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Sort by date 7,886 pages found matching health insurance- Serevent: No Cause to Breathe any Easier
May-6-07 Portland, OR: It could take your breath away, but Serevent is anything but romantic. The popular anti-asthma medication, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, is known scientifically as long-acting beta-agonist salmeterol, and has the potential for serious and even life-threatening complications. For now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agrees... - Gynecare Intergel: More Lawsuits Pending?
May-3-07 New Brunswick, NJ Gynecare Intergel Adhesion Prevention Solution was used to prevent post-operative internal scarring in women but voluntarily pulled from the market in 2003, continues to be an issue for the manufacturers, given reports of adverse side affects and pending litigation. It also provides perspective into how products are approved - and how s... - Ground Beef Recalled Due to E Coli Contamination
May-21-09 Coal Valley, IL: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that Valley Meats LLC, of Coal Valley, Ill. has recalled over 95,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The problem was discovered through an epidemiological investigation of illnesses, the USDA said... - Oral Sodium Phosphate Products: Prescription Only
May-20-09 Lynchburg, VA: In response to renal risks of oral sodium phosphate products, on February 9, 2009 the FDA recommended that only prescription oral sodium phosphate (OSP) bowel preparations be used by patients for bowel cleansing prior to undergoing colonoscopy (colon examination). Patients routinely take OSP products to cleanse the bowel before a colonosco... - 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... - Protopic Warning Linked to Cancer
Apr-30-07 Washington, DC: Since January 2006, the skin ointment Protopic has been packaged with a boxed warning label intended to alert consumers that the product carries a cancer risk. This tough warning was added at the behest of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in response to several cancer cases among users of the drug. The only problem is, the... - Trasylol: The Side Effects could Kill You
Apr-29-07 San Bruno, CA: No one would argue the benefits of Trasylol for heart surgery. Effective for helping to minimize blood loss during surgical procedures, Trasylol nonetheless presents the potential for extreme side effects to internal organs: specifically the kidney, the brain and the heart. With the American Heart Association reporting more than six mil... - Daughter Asks if Fentanyl Caused her Mother's Death
May-18-09 Traverse City, MI: Sarah's mother was prescribed fentanyl for a terminal illness—melanoma. But she passed away, at the age of 55, from respiratory distress and that leaves Sarah wondering if the fentanyl Duragesic patch killed her. "My mother had overdosed once before and ended up in the hospital," says Sarah (not her real name), "and it took her a... - 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... - ERISA Laws Help You Protect Your Money
May-15-09 Boston, MA If you were counting on your 401(k) to help you out during these tough economic times, you might have to think again. Workers across the US are discovering that their 401(k)s have diminished greatly in value—with no explanation as to why. Luckily, ERISA laws can help you to protect your money, but you may have to file an ERISA lawsuit to rec... - Ketek SJS: Not Enough Warning
May-14-09 Washington, DC: On its products page dated January 29, 2009 Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc., the maker of the antibiotic Ketek (telithromycin) acknowledges "Spontaneous cases of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and Stevens Johnson syndrome (SJS) have been reported; however, a causal association between the administration of Ketek and development of SJS and TE... - Medical Devices Rendered Defective by a Computer Virus
May-12-09 Washington, DC It reads like a sci-fi movie, but it is anything but entertaining. The advent of connecting medical devices to computers may, on the surface seem like a natural given modern-day interconnectivity. However, such computerization invites the potential for viruses for PCs directly connected to either the Internet or to a local area network (LAN)... - 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... - Dream Home Scheme Amounted to an Alleged $70 Million Consumer Fraud
May-11-09 Washington, DC If it sounds too good to be true it usually is. In the case of homeowners swindled by consumer financial fraud , an opportunity quickly became a nightmare. While the perpetrators have been charged and indictments delivered, there is no help for the consumer who got taken in the scheme. According to an indictment handed down April 22nd a... - SSRI Birth Defects: A CautionaryTale From the Crib
May-9-09 West Paducah, KT Racine (not her real name pending lawsuit) has a son who was born at just 34 weeks with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). She had been taking the antidepressant Effexor (Venlafaxine ) during her pregnancy and now wonders if that may have had something to do with her son's heart defect. While no one can say for certain whether... - J&J Concealed Dangers of Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch
Apr-16-07 Washington, DC: Tens of millions of prescriptions have been written for Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra birth control patch since it arrived on the market in 2002, and medical experts say the patch has harmed thousands of young women of childbearing age. In September 2006, the FDA warned that use of the patch, made by the Ortho-McNeil division of J&J,... - Michigan Law No Antidote for Levaquin Side Effects
May-7-09 Sheridan, MI The only thing she did wrong was consent to undergo knee surgery. If it weren't for the surgery, Nancy Luckhurst wouldn't have been prescribed the Levaquin antibiotic that gave her pain in both knees and left her with Levaquin side effects. "It was like someone whacked me with a baseball bat," Luckhurst said about Levaquin's after-effects. ... - 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... - It's a Match - Salmonella from Pistachios Linked to Illnesses
May-3-09 Washington, DC: On March 26, 2009 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed the Center for Disease Control (CDC) that multiple samples of pistachios and pistachio-containing products collected from Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc, of Terra Bella, California were contaminated with several serotypes of Salmonella , including Montevideo, Newpo... - "On Call" Restrictions an Issue with California IT Overtime
May-2-09 San Francisco, CA Alan works for a goliath IT company and he is often required to do 24/7 "on-call" shifts, but the company says they are not required to pay California IT Overtime . This similar rationale applies to just about any position related to information technology. However, Alan believes he is justifiably owed , overtime. " For the past two year...