April 30th, 2008 joshua
Researchers at the University of Washington have linked Fosamax use with a chronically irregular heartbeat, the Web site ScienceDaily.com reports.
Fosamax is manufactured by Merck & Co. and is the most popular osteoporosis drug on the market. Women who take the drug are nearly twice as likely to develop atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat) than women who […]
April 30th, 2008 amy
High doses of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increase stroke risk no matter when post-menopausal women start taking it, a new study finds.
“If you take medium to higher doses of hormone therapy, you are at increased risk of stroke,” said Dr. James Liu, chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at MacDonald Women’s Hospital, University […]
April 30th, 2008 amy
More bad news on the epilepsy drug Dilantin: young women who take it for a year or more are at higher risk for osteoporosis, researchers at Columbia University in New York City report.
According to a recent HealthDay News article, the bone loss described in a paper in the April 29 issue of Neurology was actually […]
April 29th, 2008 joshua
An FTC lawsuit against Cephalon Inc., accusing the drug maker of trying to keep a generic version of one of its drugs off the market, has been transferred from a D.C. federal court to a district court in Pennsylvania.
Several class action lawsuits have gathered at that Pennsylvania court. The suit claims Cephalon made side deals […]
April 29th, 2008 joshua
Researchers are urging regulators to prevent the use of experimental blood substitutes until safety concerns are cleared, Reuters reports.
Monday, health advocates and federal government researchers said their study of blood substitutes showed FDA’s confidential oversight of corporate research was putting patients at risk. They said these blood substitutes significantly raise the risk of heart attack […]
April 29th, 2008 amy
Duragesic (fentanyl) pain patches can be a godsend to adults suffering from breakthrough cancer pain. However, for teens, the patch can be deadly. Several teenagers and children have died as a result of using these patches, the medication in which is in the same class as heroin.
The website lawyersandsettlements.com recently reported on yet another recent […]
April 28th, 2008 joshua
Actavis Totowa, a U.S. manufacturer for the generic drug maker Actavis Group, is initializing a Class I nationwide recall of Digitek (digoxin tablets, USP, all strengths) for oral use. The products are distributed by Mylan Pharmaceuticals under a “Bertek” label and by UDL Laboratories under a “UDL” label.
The tablets, according to a company release, are […]
April 28th, 2008 amy
Next week Baxter International’s CEO Robert Parkinson is scheduled to testify, along with Food and Drug Administration drug unit chief Janet Woodcock, on the contaminated heparin that has killed at least 81 people.
A U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing next Tuesday called “The Heparin Disaster: Chinese Counterfeits […]
April 28th, 2008 amy
Bayer AG faces 78 lawsuits linked to its dangerous drug Trasylol, used to stem bleeding during open heart surgery, which has been linked to a higher risk of kidney damage and death. In November, the Germany-based drugmaker temporary suspended global marketing of Trasylol after preliminary results from a Canadian study linked its use to the […]
April 25th, 2008 amy
The American government is once again doing what it does best: pointing fingers and placing blame. This week it’s all about the deadly heparin no one wants to take responsibility for.
Reuters reports that a U.S. commerce official said today that China did not have the ability or will to regulate its economy properly, allowing […]
