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Sort by date 1,437 pages found matching black box- $8M Kombucha Consumer Fraud Settlement Reached with Wholefoods and Millennium
Santa Clara, CA: A proposed settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Millennium Products Inc., and Wholefoods over allegations that the defendants misrepresented the alcohol, sugar, and antioxidant content of certain GT’s Kombucha products. Under the terms of the proposed deal, a fund of up to $8,250,000... - 13 Brands of Dehumidifiers Recalled Due to Serious Fire and Burn Hazards
Washington, DC: Over 2 million dehumidifiers carrying major brand names are being recalled by Gree, in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada. They announced a recall on dehumidifiers manufactured by Gree Electric Appliances of China that were sold from January 2005 through August 2013. The dehumidifier can o... - Peppered Salami Suspect in Foodborne Illness Outbreak
Jan-30-10 Portland, OR A case of foodborne illness that has sickened 184 people nationwide since July was traced to salami sold by Daniele Inc., a Pascoag, Rhode Island-based manufacturer. Daniele has announced a recall of its pepper-coated salami and variety packs containing peppered salami. Eight cases in Oregon and 14 in Washington have been reported so fa... - Infants Taking Reglan Suffer Side Effects
Jan-28-10 New Orleans, LA It has been almost a year since the public became aware of the link between Reglan and tardive dyskinesia. Many say they had no idea about the risks of permanent Reglan side effects. Now some parents are coming forward with concerns about the effect of Reglan on their children. In February 2009 the US Food and Drug Administration iss... - Chantix Lawsuits Heat up
Jan-26-10 Huntsville, AL Yesterday lawyers involved in the consolidated Chantix litigation met with the Court for the first time. The agenda was to include discussion of how to manage the cases as well as the leadership structure for the multidistrict litigation (MDL). The smoking cessation drug, which was granted approval in 2006, has been the target of much... - Los Angeles Car Crash Involves Commuter Train
Dec-30-09 Los Angeles, CA It could have been worse. A Los Angeles car crash that occurred two days before Christmas injured a young child and several others—but no deaths were reported. According to the Christmas Eve edition of the Los Angeles Times, the driver of a white Toyota Camry had pulled over to make way for a police car with activated sirens, w... - Bank Overdraft Fees Lawsuit Stresses Lack of Consumer Sophistication, Unfair Process
Jan-6-21 Atlanta, GA On December 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit heard oral arguments in Garcia v. Wachovia Bank , one of the bank overdraft fees lawsuits , consolidated in In Re: Checking Account Overdraft Litigation . The checking accountholders are appealing a September 2019 District Court decision that denied them the chance to proceed... - Is Chantix Worth the Risk?
Dec-11-09 Seattle, WA Critics of Chantix say that patients should pay close attention to the warnings before they start taking the drug. One critic, Dr. Mercola, writing at foodconsumer.org (December 10, 2009), warns against using pharmaceuticals to help quit smoking, noting that the drugs come with side effects that are harmful to a person's health. "Chantix... - Nation's First Nephronic Systemic Fibrosis Trial Set to Begin
Dec-8-09 San Francisco, CA The nation's first trial of a Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) case was assigned today for trial before the Honorable Curtis E. A. Karnow of the San Francisco Superior Court. NSF is debilitating and incurable condition caused by exposure to gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs), which contain a toxic heavy metal and are someti... - Study Shows Risk of NSF 77 Times Higher in Dialysis Patients
Nov-29-09 Columbus, OH A new study suggests that the risk of MRI contrast side effects is as much as 77 times higher for patients undergoing dialysis. Furthermore, patients who have had a kidney transplant are 69 times more likely to develop Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF), a side effect of the MRI contrast agent. The combination of gadolinium and dialysis c... - Reglan Side Effects Frustrating for Patients
Nov-18-09 Miami, FL The Reglan side effects may start so slowly that a patient does not even pay attention to them at first: some excessive blinking, facial twitches and maybe a sudden leg jerk every once in a while. But after a while, the movements become impossible to ignore. By that time, the patient has developed tardive dyskinesia—an untreatable condi... - Risks of OSP and Kidneys Articulated One Year Before FDA Alert
Nov-11-09 San Diego, CA A group that knows a lot about oral sodium phosphate and OSP kidney damage recently wrapped up its 42nd annual conference in San Diego. The yearly meeting and scientific exposition, dubbed "Renal Week" by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), took place from October 27th to November 1st. It was in the fall of 2007 that Renal Week... - Pharmaceutical company pays large settlement over Seroquel side effects
Nov-10-09 Washington, D.C. Britain-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has reached settlements on two whistle-blower lawsuits and two federal investigations of the Seroquel side effects . The $520 million settlements are largely related to off-label marketing of the drug, which touted medicinal applications of Seroquel that the FDA had not approved the an... - Avandia: Dealing with the Diabetes Epidemic
Oct-24-09 Tacoma, WA With words like "epidemic" describing the nation's diabetes situation, it is possible that more people will be turning to medications like Avandia to maintain their insulin levels. However, because of Avandia side effects, which include an increased risk of heart attacks, patients and their doctors will have to determine whether the Avandia... - Reglan Tardive Dyskinesia: Why Are Patients On Reglan For So Long?
Oct-19-09 St. Louis, MO Of the various Reglan side effects, Reglan tardive dyskinesia is by far the most heartbreaking. But even more disturbing is the fact that while Reglan is recommended by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use not exceeding 12 weeks, there are patients who have been taking Reglan for a period of years. The risk for developing... - OSP Kidney Failure Lawsuits Still Coming
Oct-13-09 Washington, DC Sometimes it's difficult to talk about the nether regions of the human body, but the fact remains that the public must be notified: a preparation used to cleanse the bowel prior to colonoscopy is suspected of having the potential to trigger such dire consequences as OSP kidney damage. OSP is shorthand for oral sodium phosphate . One prod... - Cipro Side Effects Patients Describe Being 'Floxed'
Oct-10-09 Hackensack, NJ Of all the Cipro side effects one hears about most often is Cipro tendon rupture . To that end the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated a black box warning for Cipro last year with regard to Cipro tendonitis and Cipro rupture. However there are many more side effects inherent with the Ciprofloxacin antibiotic, as the physical tr... - New Study Links Avandia to Bone Fractures
Oct-2-09 Boston, MA A new study has reportedly found a link between the use of Avandia and an increased risk of bone fractures. Other reported Avandia side effects include heart attack and liver failure. The maker of Avandia now faces lawsuits alleging patients were not properly warned about Avandia risks. The study, published in the online edition of PLoS... - Director: Medical assistants should not handle Botox injections
Sep-25-09 Las Vegas, NV Louis Ling, the executive director of the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners, recently said that Botox injections being administered by medical assistants was a common practice throughout the state, and that it should stop. Ling added that he told physicians in August that Nevada's state pharmacy statutes do not allow medical assistants to... - Was GlaxoSmithKline Worried About Avandia Risks?
Sep-23-09 Seattle, WA For patients who take Avandia, learning about the risk of Avandia side effects may have come as a complete surprise before the strengthened warnings were added in 2007. However, reports have surfaced that GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Avandia, may have known about the risks before studies were released questioning the drug's safety. An arti...