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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,... - "Smell Ya Later" Does Not Apply to Zicam Smell Loss Plaintiffs
Aug-19-09 Boston, MA The incidence of Zicam smell loss may have been a surprise to users not expecting such Zicam side effects. However, Zicam loss of smell is not news to manufacturer Matrixx, which has received adverse reaction reports with regard to Zicam smell issues since 1999. A number of lawsuits have been filed. One such lawsuit, states the August 10... - Construction Site Accidents Can be Life Changing or Deadly
Aug-18-09 Lionville, NJ Construction is risky business—and even when precautions are taken a construction accident causing construction injury or death is devastating to a family. Were a construction worker accident to cause permanent disability and the contractor was deemed at fault, a construction accident law firm is your fist line of defense. Here... - Reglan Could Leave you 'Twitching' for More - Forever
Aug-9-07 Rockville, MD After discovering what some people go through with Reglan , one can't help being left with the feeling that the cure is worse than the disease. In this case, the side effects of taking Reglan for heartburn, acid reflux disease and GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) could leave you with Tardive Dyskinesia (TD). You would know TD to s... - Fen-phen User's Cause of Death: PPH
Aug-16-09 Chicago, IL Chris (name withheld) says his mother, a Fen-phen user, passed away in Sept 2007 of PPH. She was part of the American Home Products (now Wyeth) class action settlement and received $1 per day for however long she used it—a total of $132. "She spent most of her last years in pain and discomfort," says Chris. "Nobody knew what she ha... - 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... - Avandia Drug Maker's Stock Rises: FDA "Dropped the Ball" says Congressman
Aug-7-07 Gaithersburg, MD The International Herald Tribune reports that shares of GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Avandia , rose the most in two years last week, after a U.S. FDA panel recommended that Avandia be kept on the market. The FDA panel was organized by U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-California), who stated he believes the FDA may not be adequately requir... - For Chinese Drywall Victims, a Ray of Hope
Aug-14-09 New Orleans, LA Victims of the Chinese drywall debacle finally have something to cheer about. The judge assigned to hear the consolidated cases (about 600 lawsuits so far) appears intent on fast-tracking the China drywall cases, while a new law currently in the pipeline could make it easer for consumers to sue offshore manufacturers of shoddy products... - Watchdog Group to FDA: Avandia Should Be Removed From the Market
Aug-3-07 Washington, DC: Avandia should be removed from the U.S. market, according to testimony delivered by the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen before a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee. Unfortunately, the FDA has not heeded the call of Public Citizen and other advocacy groups. The advisory committee voted 22-1 in favor of allowing... - Chinese Drywall: Literally Up Against the Wall
Aug-10-09 Port St. Lucy, FL Kim bought a new house in 2007 and leased it to a tenant who complained of Chinese drywall . "I had a home inspection done that indeed confirmed Chinese drywall problems and my tenant moved out, afraid of the effects it would have on their health," says Kim. Not only does Kim now have to deal with a reno, he has also lost rental revenu... - Hog Wash: Animal Waste Sparks Tempers and Lawsuits in Midwest
Jul-30-07 Zearing, IA "Two nights last summer, I had to sleep in my car because of the stink," says Don Peck of Zearing, Iowa. "The stink" that Mr. Peck refers to is the odor from a livestock truck wash at a factory farm several miles from his home. "My doctor told me to sell my house and move," said Peck, who has respiratory problems he blames on the stench. "... - UK Women Still in the Dark About SSRI Birth Defect Risk
Aug-8-09 Bangor, Wales It will be two years next month that a study of nearly 500,000 women by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center revealed nearly half of women taking an ssri antidepressant had no idea their medication could cause SSRI birth defects . Women in the US aren't unique in that risk. Dr. Tim Kendall, joint director of the U... - Ground Beef Recalled Due to Salmonella Contamination
Aug-6-09 Washington, DC Over 400 tons of ground beef were recalled today when officials linked the meat to a salmonella foodborne illness outbreak. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Beef Packers, Inc. of Fresno, California has recalled approximately 825,769 pounds of ground beef products linked to an o... - FDA Strengthens Warnings on Darvon and Darvocet
Aug-6-09 Rockville, MD The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has required the manufacturers of products containing propoxyphene (the generic name of Darvon) to strengthen the warnings about the risk of overdose with such products. The warning applies to pain medications, including Darvon and Darvocet . According to the FDA news release,... - Lawsuits Filed Over Ortho Evra Patches
Jul-27-07 Denver, CO Women who suffered negative side effects after using the Ortho Evra birth control patch are filing lawsuits against Ortho McNeil, makers of the birth control patch. The suits allege that the patch resulted in serious health problems, including blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks. In some cases, the family members of women who died after us... - Summer the Season of Reckoning for Cipro
Aug-5-09 Washington, DC This appears to be the summer of anniversaries for Cipro, an antibiotic that has long been a concern for Cipro side effects , including ruptured tendon. Concern over the Cipro antibiotic goes all the way back to 1996 when Public Citizen, the consumer advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader, first raised a red flag over the Cipro drug. I... - Warnings Sounded About Oral Sodium Phosphates
Aug-3-09 Tacoma, WA Patients who used an oral sodium phosphate (OSP) such as Visicol, OsmoPrep or Fleet Phospho-soda prior to a colonoscopy may be at an increased risk of kidney damage. A box warning from the FDA notes that when such products are used to prepare bowels for a colonoscopy patients face a risk of acute phosphate nephropathy. The same risk does not... - The Benzene in your Beverage could Kill You
Jul-23-07 Sugar Creek, MO: Benzene is a word you should get to know--especially when the same chemical that goes into the manufacturing of things like insecticide and petroleum, starts to show up in soft drinks. Benzoic acid is used as a preservative in a host of consumer soft drink products. In its original state, benzoic acid is thought to be harmless. How... - More Lawsuits Looming Over Yasmin Yaz Birth Control
Aug-1-09 Toledo, OH Concern over the Yasmin birth control pill is mounting, together with the announcement earlier this week of six additional lawsuits against Yaz birth control manufacturer Bayer Health Care alleging various Yasmin pill side effects and misrepresentation. As reported July 29 in the Toledo Blade, a Pulitzer Prize-winning publication, the six... - FDA Drops the Hammer on Misbranded Dietary Supplements
Jul-31-09 Washington, DC This past week the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) came down hard on potentially dangerous products designed for the body-building industry sold as dietary products, but that in reality are unapproved and misbranded drugs. According to a recent CNN report, the FDA this week specifically focused on American Cellular Laboratories...