A Virginia woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against an OB/GYN clinic and her doctor for allegedly leaving a Mirena IUD (intra-uterine device) birth control floating in her system.
We have heard for years that the only way to prevent HIV, Herpes, and any other sexually transmitted diseases is to practice abstinence or at least safe sex. But, what does “safe sex” actually mean? Birth control, condoms, other forms of protection? And, what if you contract a disease, and you thought you were practicing …
Somebody needs to be responsible for the deaths of innocent people! We here in the United States call this justice, and it appears that in France, officials are trying to do just that in regards to the deaths of several hundred innocent people. According to media reports, Magistrates in France are investigating and charging the …
As if having leukemia isn’t bad enough to deal with, now one of the drug’s prescribed to leukemia patients is being linked to causing abnormally high blood pressure within the lungs. In this article, let’s look at the drug a little more in detail, and discuss why an FDA warning has now been issued. Apparently …
According to an article found at News Medical, Type 2 diabetes treatments Byetta and Januvia could be linked to a significantly increased risk of developing pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, and one could also be linked to an increased risk of thyroid cancer, based on a new UCLA study. Researchers from the Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center …
According to a statement issued on the US Food and Drug Administration website, September 16, 2011 a pharmaceutical company has issued a voluntary recall for multiple lots of an oral contraceptive, at the retail level, effective immediately. The contraceptives have been recalled by Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, a generic drugmaker from Alabama, because a number of lot …
On September 15, 2011 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Drug & Medical Device Recall and/or Safety Alert for a very common anti-nausea medication. The FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients of an ongoing safety review and labeling changes for the anti-nausea drug Zofran (ondansetron, ondansetron hydrochloride and generics). Zofran is manufactured …
Cancer of the bladder can be caused by cigarette smoking, radiation treatment, exposure to chemicals at work, and as a side effect of chemotherapy. Sometimes, and especially in women, bladder cancer originates from frequently recurring bladder and urinary tract infections. An additional cause of bladder cancer is the drug Actos (or pioglitazone).
Actos is a medication that is frequently used as part of an exercise and diet program for the treatment of type-2 diabetes. On occasion, the drug is used to treat fatty liver disease. On June 15, 2011 the FDA announced that using Actos for one year or more could drastically raise ones chances of developing bladder cancer. As a result, Actos lawsuits are being filed nationwide.