Posts tagged Defective Drugs

• Avandia and Actos Linked to Heart Attacks in U.K.

  Greg Owen | July 30, 2007 11:27 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  As in the United States, the obesity epidemic is growing in the United Kingdom. It is a known fact that obesity greatly increases a person's risk of becoming diabetic. In fact, the use of diabetes drugs, which are given to hundreds of thousands of mostly overweight people in the United Kingdom, are said to be causing another serious problem - heart failure.The drugs in question are Avandia...

• Defective Drugs - FDA's Credibility Questioned

  Greg Owen | July 13, 2007 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  It is no secret that an endless parade of defective drugs such as Vioxx, Avandia, Accutane, Ketek and Zyprexa have been approved by the FDA. In fact, the FDA has been accused of being a little too close to the pharmaceutical industry. In an effort to remedy the situation, the House of Representatives recently passed a bill aimed at improving the FDA's current system. The bill, once signed by...

• Avandia Sales Drop

  Greg Owen | July 01, 2007 3:20 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Sales of Avandia, the drug developed to aid diabetes patients, have dropped by approximately 10% since The New England Journal of Medicine posted an Avandia study on May 21, 2007 that was less than favorable. The study showed a huge increase in heart attacks and cardiovascular disease in people taking the drug, which is a product of GlaxoSmithKline.By the drug manufacturer's estimates, the...

• Vaccines Linked to Autism

  Greg Owen | June 18, 2007 11:42 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Many parents have long thought that there is a direct link between vaccines given to their children and the onset of autism. The case of Michelle Cedillo, of Arizona, is the first to be heard on the subject in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Not suprisingly, the case is being closely watched. Most claims contend that thimerosal, which is a mercury-rich preservative, is to blame for the...

• Avandia-FDA Seeks Black Box Warning

  Greg Owen | June 07, 2007 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Lawmakers are hearing testimony from GlaxoSmithKline, doctors and regulators. The drugs Avandia, Avandaryl and Avandament, all GSK diabetes drugs, will be discussed at length. The discussion will be centered around whether enough was done by the drug maker GlaxoSmithKline to warn the public of the dangers involved with taking these medications, which are considered to be defective drugs by many....

• Vioxx Verdict for Vietnam Vetern

  Greg Owen | March 13, 2007 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In yet another defeat for the drug manufacturer Merck & Company, a jury awarded a total of 47.5 million dollars in damages yesterday. Frederick "Mike" Humeston had been granted a second trial in light of new evidence.Humeston, a Vietnam vetern and postal worker from Idaho, took Vioxx intermittently for pain in his knee due to a shrapnel wound. Subsequently he suffered a heart attack in...

• Ortho Evra Named in Suit Filed by Johnson & Johnson Exec.

  Christina Cole | December 30, 2006 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In a civil complaint filed by Dr. Joel S. Lippman, he alleges he was unlawfully terminated on May 15, after being employed by Johnson & Johnson for 15 years because he continually complained of product safety problems and urged several products be recalled or not launched. Lippman, former vice president at two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries claims in the suit that he was fired for seeking...

• Controlling Birth Can Be Fatal

  Greg Owen | December 14, 2006 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Ortho Evra is the first birth control patch approved by the FDA for use in the United States as a safe and effective way to control reproduction through a transdermal system. This form of birth was first marketed nationwide beginning in 2001. In 2005, concerns about serious problems relating to the birth control patch began to surface. However, these claims were refuted by many...

• NSAID Study Shows Increased Liver Damage

  Greg Owen | December 11, 2006 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  New research at Washington University School of Medicine reveals mechanisms that contribute to liver disease in alpha-1AT deficiency patients.With the use of an experimental mouse model of the disorder, the researchers investigated the effects of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) on liver injury. The study shows that the NSAID indomethacin, administered at doses usually nontoxic to...