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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified health care professionals about radiation overexposure in patients who have undergone perfusion CT imaging (essentially, a CT brain scan ), done to diagnose and treat strokes. According to the FDA alert, 206 patients in an 18-month period at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center received radiation doses that were ap... - Actos Side Effects FAQ
What is Actos? Actos , known generically as pioglitazone hydrochloride, is in a class of drugs known as thiazolidinediones. It is used to treat type 2 diabetes and was initially approved by the FDA in 1999. What are Actos side effects? Actos has been linked to side effects including rhabdomyolysis, heart failure, weight gain, fractures, edema a... - Actos - Actos Bladder Cancer, Actos Lawsuit - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride) is a member of a class of drugs known as thiazolidinediones, which have been linked to bladder cancer, liver disease and cardiovascular issues. Actos side effects include increased risk of congestive heart failure (CHF), increased risk of rare but serious liver problems, an increased risk of fractures, and an increased... - Abogado especializado en Ketek: se presume que Ketek produce lesiones hepáticas
Ketek se encuentra dentro de un grupo de antibióticos quetólidos utilizados para tratar infecciones bacterianas tales como neumonía, bronquitis crónica y sinusitis bacteriana aguda. Sanofi-Aventis lanzó este producto en el año 2004 y lo distribuye actualmente en todo el mundo. Ketek (telitromicina) ha estado vi... - Will Juul Go Up in Smoke?
Dec-12-19 Los Angeles, CA Along with cities and states nationwide hitting the electronic-cigarette manufacturer Juul with tougher restrictions, the L.A. Unified School District and other school systems have slammed the vaping giant with class action lawsuits claiming toxic vapes from e-cigarettes are health hazards and could be killing their kids. School... - Plaintiffs Say Beware of AlloDerm Skin Graft
Mar-6-14 Branchburg, NJ If you haven’t heard a lot about AlloDerm Skin Grafts and AlloDerm Skin Graft adverse events , it’s probably due to the complexity of the product and how it is used. However, hundreds of plaintiffs have experienced problems with a product that was originally approved and marketed in 1994 for use in burn victims and for periodo... - Company Execs Indicted for Failing to Report Flammable Dehumidifiers
Apr-11-19 Industry, CA: Simon Chu and Charley Loh, part-owners and former executives of Chinese appliance manufacturer Gree Electric Appliances and a company that imported, distributed, and sold China-manufactured dehumidifiers to retailers, allegedly knew the dehumidifiers caught fire but failed to report and recall (too expensive) the defects for at least six mo... - Illinois Fights Opioid Crisis with Class Action Suit
Jul-19-17 St. Clair County, Illinois The opioid addiction crisis has hit St. Clair County, Illinois hard. They are fighting back in a class action lawsuit charging the Purdue Pharma and Abbot Laboratories Inc. put profits ahead of the health and safety of its customers by underplaying the potential harm associated with highly addictive narcotics. “This a... - Yasmin / Yaz: 50 Deaths in 50 Months
Sep-12-12 Washington, DC With reports of more than 50 deaths in the approximately four years from 2004 to 2008, little wonder the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the manufacturer of Yasmin and Yaz , together with the makers of other third-generation oral contraceptives containing the synthetic hormone drospirenone, to strengthen warnings with re... - Charges Laid Against 412 Individuals for Medicaid Fraud and Opioid Prescribing
Jul-13-17 Santa Clara, CA: The US Attorney General’s office has charged 412 defendants in 41 federal districts with Medicaid fraud resulting from false billings, and prescribing and distributing opioids and other dangerous drugs. The fraud is estimated to have cost Medicaid $1.3 billion resulting from false billings. More than 120 defendants have been c... - “My only hope with this Back and Neck Injury is with an Attorney”
Aug-24-12 Ozark, AL Patricia has undergone three spinal surgeries since suffering a back and neck injury two years ago. Now she’s considering filing a medical malpractice lawsuit. “My neurosurgeon diagnosed me with degenerative disc disease so I underwent a spinal fusion,” says Patricia, age 47. “Now I even wonder if I really have dege... - Consumers with Home Warranties Find Repairs Hard to Come By
Feb-4-14 San Diego, CA For many people who purchase home warranty insurance , there is peace of mind in knowing that if something goes wrong with an appliance or a system in the home, their finances will not be drastically affected. That is why they buy an extended warranty in the first place. But complaints against home warranty companies show that as far as so... - Firefighting Foam $17.5M Settlement a “Huge Milestone”
Feb-16-21 Peshtigo, WI Peshtigo residents have reached a $17.5 M settlement in a firefighting foam lawsuit filed against Tyco Fire Products and two other companies over per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. Plaintiffs claimed their drinking water from private wells was contaminated with “forever chemicals” from the use of firefighti... - Spike in Birth Defects in Kettleman Prompts EPA, State Health Probe
Kettleman, CA : A spike in birth defects and miscarriages that has occurred since 2007 in the California city of Kettleman will be investigated, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced this week. Furthermore, the administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Pacific South West region has promised to visit the city to make enquiries... - ER Overcharges for Services Not Rendered
Jan-27-14 Kissimmee, FL Countless people have had to pay emergency room overcharges for the bare minimum of treatment. Perhaps they saw a doctor for a few minutes and left with a prescription and a bill for thousands of dollars. The following people didn’t even make it past the waiting room, but they were billed emergency room charges. Mr. Ibrahim took... - Lawsuit Funding Pays Medical and Funeral Expenses to Avoid Early Settlement
Jan-23-14 A Detroit, Michigan woman successfully settled her personal injury lawsuit for $2.1 million with the help of lawsuit funding . The mother of two was seriously injured in an auto-truck accident, and one of her children was killed, when a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and suddenly veered into her lane. She suffered serious and debilitating injuri... - Health Canada Issues Warning For The Slimming Coffee or Lose Weight Coffee
Ottawa, Ontario: Health Canada is warning consumers not to use the unauthorized product "The Slimming Coffee," which was previously sold as "Lose Weight Coffee," because it was found to contain the undeclared prescription drug sibutramine and may pose serious health risks. This product is promoted as a natural coffee beverage used for weight-loss. Sib... - “I’m Fighting This ER Bill All the Way” Says ER Overcharges Victim
Jul-2-12 Corsicana, TX Acting on the advice of a doctor at her local clinic, Robin went to the Dallas hospital emergency room with symptoms of food poisoning—nausea and diarrhea. Turns out, she simply had a urinary tract infection and was sent home after a few hours with two prescriptions. Then she received an ER bill for more than $3,000. “These Emer... - Fibromyalgia sufferer wins denied disability claim lawsuit against Hartford
May-4-18 Seattle, WA: Long term denied disability lawsuits have a way of careening into highly technical territory about the appropriate standard of legal review or the precise process for deciding appeals. Not so with Reetz v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co. . This was an evidence case. Hartford cut Kristen Reetz ‘s benefits off as her chr... - California Misclassified Independent Contractors Settle for Employee Status—is it the Right Choice?
Mar-1-19 Santa Clara, CA: From strippers to cooks to construction workers, independent contractors who say they are misclassified under California labor laws may want to take into consideration what they stand to lose before filing a misclassification lawsuit to be classified as an employee. Sure, the benefits are enticing but they come at a price, such as loss o...