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Jan-11-07 San Jose, CA Increasingly, new information and studies regarding SSRIs are warnings about the risks of birth defects if taken during pregnancy. It is now known that the use of any SSRI antidepressant in the first trimester of pregnancy is dangerous. One study resulted in a 40% increase in birth defects and more specifically a 60% increased risk in car... - Ortho Evra Blood Clots may Cause Nerve Damage
Jan-8-07 Marshall, WI When Kristin Gruber was prescribed the Ortho Evra patch , its direct link to blood clots, strokes and other serious side effects were unknown, at least by the medical community and women who wore the patch. "Thank God I had the wherewithal to take the patch off when I did," says Kristin. "If not, I would probably have wound up in the emerg... - Lilly's Legal Battle over Zyprexa Documents Continues
Jan-8-07 On January 3, 2007, a hearing was held before Judge Jack Weinstein, in a US District Court in New York, on a motion by Eli Lilly to extend an injunction to conceal company documents that show Lilly hid the lethal side effects of Zyprexa for a decade and engaged in an illegal off-label marketing scheme to promote the drug for unapproved uses. Zyprexa... - Ralphs Grocery to Pay for Illegally Hired Employees
Jan-6-07 Los Angeles, CA: Employees of Ralphs Grocery Company who were locked out in 2003 may be eligible for back wages. During the lock out, Ralphs allegedly hired hundreds of workers under false names, violating employee benefit laws and allowing the lock out to continue, depriving union workers of their salary during that time. In November, 2006 Ralphs wa... - Paxil was thought to be Safe
Dec-18-06 Kentucky " The doctors told us it was a miracle that our son is alive," said Stephen Buchanan. Kaden was born in May 2004 but Stephen only recently found out about the link between his son's heart defects and Paxil. "My wife took Paxil for the first few months of her pregnancy - the doctor told her it was safe," Stephen said. "Up until our son Kaden w... - Paxil Blamed for Broken Heart
Dec-13-06 Edmonton, AB Tanya took Paxil during the first three months of her pregnancy, in 2002. "My baby has a broken heart and I blame the makers of Paxil," she says. Her son, Douglas, is almost four years old and he will likely need a heart valve replaced. It has been a difficult time, but it could have been worse: Tanya weaned herself off Paxil even though... - Trasylol: A Longer Road to Recovery
Dec-10-06 Cranbrook, BC Colleen Dureski was given one dose of Trasylol during cardiac surgery. Only days earlier, an article was published in a national newspaper linking the drug to kidney failure . Unfortunately, not even the medical team at the hospital had read the article. "On January 31, 2006, I was given aprotinin (marketed as Trasylol) to stop excess b... - Why are SSRIs Still Prescribed?
Dec-9-06 Up to twenty percent of women have clinical depression during their lives and for many, depression does not improve during pregnancy . Pregnant women whose depression is not adequately treated may make decisions that can harm the baby such as not eating well or using alcohol, or continuing to take SSRIs - a group of antidepressants that include Paxil... - Eluted Drug Stents Led to Massive Stroke
Dec-6-06 Yreka, CA Just weeks after Charles Martinie had Eluted Drug Stents inserted into his legs, he suffered a massive stroke. "I told the doctors I was having a hard time breathing but they didn't take it too seriously," says Martinie. "By the time the helicopter picked me up, I barely made it out alive." "This whole mess started in early 2005," he says... - Trasylol Delivers Deadly Consequences
Nov-14-06 Dallas, TX "I want to tell you about Trasylol from the perspective of a daughter whose mother died," says Dawn Tonglish, investigative reporter for CW33 News in Dallas. "I hate this drug because it killed my mother and I have subsequently been told by doctors that it is extremely dangerous." "Doctors said that, if Trasylol... - FDA needs to Reevaluate Fosamax Safety
Nov-10-06 Roseland, NJ: The FDA is facing mounting accusations that it puts more effort into protecting drug company profits than protecting American consumers from unsafe drugs and Merck's Fosamax is but the latest example of this unhealthy allegiance. According to the 2003 report by the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Service... - No Age Barrier for Victims of Ortho Evra Patch
Nov-8-06 New York, NY Hilary Burris was 19 when she was rushed to hospital - her leg had swollen to twice its normal size. An ultrasound found a blood clot in her upper thigh and the first question her doctor asked was if she was on the Ortho Evra patch . Hilary was one of the lucky ones - she survived the ordeal but many others did not. Parents of a 14-yea... - Kugel Mesh Patch: Recalled due to Serious Injuries
Nov-3-06 Murray Hill, NJ The US Food and Drug Administration in cooperation with Davol, Inc. have recalled Bard Composix Kugel Mesh Patches following reports of serious injuries related to the patches. The Kugel Mesh Patch is used to repair ventral hernias that are caused by thinning or stretching of scar tissue that forms after surgery. The patch is inserted th... - Multiple Births and Infertility may Increase Risk of Cerebral Palsy
Nov-2-06 Los Angeles, CA: A study conducted by researchers at the University of California has found that couples suffering from infertility are three times more likely to have a child with serious problems such as cerebral palsy. Meanwhile, a recent study from Europe has identified an important risk factor for infants born with cerebral palsy. Children of mul... - Warfarin: Regularly Putting Patients in the Hospital
Nov-2-06 Los Angeles, CA: Warfarin , known generically as Coumadin , has been named by the Journal of the American Medial Association as one of the drugs that is most likely to put patients in the emergency room. Researchers found that adverse reactions to medications, including prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs and herbal supplements, send up to 700,... - Injuries and Death Reported in Patients Implanted with Bard Kugel Mesh Patch
Oct-29-06 Murray Hill, NJ: On January 13, 2006, CR Bard, Inc announced a Class I recall of the Bard Composix Kugel Mesh X-Large Patch after receiving 24 reports that the device's plastic coil ring may not withstand the increased stress associated with certain surgical placement techniques. Davol, Inc, a subsidiary of CR Bard, notified US customers of the recall... - Experts Alarmed by Rising Cases of Fosamax Jaw Bone Death
Oct-25-06 Atlantic City, NJ: Dentists and oral surgeons are becoming increasingly worried about the rising number of patients they are seeing with osteonecrosis (ONJ). ONJ is a painful, disfiguring, debilitating condition that essentially rots the jawbone, as a result of millions of Americans taking the relatively new class of osteoporosis medications. The d... - Bagged Spinach Carried Dangerous E. Coli
Oct-25-06 Springfield, IL: Reports of people testing positive for the E. coli bacterium found in bagged spinach are still coming in, a month after a nation-wide outbreak. Two people in Illinois are the third and fourth confirmed E. coli illnesses in that state that have been linked to Salinas Valley spinach. One of the victims is a woman from downstate Il... - ReNu Sufferers: the List keeps Growing
Oct-20-06 Elgin, IL "In May 2006 I got a really bad eye infection and thought it was pink eye," says Amy Hamblin. "When I went to the opthamologist, the first thing he asked me was if I had used ReNu with MoistureLoc." "Bingo! I had been using ReNu for about a month, just about the same time I gave birth to my daughter. I started using it in the hospital bu... - Sharp Memorial Pancreas Transplant Program still on Probation
Oct-13-06 San Diego, CA Last month, Sharp Memorial Hospital was put on probation after The United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) discovered that the hospital's pancreas transplant program was not performing nearly enough transplants. In addition to not performing enough transplants, the hospital also failed to let patients know the status of the pancreas tra...