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Feb-19-07 Breckenridge, CO: The number of lawsuits against Paxil alleging that use of the drug caused PPHN and other birth defects in newborn babies continues to grow. A Colorado family has also filed suit against the makers of Paxil, after their son was born with Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN). The infant was placed on a ventilator imm... - Permax: Parkinson's Patients Suffer Even More
Feb-19-07 Lewiston, ID Harley Olson started taking Permax in 1997 to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Coincidentally, like many other Parkinson's patients prescribed Permax, he was diagnosed with heart disease. There is no correlation between Parkinson's disease and heart disease. In fact, a recent study indicates that Parkinson's patients have a lowe... - More Zyprexa Postcards From the Edge
Feb-18-07 Washington, DC: On February 13, 2007, Judge Jack Weinstein issued a permanent injunction, prohibiting attorney, Jim Gottstein, and Dr David Egilman, an expert witness in litigation involving Zyprexa , from further disseminating certain Eli Lilly documents that were sealed with a court order until Mr Gottstein released them to the media in December 2006... - High Death Rate Reported With Bayer's Trasylol
Feb-17-07 Washington, DC: For over a year, Bayer has been under fire over the drug Trasylol , and now Dr Dennis Mangano, the lead author of new study in the February 7, 2007, Journal of the American Medical Association, says the drug may be responsible for 10,000 deaths over five years. Trasylol (aprotinin) was FDA approved for sale in the US in 1993, as an anti... - PPH Drugs as Deadly as a Heart Attack
Feb-15-07 Helena, TN In 1996, Rex Potts took the diet drug Redux for about six months, thinking he could lose weight the "easy way". However, he has since come to realize that diet drugs are not to be taken lightly. In fact Redux was as serious as a heart attack. Rex Potts was only 44 years old when he had a heart attack. It came right out of the blue; although h... - Ortho Evra Patch Linked to Blood Clot
Feb-12-07 Sacramento, CA In June 2006, Amanda Grenon, aged 25, experienced severe leg cramps and swelling that caused excruciating pain. She had recently been on the Ortho Evra Patch. "I called my doctor and told him my symptoms but he didn't think it was that important, said Amanda. Neither Amanda or her doctor equated the warning signs to a blood clot, or th... - SSRI Toss Up: Withdrawals or Birth Defects?
Feb-8-07 Bedford, TX Matilda Vasquez stayed on Paxil until she found out that she was pregnant with her first child, back in 2002. "As soon as I knew, I stopped taking my meds completely on my own accord," said Matilda. "I didn't want to take any chances, especially because it was my first pregnancy." But at the end of her first trimester, her doctor told Mati... - Kugel Mesh Recall Updated to Class 1
Feb-7-07 New York, NY: Earlier this month, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had upgraded the recall category of several Composix Kugel Mesh Hernia Patches to Class 1. The announcement, issued February 1, was made because exposure to defective Kugel Mesh Patches carried a reasonable probability of causing serious health pro... - Depakote Warning: Do Not Get Pregnant
Feb-1-07 Lexington, NC Back in 1981, Sonja Ashby was prescribed Depakane, similar to Depakote , for epilepsy. Sonja and her husband wanted children but they were warned by her doctor that it could cause severe birth defects so they decided it wasn't worth the risk. Then Depakote came on the market. Fast forward to 1985: "My husband read an article about a docto... - GlaxoSmithKline Defamed With Truth About Paxil
Jan-31-07 London, UK: GlaxoSmithKline has labeled the allegations made in a Panorama television program that said the company had suppressed the results of clinical trials that showed Paxil was ineffective and caused children to become suicidal "defamatory." According to the January 30, 2007, Guardian, an official at the company said Glaxo had looked into takin... - Ethicon's Panacryl Lawsuits
Jan-28-07 New York, NY: Just like history repeating itself, Ethicon now faces liability lawsuits similar to its Vicryl sutures lawsuits more than a decade ago. This time the product is Panacryl sutures. Ethicon was sued after a recall of 3.5 million packages of its Vicryl brand of sutures in 1994 -- the sutures were contaminated due to a faulty sterilizer. Now,... - SSRIs Cause Agony and Guilt
Jan-25-07 Centerville, OH Some of us may remember back in the 1960s when a prescription sedative was marketed throughout 47 countries in the world, including Canada, that resulted in almost 10,000 babies born with 'phocomelia' - a birth defect whereby the upper portion of a limb is absent or poorly developed, so that the hand or foot attaches to the body by a short,... - Drug Eluting Stent Patients Beware
Jan-24-07 Washington, DC: Drug eluting stents were promoted as working so much better than the old bare metal stents that 6 million people worldwide have received them in the few years since the arrived on the market. "It was a modern record for any medical device," the Boston Globe reported on December 4, 2006. Some 2 to 3 million people in the US now carry on... - Yet Another Case Against Ortho Evra
Jan-24-07 Rotterdam, NY Fortunately for Jessica Cash she stopped wearing the Ortho Evra patch after two years. Had she stayed on the patch any longer, Cash believes that she could have developed a blood clot much more dangerous than the one she has. "I used to wear the Ortho Evra patch on my back but my long hair kept brushing against it and it often fell off... - Ralphs Grocery Workers to Receive Compensation
Jan-23-07 Los Angeles, CA If you were an employee of Ralphs during the lockout of 2003-2004 you may be eligible for back wages as awarded by a federal judge during sentencing last year. The sentence, which was handed down November 14, 2006, will see Ralphs Grocery Company pay $70 million in criminal fines and compensation. Money for compensation will be given t... - Experts Predict Many Cases of Permax Heart Valve Damage
Jan-21-07 Washington, DC Nearly three years ago, HealthDay News reported that a study had confirmed previous findings that the drug, Permax , used to treat Parkinson's disease, could damage heart valves and surgery would be needed to correct the problem. The April 28, 2004, report quoted the lead researcher, Dr Richard Dewey Jr, an associate professor from the U... - Kugel Mesh Patches: More Units Recalled
Jan-19-07 Fort Worth, TX: On January 10, 2007 Davol, Inc., makers of the Composix Kugel Mesh Patch, announced they were expanding their earlier recalls of the Kugel Mesh Patches based on reports of further memory ring breakage. The affected patches are: Product Code: 0010202, Bard Composix Kugel Large Oval, 5.4" X 7.0" Product Code: 0010204, Bard Composix Ku... - Work Environment Breaks Several California Labor Laws
Jan-19-07 Los Angeles, CA Not only was Jose Velasquez subjected to working in a hazardous environment, he wasn't paid overtime for working through lunches and breaks. This went on for almost four years, until he finally quit on December 1, 2006. Needless to say, his family didn't have a Merry Christmas. "I had no choice but to quit," says Velasquez. "My general... - To the Makers of Elidel: How can you Sleep at Night?
Jan-19-07 San Francisco, CA Elaine Eklund used Elidel for a rash on her face. Elidel cleared up her skin condition but left something far worse - a lymphoma. "I began using Elidel in June 2004 for about one week and my skin cleared up," said Elaine. "About two weeks later the rash returned and I used it for several more days until I felt a lump on my neck. Fortun... - Dentists Concerned about Fosamax and Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
Jan-13-07 Doctors aren't the only people concerned about the links between Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) and Fosamax . Dentists are seeing more cases of ONJ in their patients who have taken drugs like Fosamax. The American Dental Association (ADA) is now warning dentists to use conservative dental procedures in patients taking oral medications such as Fosamax. Fu...