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Jun-21-07 Columbia, SC: The story of the 12-year-old South Carolina boy who shot and killed his grandparents in November, 2001, then set their house on fire, all after taking the anti-depressant Zoloft , continues to unfold in court and in the media. Pittman shot his grandparents, Joe and Joy Pittman, with whom he was living, with a pump-action shotgun as they s... - Part 1: Avandia and the FDA: The Bottom Line
Jun-19-07 Washington, DC The FDA has come under vocal criticism in the last three weeks over its handling of Avandia , the widely-prescribed GlaxoSmithKline diabetes drug. The FDA's supporters and its critics are still offering their views of what happened, what should have happened, and what should happen in the future. As regular readers will know, Avandia wa... - Link Between Avandia and Canadian Deaths Explored
Jun-18-07 Toronto, ON Health Canada has confirmed that 19 people have died from heart related problems while they were taking Avandia. Initially, Health Canada reported that since 2000, twenty-eight people who were taking Avandia had heart attacks but it did not say at the time whether or not those people died. There is not enough information in 12 of the deat... - The FDA Issues Warning for MRI Drug
Jun-18-07 Washington, DC Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) is a rare condition that can disable or even kill a person unlucky enough to have it. "Patients with NSF experience an increase of collagen in the tissues, causing thickening and hardening of the skin of the extremities and often resulting in immobility and tightening or deformity of the joints," explains... - Avandia Black Box Warning Comes too Late
Jun-13-07 Knoxville, TN "I'm not at all surprised that Avandia has been given a black box warning considering what it has done to me," says Helen H, pausing to catch her breath. "I just can't understand why it didn't happen sooner." On June 7, 2007 the FDA issued its strictest warning to the diabetes drug Avandia that it may cause heart attacks or cardiovascula... - MRI for Profit Scheme May Turn Deadly
Jun-10-07 Washington, DC: The FDA issued a press release on May 23, 2007, to announce that the agency was asking manufacturers to include a new black box warning on the labeling of all gadolinium-based contrast agents used to enhance the quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The warning states that patients with severe kidney insufficiency who receive the... - High Anxiety over Avandia Report
May-30-07 Washington, DC Even the United States Senate is getting involved in the worried reaction to the report published last Monday claiming the popular diabetes drug Avandia raises the risk and severity of heart attacks. On May 21 the New England Journal of Medicine reported that an analysis of 42 separate studies on the drug concluded that Avandia rais... - Permax: Up to 37 Times the Risk of Valvular Heart Disease
May-27-07 Aliso Viejo, CA It's enough of a challenge to deal with the symptoms, and the reality of Parkinson's disease, without the thought that Permax the very drug helping to manage your Parkinson's, could instead attack your healthy heart. But that's the risk with Permax. And given the fact 18 years have passed since the drug was introduced, a lot of people... - Ketek Linked to Liver Damage, Approval Process Flawed
May-9-07 Bridgewater, NJ An antibiotic linked to severe liver damage was twice turned down by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before it was finally approved, and has since undergone several label updates as reports of side effects roll in, and concern mounts. As recently as February 12th of this year, the FDA reduced by two the approved uses for Ketek... - Does popular anti-eczema cream Elidel cause Cancer?
May-6-07 Los Angeles, CA: Elidel is a highly popular skin cream designed to combat the commonplace problem of eczema. While used by millions of people, no one is really sure what the drug does in the long-term. Even Novartis, the makers of Elidel, pleads ignorance when it comes to detailing what the stuff might do to users down the road. "The safety of using E... - Settlement Reached In Fen-Phen PPH Suit
May-3-07 Beaumont, TX A settlement has been reached in a ground-breaking lawsuit that saw the family of woman who died from Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) after taking Fen-phen receive an award of over one billion dollars. The award would have tested the statutory cap that limits punitive damages in Texas; punitive damages in this lawsuit were awarded at... - Permax Permanently Off but too late for Many
Apr-30-07 Cutback, MT "I find it hard to believe that Permax is still being made," said Virginia Ray, just a few months ago. " When I found out that I have four leaky heart valves, I thought it should have been recalled." Well Virginia, it has finally been taken off the market, but March 29, 2007 was too late for many patients. That was the date the FDA annou... - Lilly Receives Zyprexa Greetings From Capitol Hill
Apr-27-07 Washington, DC: The Chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly, Sidney Taurel, has become a regular pen pal with lawmakers on Capitol Hill since the company's ten-year campaign to increase profits by promoting the off-label use of Zyprexa for patients covered by public health care programs became the focus of investigations in both houses of Congress. According... - Cancer Risks Associated with Protopic and Elidel Long Suspected
Apr-26-07 Seattle, WA: Two topical skin ointments commonly used for the treatment of eczema and other skin conditions have been linked to cancer - and the warning signs have been out there for a long time. What is now Protopic was originally developed for organ transplant patients in an oral form called Prograf. The immune-suppressing profile of the drug prove... - Asthma Medication could Stop You Cold
Apr-21-07 Washington, DC: Americans suffering from asthma may be worse off after taking the drug Xolair , according to a recent warning by the United States Food and Drug Administration. On February 21st 2007, the FDA recommended that Genentech Inc., the makers of Xolair, include a black box alert on the product packaging that warns of a severe, and potentially... - An interview with Paxil Lawyer Karen Barth Menzies
Apr-15-07 Los Angeles, CA: Karen Barth Menzies is a partner of the Los Angeles based law firm of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Goldman & Menzies and heads the firm's Pharmaceutical Antidepressant Litigation Department. An activist and consumer advocate, she has been involved with SSRI-induced suicide/violence litigation involving Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft for 15 years and... - Dostinex Linked to Heart Valve Problems
Apr-14-07 New York, NY Two recently published studies have linked Dostinex and Permax to serious heart valve problems, the same problems that were linked to fen-phen in the 1990s. Now, one of the drugs, Permax, has been pulled from the market and Dostinex has a new warning label. The studies were published in The New England Journal of Medicine. They confirmed ea... - April 2007 Big Pharma Litigation Update - Drugs (Part II)
Apr-12-07 Washington, DC: The anti-epileptic drug, Depakote (valproate), marketed by Abbott Laboratories, is one of the most heavily prescribed medications for off-label use. Experts say the evidence of harm caused by Depakote is just beginning to emerge. According to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania psychiatrist, Dr Stefan Kruszewski, a recognized expert on psychotropic... - Patients Diagnosed Schizophrenic and Bipolar to boost Seroquel Sales
Apr-11-07 Washington, DC: For over a decade, drug makers have been influencing doctors to diagnose patients, especially those covered by public health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid, with mental illnesses to justify the over-prescribing of the new class of drugs known as "atypical" antipsychotics. For instance, Seroquel , marketed by AstraZeneca, is on... - PPH linked to Fen Phen before Drug was Approved
Apr-7-07 Madison, NJ: Since American Home Products announced that its diet drug combination fen phen was being pulled from the market, thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the drug maker. Eleven thousand lawsuits that were settled by American Home Products cost the company $4.83 billion. Lawsuits that were filed claimed that fen phen caused the diet drug u...