Blog Posts in March, 2012
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Posted on Mar 30, 2012 By Medical Injury Attorney
While Congress attempts to speed up the approval process for medical devices, a recent survey shows that the general public wants the opposite to happen. Results from a new Consumer Reports poll ...
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Posted on Mar 30, 2012 By Drug Injury Lawyer
At a time when drug and medical device recalls are prevalent, due in part to an overly streamlined Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval process, a group of biotech firms and patient advocates ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Lawyer
Yaz and Yasmin are two combined hormonal oral contraceptive pills marketed by Bayer. The major active ingredient in both pills is Drospirenone (DSRP), a type of progestin that prevents pregnancy and ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2012 By Drug Injury Attorney
When the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 allowed pharmaceutical companies to produce generic drugs, it required that all generic drugs use the same labels as their name brand equivalents, including all the ...
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Posted on Mar 27, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Attorney
Merck & Co., the manufacturer of products like Claritin and Lotrimin, has seen disappointing results from the testing of their new blood thinner Vorapaxar. This was the drug's second large ...
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Posted on Mar 27, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Attorney
Among the many negative side effects you can suffer from after your use of Chantix, there is one that is extremely serious. The FDA warned in 2007 that there is a possible link between Chantix use and ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2012 By Medical Injury Attorney
You've probably heard the advertisements on radio and TV—so called "med-spas" offering services from waxing and massage to Botox, lipo and more. It sounds appealing if you are in ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2012 By Medical Injury Attorney
This blog issued a previous report discussing the fact that patients don't understand the information that comes with their medications, but now a disturbing new study reveals that older ...
Continue reading "Elderly Patients More Likely to Die from Misreading Drug Labels" »
Posted on Mar 21, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Attorney
Wright Medical Technology is being brought to multidistrict litigation (MDL) by federal lawsuits because of their defective hip replacements. The injuries are similar to those who have suffered from ...
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Posted on Mar 21, 2012 By Dangerous Drug Attorney
In 2008, Karnie Kendall was awarded $10.5 million dollars by a jury, after her attorneys proved that Accutane, a medication she took to treat acne, had caused her to develop ulcerative colitis. ...
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Posted on Mar 20, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Attorney
This is important information if you were prescribed and were or are currently taking the drug Pradaxa (dabigatran). Pradaxa is typically prescribed to those at risk for stroke and blood clots because ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Attorney
Transvaginal mesh is a medical device used to treat pelvic organ prolapse in women and also some cases of stress urinary incontinence. There have recently been many cases of injury popping up as a ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2012 By Drug Injury Lawyer
The U.S. Justice Department is demanding that Johnson & Johnson pay $1.8 Billion to resolve complaints that they illegally marketed the atypical antipsychotic drug Risperdal for unapproved ...
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Posted on Mar 15, 2012 By Medical Injury Attorney
Parkland Public Hospital in Dallas is being monitored by federal regulators after an October incident when a suicidal patient was able to escape from her room and light her shirt on fire. Fortunately, ...
Continue reading "Safety Issues Uncovered at Major Dallas Hospital" »
Posted on Mar 14, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Attorney
New Jersey's Attorney General is investigating a CVS pharmacy that mistakenly gave children a breast cancer drug instead of fluoride pills. The attorney general's consumer affairs department ...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2012 By Drug Injury Attorney
A new report issued in the UK has unequivocally warned against implanting metal-on-metal hip devices due to their extremely high failure rate. Patients particularly at risk include women, younger ...
Continue reading "Final Word on Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants: Don't Use Them" »
Posted on Mar 13, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Lawyer
Illegal online pharmacies are on the rise, and now the government is trying to do something about it. Bipartisan bills were introduced in both the House and the Senate this week, proposing to create a ...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2012 By Drug Injury Attorney
A recent report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has revealed that the federal laws which require drug companies to conduct pediatric drug studies have not resulted in sufficient data on the safety ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Attorney
Health care systems are overburdened, according to some lawmakers. That is why the FDA is considering waiving the need for prescription for many diabetes and cholesterol medications. By eliminating ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Attorney
New studies show that the stop-smoking drug Chantix may also help those struggling with a drinking problem. It is not yet known how the drug helps those with a drinking problem, but it may just be a ...
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Posted on Mar 9, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Attorney
According to reports, Johnson and Johnson knew that their DePuy hip implants were defective a year before they were recalled. The New York Times published a story including the contents of an email ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2012 By Pharmaceutical Injury Attorney
GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of Avandia, recently issued a recall of near 400k bottles of their high blood pressure medication for fear of a possible mix-up at one of their manufacturing plants. ...
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Posted on Mar 6, 2012 By Dangerous Drug Lawyer
Patients don't understand the drug safety information provided with their prescription medications, a new study presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine's 28th annual meeting has ...
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Posted on Mar 6, 2012 By Drug Injury Attorney
The team of drug injury attorneys at Arnold & Itkin is well aware of the dangers surrounding the hair loss drug Propecia, but it appears that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2012 By Medical Injury Lawyer
The manufacturer of a spinal implant will pay the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a $1 million penalty for marketing an unapproved medical product. The penalty was agreed upon in a settlement ...
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