Asthmatic pregnant women, who are taking medications for their condition, may have a slightly higher risk of having babies with rare birth defects. That’s according to new research published in Journal Pediatrics. However, the researchers hasten to add that the increased risk is only slight, and that there are no firm conclusions about the cause [...]
The Darvocet lawsuits continue to pile up. The family of a Louisiana woman who suffered a fatal heart attack after prolonged use of the painkiller Darvocet, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a number of pharmaceutical companies, including Eli Lilly and Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals. According to this particular lawsuit, the woman’s death was caused by [...]
Many prescription errors that result in patients having to be rushed to hospital emergency rooms, are the result of prescription errors made while administering the dosage. California pharmaceutical injury lawyers often find that many of these errors are caused because the information provided in the literature that is given to patients with the prescription, can [...]
GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia-related problems continue. This week, the company announced that it had revised its labeling for Avandia packaging in line with the Food and Drug Administration’s directives. The company has also settled more Avandia injury and wrongful death lawsuits for $250 million. The labeling on the Avandia packaging has now been modified to restrict the [...]
California pharmaceutical liability attorneys can add one more product to a long list of nutritional, herbal and dietary supplements that have been recalled over the past year for health hazards. In this latest case, the Food and Drug Administration has warned that PRock Marketing LLC will soon announce a recall of all Fruta Planta weight-loss [...]
If California pharmaceutical liability attorneys thought that the recent uproar over quality control failures at Johnson & Johnson would force the company to revise its standards, they would be mistaken. The company has announced yet another recall of over-the-counter products, including its blockbuster medication, Tylenol. This recall also seems to be linked to a malodorous [...]
After Glaxo’s Avandia, it’s now the turn of its closest rival, Actos, to be in the spotlight. The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it is beginning a safety review of the anti-diabetes drug manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. The agency is looking at a heightened risk of developing bladder cancer among patients [...]
Nobody likes to admit it, but at some point, everyone has been suckered by a product that they’ve seen on television that promises to do this or that. Once we get it home, however, we discover that this miracle product is actually a total dud. We toss it in the trash and chalk it up [...]
Neurontin, an antiseizure drug manufactured by New York-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, is yet another highly prescribed medication with deadly side effects. Approved in 1994 by the Food and Drug Administration to help sufferers of epilepsy with pain and partial seizure prevention, Neurontin has been found to increase suicidal thoughts and actions among patients who use the [...]
Sufferes of diabetes thought they found a golden ticket in Avandia. Backed with big bucks’ promotion and relentless advertising, Avandia appeared to be a friend to people with diabetes. Sold as a diabetes management drug, Avandia was pushed on websites like diabetes.com and diabetesmanagment.com, which are sites owned by their maker, GlaxoSmithKline. The sales skyrocketed [...]