Multaq, the brand name for Dronedarone, is most known as a drug used to treat heart patients with issues like abnormal rhythm (“arrhythmia” or “atrial fibrillation”) or quivering or fluttering in their atrium (“atrial flutter.”) Multaq can reduce the risk of hospitalization due to these heart problems. However, while this drug may improve the risk [...]
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Pradaxa Website Violates British Code of Conduct
Pradaxa (Dabigatran) is a drug that’s used to help prevent strokes or intense blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation, a condition in which the patient has irregular heart beat, without heart valve disease. According to some sources, there have been a staggering number of reports involving hemorrhages among the users of the medication and [...]
New Cholesterol Combo Pill Not Yet Approved
Merck & Co. have a new combo cholesterol drug that includes a generic version of Lipitor (Atorvastatin ) with Merck’s cholesterol medicine, Zetia. Lipitor is part of the widely used class of drugs called statins that reduce the amount of cholesterol naturally produced in the liver. Zetia, on the other hand, reduces the amount of cholesterol [...]
Reduced Head Growth in Infants Result from Antidepressants
The dangers and health risks of the affects antidepressants have on unborn children have been revealed in studies time and again. The latest study has found that babies exposed to SSRI antidepressants in the womb are more likely to exhibit reduced head growth at birth. Use of SSRI antidepressants also appeared to be associated with [...]
A Side Effect Database
Are you curious as to many other people have had the same side effects as you have to your prescriptions? What about how your drug compares with similar drugs? Of course the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has millions of reports, ranging from fatigue to fatal heart attacks, on thousands of prescription drugs dating back to [...]
Bills Seek To Change Rule On Generic Drug Labels
Lately we have written several articles discussing generics here in the US. Such as how some generics are a cheaper option but still many choose not to use them, as well as how if you use a generic, you give up your right to sue the company. Now, more we bring you more news about generics. Congressional [...]
Hospira Recalls Morphine Injections As Syringes May Be Over-Filled
Sometimes the pain is unbearable. Taking a little extra pain medication seems like a good idea. However, with this latest recall, getting a little extra could potentially be deadly. According to an announcement from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Hospira, Inc. has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of their morphine injections because the syringes may [...]
One Suffers From Deadly Brain Infection After Taking Gilenya
Another blow to a promising new multiple sclerosis pill has been reported by several media outlets, as a patient taking Novartis’ Gilenya multiple sclerosis pill contracted a potentially deadly brain infection, adding to safety concerns about the Swiss drugmaker’s most promising potential blockbuster. The patient used Tysabri, an injection from Biogen Idec Inc. and Elan [...]
Birthwort Herbal Remedy Linked To Kidney Failure
A once celebrated cure all, thought to be a wonder drug, is now being linked to kidney failure and other ailments, according to an article published in Kidney International. According to the report, pharmacologist Arthur Grollman of Stony Brook (N.Y.) University and colleagues have identified a genetic signature left behind by birthwort in cases of [...]
J&J Loses $1.2 Billion Antipsychotic Drug Risperdal Lawsuit
A jury has determined that a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary downplayed and hid risks associated with the antipsychotic drug Risperdal, in Arkansas’ billion-dollar lawsuit against Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. It took the 12-person jury three hours to return its findings after hearing 10 days of testimony. The economics of the case were not provided to the [...]
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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 [...]
Is Your Heartburn Medication Putting You At Risk?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. [...]
Cipralex and Abnormal Heart RhythmsHealth 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 [...]
Florida Compounding Pharmacy Linked To Rare Fungal Eye InfectionsWhats 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 and Death By Heart ProblemsMultaq, 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 [...]
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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 [...]
Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Finds No Increased Cancer Risk?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’s Wants Study Retracted Due To InaccuracySt. 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 [...]
Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits Claim Painful Erosion, Organ DamageAn 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.
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FDA Reposts Thoratec HeartMate II LVAS Class I RecallA 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 [...]
