A public advocacy group, Public Citizen, founded by Ralph Nader, is asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to recall transvaginal surgical mesh products that help repair pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, just as the industry is preparing a broad response.
Consumer watchdog group Public Citizen, founded by Ralph Nader, is calling for stricter warnings on popular acid reflux drugs called proton pump inhibitors (“PPI”). Brand name PPIs include: Prilosec, Prevacid, and Nexium. Public Citizen is petitioning the FDA to add a warning regarding the potential for the drugs to make acid reflux worse when patients …
The federal government received a surge in complaints in recent months about failed hip replacements, suggesting that serious problems persist with some types of artificial hips even as researchers scramble to evaluate the health dangers, according to an article found at The New York Times.
Yesterday the US Food and Drug Administration announced that Citalopram hydrobromide, also known as Celexa, should not be administered at doses over 40 mg per day, because it can trigger abnormal electrical activity in the heart, leading to potentially fatal heart rhythm problems (including Torsade de Pointes). Celexa is an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) …
In a recent FDA Safety Communication, the Food and Drug Administration updated the public on serious complications associated with transvaginal placement of surgical mesh for pelvic organ prolapse.
OsmoPrep was licensed in 2006 by the FDA, and then in 2008 a box warning was issued in regards the potential risks of kidney failure. There are 2 types of kidney failure, chronic and acute. Let’s look at what each of these entail.
OsmoPrep is a product used before a colonoscopy. It was licensed in 2006 by the US Food and Drug Administration. Basically the drug allows doctors to get a better view of the colon by inducing loose bowels. Two years after OsmoPrep was approved, the FDA publicly announced the addition of a black box warning of kidney damage to the labeling of these products.
Call us at 1-800-810-3457 if you took OsmoPrep and developed kidney failure.
OsmoPrep is a product used before a colonoscopy. It was licensed in 2006 by the US Food and Drug Administration. Basically the drug allows doctors to get a better view of the colon by inducing loose bowels. Two years after OsmoPrep was approved, the FDA publicly announced the addition of a black box warning of kidney damage to the labeling of these products.
Call us at 1-800-810-3457 if you took OsmoPrep and developed kidney problems.
Crestor is approved to lower cholesterol and triglycerides in combination with diet and exercise in patients with high cholesterol and/or triglycerides, to slow the progression of atherosclerosis, and for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attack, and the risk of arterial revascularization procedures.
Crestor is known to increase the risk of developing muscle damage. SInce your heart is a muscle, there is a risk that Crestor can cause damage to your heart. Cardiomyopathy is a disease that weakens and enlarges your heart muscle. Cardiomyopathy makes it harder for your heart to pump blood and deliver it to the rest of your body.
Statins are the most widely used medications to lower “bad” (LDL) cholesterol in order to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Statins work by blocking a substance your body needs to make cholesterol. Statins may also help your body reabsorb cholesterol that has built up in plaques on your artery walls, preventing further blockage in your blood vessels and heart attacks.