Posts tagged Drug Products

• Sleep Drugs - Attorneys Slow to Take Cases

  Robert Blanchard | March 27, 2007 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Despite the recent FDA warning about Sleep Aid medications like Ambien and Lunesta causing hypnotic and potentially dangerous sleep walking behavior, attorneys have been slow to take on these cases. An ongoing theme of the calls to the lawyers' offices invariably involve someone driving while in this hypnotic state. When arrested, the hapless driver is charged with driving under the influence,...

• Vaccine Makers Exempt from the Law

  Robert Blanchard | February 05, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  As the debate heats up over the HPV vaccination for young girls (pushed heavily by Merck), it should be mentioned that the normal tort laws for injuries from the product do not apply to vaccines. They can injure and kill and there is no liability. There is a federal compensation system, however, and the whole scheme is designed to promote vaccinations. That's ok as long as vaccinations are...

• Strokes Caused by Medications

  Robert Blanchard | January 31, 2007 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The suits against the makers of Vioxx, Celebrex, PPA and Ortho Evra all include claims that the medication could cause strokes. Strokes a re complicated injuries and can be very severe. The difficulty in proving such claims arises from the variety of other factoors that can lead to a stroke. Some understanding of the different knds of strokes is helpful. Strokes that involve a bleeding in the...

• Antidepressant Suicide - Prosac Paxil Effexor

  Robert Blanchard | January 25, 2007 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  According to a new study, for suicidal patients who had taken antidepressants, fluoxetine (Prosac) was associated with the lowest risk for causing suicidal tendencies, as opposed to venlafaxine (Effexor) which had the highest risk, as published in the December issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. The aim of this study was to investigate, in a nationwide series of suicidal subjects, how...

• Johnson & Johnson Vice President Blows Whistle on Ortho Evra

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2006 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Associated Press reported a new relevation in the ongoing pharmaceutical safety scandal which Johnson and Johnson has been facing in the past year or two. Former vice president and medical doctor Joel Lippman says he tried many times to bring problems with popular drugs such as the ortho evra patch to light, and claims he was fired for bringing attention to the safety of these drug products

• Acetaminophen Recall

  Robert Blanchard | November 15, 2006 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  I doubt any serious injury cases will come out of the recent incident where metal fragment were found in generic Tylenol tablets. However it may be a good tiime to review the overall safety and effectiveness of the medication.Tylenol (acetaminophen) is the most frequently consumed medication. Acetaminophen is an analgesic (pain reliever) and anti-pyretic (controls fever) medication which is sold...

• FDA Drug Lawsuit Preemption Thrown Out

  Staff Writer | November 01, 2006 4:40 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A judge in (somewhere) ruled today.....

• What is the FDA Doing?

  Robert Blanchard | July 25, 2006 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  When a company proposes to market a drug, the FDA will often let them go forward on the promise that they will conduct further studies on the safety of the drug. Unfortunately, it appears that the FDA never follows up to see if these promises are kept. As a result, too many people are injured before a drug gets pulled from the market.As reported,US Report Faults FDA Post-Approval Study...

• Paint Chips in your ReNu lens cleaner?

  Robert Blanchard | May 30, 2006 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bausch & Lomb Inc. failed to promptly tell U.S. regulators about 35 serious eye infections reported in Singapore in users of its now-withdrawn contact lens solution, the Food and Drug Administration said in a report released on Tuesday. The company also did not notify the agency in writing that it had pulled the solution from Singapore and Hong Kong in February, the FDA said in a report of an...

• Heart Device Recalls - More Concerns Reported

  Robert Blanchard | May 16, 2006 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Boston Scientific Corp. reports that it has alerted doctors that another 996 Guidant defibrillators may quit unexpectedly, leaving heart patients at risk of sudden cardiac death.No deaths or injuries have been reported as related to the battery failures, the company said Monday. The defect, a faulty low-voltage capacitor, was fouund in 30 defibrillators removed from patients as of May 8, and is...