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Jul-31-07 Sudbury, ON "I want to say this to the makers of Avandia ," says Catherine Taylor. "How would you like to wake up one morning and find your spouse lying next to you, lifeless?" John Taylor's dosage of the diabetes drug Avandia was doubled and three months later he was dead. "There isn't much worse at the age of 50 than being a widow." "In February 2003... - ReNu with MoistureLoc: Bausch & Lomb gets a Pass, but Hurdles Remain
Jul-30-07 Rochester, NY: In spite of its Greenville, South Carolina plant earning a pass after inspection by the FDA, Bausch & Lomb is still in the hot seat, facing more than 400 consumer lawsuits over its' recall last year of ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution. The issue stems from a suspected link to Fusarium keratitus infection, which first surfaced... - What's With the Beef?
Jul-25-07 Suffolk, VA In the first six months of 2007, the US Food Safety and Inspection Service recalled over seven million pounds of red meat. And the number of cases of people getting sick from contaminated beef is growing as fast as E. coli in an overcrowded cattle pen. What's up with our beef? Are we going to have a repeat of the ConAgra case? (In July 2... - A Near-Miss with Ketek
Jul-24-07 Branford, CT Chad was given a sample of Ketek from his doctor for a sinus infection; within half an hour of taking the first dose he got a high fever and "the worst headache of my life," says Chad. "Intuitively I knew it was a bad reaction to the drug." Chad's intuition most likely served him well. Right away he called his doctor's office but they di... - Ortho Evra Patch: 20-year-old Katie's Account
Jul-23-07 Salt Lake City, UT I would like the opportunity to ask these questions to the manufacturer of the Ortho Evra Patch : Why did you target such a young market, saying it was so convenient, that you don't have to worry about taking a pill every day... look at the worries you have created," says Katie, age 20. Katie was only on the Ortho Evra Patch for 10 m... - Panacryl Suture: Inside an 'Adverse Incident' Report
Jul-23-07 New Brunswick, NJ You have to wonder where the priorities are when a medical products company allegedly chooses to ignore the advice of its own million-dollar expert and releases what turns out to be a problematic product. Apparently, such was the case with the Panacryl Absorbable Suture , manufactured by the Johnson&Johnson division of Ethicon. While... - PPH: Why you should Worry, What you should Do
Jul-22-07 Paramus, NJ Much has been written over the past few years about PPH (Primary Pulmonary Hypertension) and the various class action suits that have been launched. At issue, of course, are the diet drugs that are alleged to increase the risk factors of PPH. Many of those drugs are no longer on the market, and have been out of circulation since September... - VA Patient Quits Avandia
Jul-18-07 Fall River, MA Steve G. was diagnosed with diabetes in the late 1990s and started a treatment program that involved several medicaitons. His health was under control until October, 2005 when his doctor at the VA hospital prescribed Avandia . About one month later, he started having breathing problems. "Then I had a lot of pressure in my chest so I wou... - Kugel Mesh Recall: What Recall?
Jul-18-07 Jacksonville, FL In December 2005, Sam Pringle was admitted to hospital to repair a hernia from a previous surgery. He was just one of many patients who have gone through a terrible ordeal after Bard Composix Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch was used; to this day he is still suffering from infections. Had Davol, the manufacturer, acted on its early reports that t... - Damning FDA Letter Bolsters case against Zyprexa Maker
Jul-17-07 Washington, DC A letter sent by the Food and Drug Administration to Eli Lilly in March, 2007 is providing support for claimants suing the company over the under-disclosed side-effects of its antipsychotic drug, Zyprexa , and may even expand the category of potential plaintiffs to include those who took the drug after March 2004, the month the company is... - Beef ecoli Recall: Another Reason to Shop Local
Jul-17-07 Mulino, OR After her ordeal with the beef ecoli recall , Diane will never again buy meat in a grocery store. And for now, she can't even imagine eating another hamburger in a restaurant. "I buy all meat from my butcher now and even though it's more expensive, at least I know where my food is coming from," she says. "I used to shop at Albertsons every w... - Cases of PPH and Heart Valve Problems -- Ten Years On
Jul-14-07 Bedford, PA "I was prescribed Redux for weight loss back in 1996, but I only took it for a month or so because it made me feel anxious and edgy," says Ed Davis. "I was fearful of taking it anymore." And so he should have been: diet drugs Redux and Fen-Phen have been linked to heart valve problems and Pulmonary hypertension, known as PPH . "My blood pre... - People Exposed to Asbestos at Risk for Mesothelioma
Jul-12-07 Seattle, WA: Although many people may believe that asbestos was banned a long time ago, individuals are exposed to the toxic fibers because they are still used in industrial settings. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray is working to see a bill passed that would ban asbestos, but her success is not guaranteed. In 1989, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ban... - Ketek Approval Still Haunting FDA Part II
Jul-12-07 Rockville MD: The doctor involved in the Ketek trial has been charged for her actions and sentenced to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of mail fraud. She enrolled 400 patients into the study, more than any other doctor. At the rate Sanofi-Aventis offered per patient, $400, that was a lot of extra income. Her illegal actions alleged... - Overtime Stress Takes Toll on IT Workers: Lawsuits in California
Jul-12-07 San Jose, CA: According to findings presented before a conference of computer programmers, IT workers have high divorce rates, routinely work overtime and are routinely given deadlines that can lead to pressure-cooker situations. Furthermore, many IT workers do not realize that their rights are being violated when they are denied overtime pay by their... - AMO may have caused Permanent Eye Damage
Jul-11-07 Indianapolis, IN Gregory McDonald went through five months of agony before his eye infection cleared up, all because he used AMO Complete MoisturePlus contact lens solution. "There is still concern that I may have permanent damage," says McDonald. "Around October of 2006 I noticed a slight irritation and dryness in my eyes then I started to get a disc... - Big Pharma Implant For-Profit Industry Not Deserving of Preemption Protection Part II
Jul-10-07 Washington, DC: All the major medical device makers are using the preemption argument against patients who were implanted with defective devices, but Minneapolis-based Medtronic is a regular pen-pal with the Justices at the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court ruled against the company on preemption in Medtronic v Lohr, 518 US 470 (1996), a case where a pace... - PPH Hard to Detect
Jul-7-07 Portsmouth, NH "Around the end of 1997 my doctor prescribed this new wonder drug -- Redux," says Pattylin Cassen. It worked -- she lost weight but gained some serious side effects, and her doctor is concerned that she may have Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH). "I lost about 40 lbs -- but a few years ago I was diagnosed with leaky heart valves and high bl... - Avandia: Strong Link to Heart Failure
Jul-5-07 Coleman, TX Gene Canales is a Vietnam Veteran and a diabetic. Three years ago, his doctor at the VA hospital prescribed Avandia, but now Canales is more worried about his heart than diabetes. "They started me with 8mg but I started to get chest pains," says Canales. "I had a stress test and the doctor told me that I had an irregular heartbeat so he r... - Johnson & Johnson Litigation Stories: Panacryl Sutures and the Duragesic Patch Part II
Jul-4-07 West Palm Beach, FL What do Panacryl sutures and the Duragesic patch have in common? Simply this: Both Johnson & Johnson products have both proven defective in an alarming number of cases, and both have caused untold misery and death. A defective Duragesic patch, a J&J pain relief patch containing a drug said to be more powerful than morphine, brough...