According to The New York Times, a study conducted last summer from University Health Network, Toronto, notes women most at risk of breast cancer taking Aromasin greatly reduce their chances of contracting cancer. A new analysis of that study noted that those same women faced a greater chance of suffering significant bone loss and overall …
Another sad story that could have possibly been prevented. Another family harmed due to a negligent pharmaceutical company? One family thinks so, and is therefore trying to hold them accountable. The Lawsuit The Louisiana family is blaming the makers of Zoloft for their child being born with birth defects. In their Zoloft lawsuit, Terry and …
Recently there has been much talk about dietary supplements. We have reported how the industry is furious about the new guidelines and regulations that the FDA is imposing, as well as how 2 soldiers died last year after taking energy supplements on military bases. Now, we have another story on supplements. This time about the …
The anti-blood clot regimen that adds the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to aspirin treatment is unlikely to prevent recurrent strokes and may actually increase the risk of bleeding and death in patients with subcortical stroke, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference in 2012. The new study is raising more …
Doctors have known for several years that some hip devices, in which both the ball and cup are made of metal, were failing at faster rates than other hip implants. Now, new research is confirming this information and claiming that the problem can cause trouble for many years to come, even after removal. “This is …
As we previously reported, Pfizer recalled 1 million packages of birth control pills, that included 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 tablets and 14 lots of generic Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets. The recall was after uncovering a packaging error that included too many active tablets in some packets and not enough in others. It cautioned women …
The US Army pulled dietary supplements containing dimethylamylamine (DMAA) from the military bases while it investigates their role in the deaths of 2 soldiers last year.
According to Fox News, a 22-year-old soldier died last summer after collapsing during a training run at an unnamed military base and in another incident just a few months later, a 32-year-old soldier collapsed during a fitness test. That soldier eventually died a month later, never leaving the hospital after his collapse.
On June 15, 2011, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication stating that use of Actos for more than one year may be associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer. The June safety communication was a follow-up to one the agency issued in September 2010 after preliminary data from a …
About 20,000 former Avandia drug users have finally gotten the news they had been desperately waiting on. Their lawsuits were finally settled with a pharmaceutical giant. GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to settle the heart attack lawsuits brought by former users of its blockbuster Type 2 diabetes medication Avandia. The lawsuits are among thousands more which claim GlaxoSmithKline …
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against ALZA Corporation by the family of a Utah woman who died in 2010, after using one of the company’s pain patches. According to court documents, Janine Ward died May 4, 2010, after using one of the prescription patches. Toxicology reports later showed the woman had a lethal …