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Apr-12-07 Thousand Oaks, CA: A black box warning has been added to the labels of Epogen, Aranesp, and Procrit , a sign that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned about the risks associated with using the anemia drugs. Doctors have also been warned that patients should be given the lowest possible dose in order to avoid blood transfusions. The... - No Overtime, No Business
Apr-4-07 Los Angeles, CA "We were short-staffed so my boss asked me to work six days a week, ostensibly for a short time," says Andrew Jones. "But it went on for months, then he bought a new Mercedes and vacationed in Costa Rica - at our expense." "I was hired in February 2005 as a retail sales person in an imported home furniture store; it was a privately owne... - To the Makers of Kugel Mesh: Cover My Medical Expenses
Apr-2-07 North Lauderdale, FL "I was reading some of your articles about Kugel Mesh and realized that the same thing happened to me," says Richard Keough. "I got my medical records and sure enough, the mesh used to repair my hernia from my first surgery was on the recall list." In 2005, Keough had a hernia repaired with Kugel Mesh. He had an impacted bowel and... - Fen Phen: Heart Problems Surface
Mar-19-07 Bakersfield, CA Alicia A. took fen phen back in the 90s when "thin was in." She joined a class action lawsuit against the drug company and received a settlement. "Back then, I didn't have a heart problem," says Alicia. Now she is hopeful that she can join another lawsuit that will compensate her for more than the cost of fen phen. "I started taking f... - Off-Label Stenting For Profit
Mar-12-07 Washington, DC: On March 1, 2007, US House of Representatives, Henry Waxman (D-CA), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, asked two medical device makers to turn over documents as part of an investigation into the safety and off-label marketing of drug-eluting stents. Stents are small wire-mesh tubes inserted in arteries... - Ortho Evra Patch: Too Much Estrogen
Mar-8-07 Washington, DC Most women take the Ortho Evra Patch because it is more convenient than the birth control pill - they don't have to remember to take it every day. But the Patch has proven to be way more inconvenient than the pill. According to the latest research involving insurance claims data from about 34,000 women, the risk of blood clots occur mor... - Renu Still a Sore Spot
Mar-5-07 Auborn, NH "I wore contact lenses for 20 years and never had a problem - until I used ReNu ," says Susan H." I even slept in them. It seems pretty odd that this nasty incident happened just after I used ReNu with MoistureLoc." "I always used the same contact lens solution, until I visited my sister in Washington DC and couldn't find my usual brand. I p... - Investigations Target SSRI Prescribing Doctors
Feb-23-07 Washington, DC: In recent years, Federal and state investigators have been going after the makers of the antidepressants known as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), for promoting the drugs for off-label use under the theory that they are causing the submission of false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other public health care programs... - Trail of Paxil Suicides Leads To GlaxoSmithKline
Feb-14-07 Washington, DC: On January 29, 2007, BBC-One broadcast, "Secrets of the Drug Trials," a Panorama program based on an investigation by reporter, Shelley Jofre, which revealed how GlaxoSmithKline misled doctors into prescribing Paxil off-label to children, even after its own clinical trials found that kids could become suicidal when taking the drug. The... - FedEx Law Suit: Couriers Sign Up
Feb-2-07 Yorbalinda, CA Debbie Johnson worked as a courier at FedEx for more than 20 years. She loved her job, but recently she has come to dread going to work. "FedEx was based on the PSP philosophy - people, service, profit," she said, "But now it's spelled backwards." "The company started changing in the early 90s and most of us couriers were forced to do u... - Panacryl Sutures Cause Additional Surgeries?
Jan-23-07 Staten Island, NY Steven Kaplan went into hospital for regular gallbladder surgery in April, 2004. But Panacryl sutures were used and caused him to have a second operation as well as a long and painful recovery. Panacryl sutures are a type of stitch that is supposed to be absorbed by the body after surgery, but in Kaplan's case, and many others, they... - DSM Billing Bible - Big Pharma Best Seller
Dec-27-06 Washington, DC One-hundred percent of the experts involved in writing diagnostic criteria for mood disorders and schizophrenia for the, "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM)," have undisclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical companies whose drugs are used to treat those conditions. The April 2006 study in the journal, Psycho... - Spine Surgery performed much too Often
Dec-23-06 New Jersey: For senior citizens, the chances of receiving spine surgery, along with the serious complications that often follow, depends on where a patient lives, according to researchers from Dartmouth Medical School in the November 2006 medical journal Spine. For the study, the researchers analyzed data on lower back (lumbar) surgery among Medicare re... - Drug Makers Trolling for Infants and Toddlers
Dec-21-06 The motive behind Big Pharma's promotion of the off-label prescribing of psychotropic drugs is market expansion and unfortunately, it just so happens that children provide the richest harvest because most kids are covered by health insurance plans or Medicaid. The various recruitment schemes include trolling for customers among infants and toddlers betwee... - Doctor's Perks and Free Drug Samples Cost Patients Plenty
Dec-20-06 Washington, DC: In the debate over whether Big Pharma's perks lead doctors to prescribe high priced brand-name drugs over equally effective generics, the question to ask is whether an industry would direct 90% of a $20 billion marketing budget at doctors if it did not work. As lawmakers enact measures to limit the drug company's influence over the medic... - Defective Products In Your Body
Dec-18-06 Sacramento, CA In May 2000, Virginia was injured in a car accident and required a hip replacement. A sulzer hip was implanted in March but shortly afterward Sulzer Orthopedics recalled its Inter-Op acetabular shell for hip implants on December 8, 2000. Some of these implants had an unacceptable level of mineral oil-based lubricant on the product and it... - Zoloft likely Caused Baby's Death
Nov-30-06 Atlanta, GA "In 2003 I was pregnant with Sarah and was concerned about taking Zoloft," says Mindy Schildroth, "but my doctor said that recent studies indicated I was better off taking the drug than going through withdrawal. Three years later, I am still grieving her death." Sarah Elizabeth Schildroth 9/24/03 - 11/28/03 Mindy's daughter passed away w... - ERISA fraud: Why you need to Protect Yourself
Nov-24-06 New York, NY As more and more companies and executives are being charged with Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) stock fraud violations, it is becoming increasingly important that employees keep track of their 401(k) plans and their health insurance plans. One thing that protects contributions to retirement plans and some health plans is... - Lexapro Legal Problems Mount Against Forest Laboratories
Nov-15-06 Fair Haven, NJ: According to Forest Laboratories' Annual Report, for the year ending March 31, 2006, Celexa and Lexapro , accounted for 68% of the company's sales. The drugs belong to the class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Sales of Lexapro, the filing notes, increased 16% in the 4th quarter to $464,100... - More Adverse Effects linked to SSRI Celexa
Nov-14-06 Avalon, NJ: According to testimony at an inquest into the deaths of Roxanne Richardson, 30, and her children, Luke, 3, and Grace, 20 months, an autopsy revealed that at the time of their murders, husband and father-turned-killer, Michael Richardson, had Celexa in his system higher than prescribed which may have caused him to become agitated and irritable...