says Angela. "I ignored the symptoms: swelling, fatigue. I lost weight but my legs were always red and I was very dizzy. I just wanted to lose more weight..."But she doesn't plan on ignoring a PPH class acti...