Merck Agrees to Pay $671M to Settle Rebate Accusations

Heightened Thrombosis Risk with Birth Control Patch and Ring

A BMJ study has found more evidence that women using the transdermal contraceptive patch or vaginal ring do indeed face higher thrombosis risks than those taking their contraceptive orally. Using Danish national registries, researchers studied over 1.5 million women without prior thrombotic disease or cancer, who were not pregnant. Overall, the incidence of venous thrombosis [...]

According to a new study, your heartburn medication could be putting you at risk for a nasty stomach bug! The infection, Clostridium difficile infection, also called C. difficile or CDI, is a hard-to-cure infection that causes severe diarrhea that has recently been linked to proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), the most powerful class of antacid drugs. [...]

Health Canada is informing Canadians of a labeling update for the prescription drug Cipralex (Escitalopram) regarding a dose-related risk of abnormal heart rhythms. The risk is dose-related, 20 mg per day is still the maximum recommended dose for most patients. Before starting Cipralex, talk to your healthcare professional. If you have had any heart problems, what other medications you [...]

Whats that in my eye?! Thirty-three cases of a rare, but serious, fungal eye infection have been confirmed across seven states. Federal officials are announcing that the infection stemmed from products mixed in a Florida compounding pharmacy. it seems the victims underwent some sort of an eye procedure, either a surgery or injections. Of these, [...]

Multaq, also known as Dronedarone, is used to treat heart patients that had atrial fibrillation, which is a rhythm disorder that could make the heart beat fast and irregular. It’s also used to treat atrial flutter, which also causes the heart to beat fast, but is still considered regular. However, this drug is known to [...]

More Sufferers File Lawsuits Against DePuy Orthopaedics

Two more people who’ve suffered serious injuries blamed on the defective and recalled DePuy Orthopaedics ASR hip implant are the latest to join a growing federal class-action lawsuit against the medical device firm and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson. The plaintiff’s are being represented by the law firm of Parker Waichman LLP and are [...]

We have written countless articles discussing the dangers of metal-on-metal implants, yet a new study is downplaying the potential dangerous effects, such as the risk of cancer. The recent study was published in the British Medical Journal which analyzed cancer rates among patients with metal-on-metal implants versus patients with other types of implants as well [...]

St. Jude Medical has asked the Heart Rhythm Journal to retract a study published last month that linked its Riata line of internal defibrillator leads to more 20 deaths. In a statement issued by St. Jude, the company asserted the Riata lead study was biased and based on inaccurate facts. According to the Heart Rhythm [...]

An estimated 35,000 women who suffered through bladder control problems brought on by aging, child birth, and a variety of other causes. The lives of those who had adverse reactions to vaginal mesh were literally ruined as many experienced crippling pain and permanent scarring damage from the procedures involved in the insertion and necessary removal of the vaginal mesh.

If you or a loved one suffered vaginal erosion call us immediately at 1-800-810-3457.

A recall of Thoratec’s HeartMate II Left Ventricle Assist System (LVAS) that was first announced in February has been designated Class I, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) most serious type of recall. The HeartMate II LVAS is a heart pump which is used as a bridge to transplantation in heart transplant candidates at [...]