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Sort by date 7,886 pages found matching health insurance- Biggest Off-Label Drug Marketing Scheme in US History - Part I
Nov-30-06 Washington, DC: The promotion and sale of two classes of psychiatric drugs, the atypical antipsychotics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants (SSRIs), will go down in history as the most successful off-label marketing scheme of all time. But unfortunately, before the illegal scheme takes its rightful place in the law books, a lot m... - Why Was My Sister Given Heparin?
Jan-3-09 Little Elm, TX "My sister had been disabled for years but she was managing well and was a vital member of her community," says Ollie, "then she had a fall and went to hospital." Ollie couldn't understand why her sister's health deteriorated so fast, until she read the medical records and death certificate—she was given massive amounts of heparin . O... - Paxil Birth Defects – What are the Odds?
Dec-30-08 Elkton, VA While birth defects related to antidepressant use during pregnancy may be just a second hand bad news story for many people, they are all too real for hundreds, if not thousands of women across the US who know firsthand about the implications of selective serotonin uptake receptors or SSRI birth defects . Ellen and April are 2 such women. E... - Ending FDA's Love Affair With Big Pharma
Nov-22-06 Washington, DC: With the Democrats back in power, critics say officials at the FDA and representatives of Big Pharma had better plan on spending much of their time testifying on Capital Hill in Congressional hearings in 2007. Democrats have spelled out their plans to change how the administration chooses experts to sit on FDA advisory panels and put a... - SSRI Warning to Pregnant Women
Nov-22-06 Up to 20 percent of women have clinical depression at some time during their lives, and in many women, depression does not improve during pregnancy. Most commonly prescribed antidepressants are known as Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs). In May 2005, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh estimated in the Journal of American Medica... - FDA's Preemption Gift to Big Pharma
Nov-20-06 Washington, DC: An item sure to end up on the chopping block with the Democrats back in power, is the Bush administration's multi-billion dollar gift to Big Pharma, that bars people who have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA from suing the drug's maker in state courts. Under the FDA's federal preemption position, victims injured by dangerous dru... - Does Ortho Evra Patch Put Lives at Risk?
Dec-26-08 Odessa, TX This is likely not what the makers of the Ortho Evra patch had in mind when they developed the birth control patch: women suffering life-threatening complications and a string of lawsuits alleging the company put women's lives at risk. Yet that is what has happened. Lawsuit after lawsuit has been filed claiming that the Ortho Evra birth contro... - Questions Remain Over the Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch
Dec-23-08 Rockville, MD It used to be that if a surgeon left something inside you, like a sponge, it was a huge issue. With the hernia patch , of course, the leaving of something inside is the whole idea—a patch that remains with you to properly treat and control the hernia. But the Kugel Mesh patch also came with a Kugel Mesh memory recoil ring, that didn't mes... - Workers Bracing for Hit in California Budget Discussions
Dec-19-08 Sacramento, CA A potential battle royal is brewing in the State of California with regard to California labor laws . On one side, formidable State Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a ballooning state deficit: on the other, California workers who fear California State labor law will be watered down in the effort to rescue the State coffers. Labor critics... - DUI in Ohio: Influence Takes on a Whole New Meaning
Dec-18-08 Mansfield, OH Driving while under the influence is, of course, morally reprehensible and all the clichéd adjectives apply: foolish, stupid, dangerous, irresponsible. However, if you are ever pulled over for drunk driving , just hope that it's in Ohio, where State regulators have adopted, in principle, a machine that is facing lawsuits in several other st... - When Mean Girls Lurk in the Nursing Home
Dec-18-08 Albert Lea, MN They appear to be just your average teen, pictured smiling and bedecked in a sports jersey and sweater. In contrast, a horrific story of nursing home abuse is emerging at the hands of two teenage girls, and a collection of minors too young to be legally identified for their alleged role in nursing home negligence. The resulting story is ye... - ACE Inhibitors and Birth Defects - More Expensive and Less Effective
Nov-9-06 Boston, MA: About one in every four American adults has high blood pressure which is a major risk factor for heart and kidney disease, as well as stroke and heart failure, but often occurs with no warning signs. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against blood vessel walls. The heart pumps blood into the arteries which carry the blood througho... - FDA Tags Entire Class of Drugs for Risk of Suicide
Dec-17-08 Washington, DC As if the current economic morass America finds itself in isn't enough to drive people to despair, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that patients prescribed antiepileptic drugs could face the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The agency has mandated that a veritable basket of drugs, used to treat everything from... - Woman Found Guilty of Financial Elder Abuse
Dec-16-08 Lakeport, CA In a move that shows how horrified the public is about financial elder abuse, a jury convicted a woman of one count of felony financial abuse and one count of felony elder abuse and neglect. The victim's story shows how far some people are willing to go to make money off those who cannot care for themselves. The senior was the victim of fina... - Doctors not Warned about Guidant Defibrillators Defects
Nov-6-06 Indianapolis, IN: In June 2005, Guidant Corp. recalled 50,000 of its implanted defibrillators, which are used to prevent cardiac arrest in the event of a rapid heartbeat. There are a couple of major problems with the Guidant defibrillators. In some cases the defibrillator does not perform properly when it is needed, responding instead by sending the n... - Johnson & Johnson Knee-Deep in Birth Control Patch Litigation
Nov-5-06 Avalon, NJ: Ortho Evra birth control patch lawsuits are becoming increasingly common as very young women are suffering heart attacks, strokes, blood clots and pulmonary embolism while using the patch. On November 1, 2006, the Associated Press reported that 43 more women have sued the makers of the patch alleging that they suffered from blood clots and... - Mother with SJS put into a Coma
Dec-14-08 St. John's, NL On November 27, 2008 Kim Oake was put into an induced coma in the ICU unit because the pain of Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis, also known as TEN, is too excruciating to bear. Kim had an allergic reaction to a run-of-the-mill antibiotic. Adverse reactions to a drug, either prescribed or over-the-counter, is th... - Veterans: No guarantees they won't Suffer Medical Malpractice
Nov-4-06 Washington, DC: Unfortunately, being a veteran does not guarantee that you won't be a victim of medical malpractice. However, if that medical malpractice occurred at a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital, you are entitled to sue the US government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). Incidents of negligence at VA hospitals range from surgi... - Many Kaiser Kidney Transplant Patients Still In Limbo
Nov-2-06 San Francisco, CA: In May 2006, following reports by the LA Times and CBS News, Kaiser Permanente closed its 2-year-old San Francisco kidney transplant program amidst allegations that it failed to properly transfer patients on waiting lists, leading to missed opportunities for transplants and patients having to undergo years of unnecessary and grueling... - Ketek—What is it Good For? Absolutely Nothing!
Dec-11-08 Washington, DC When it comes to Ketek, the FDA has proven yet again that it is incapable of policing the drug industry. The antibiotic ketek has been linked to potentially lethal side effects, from liver failure to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) . Although several SJS ketek cases have been reported, the drug maker Sanofi Aventis is only now "discussing"...