http://www.druginjuryblog.com Brought to you by Parker Waichman Alonso LLP Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:20:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Women taking a certain type of ulcer drugs may have a higher risk of hip fractures later in life, according to research done in the U.S. That risk appears to increase even more if they smoke. The study published in the British Medical Journal links bone fractures in smokers to ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2012/02/02/study-links-ppis-to-hip-fractures-in-post-menopausal-women/ The UK’s biggest drug maker agreed last month to resolve more than 20,000 cases alleging Avandia can cause heart attacks, according to a lawyer for plaintiffs in the case. The company had already agreed to pay $700 million to settle more than 15,000 patients’ claims that Avandia caused heart ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2012/02/02/glaxo-settles-more-avandia-lawsuits/ New research indicates that pregnant women with HIV can avoid passing the virus along to their babies by taking antiretroviral drugs. Unfortunately, those antiretroviral drugs could cause some birth defects, including cleft lip and palate. The drugs have been found to reduce the risk of mothers passing HIV onto their newborns ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2012/02/01/antiretrovirals-to-prevent-fetal-hiv-transmission-linked-to-oral-clefts/ Drug maker Pfizer is recalling one million packages of the popular birth control drugs Lo/Ovral-28 tablets and 14 lots of generic Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets because of a packaging error. Women taking the mislabeled contraceptive pills are at risk for taking an inadequate dose of the drug, which would ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2012/02/01/birth-control-pills-recalled-by-pfizer/ Children taking a common drug for the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) should be warned about the risk of suicidal thoughts, according to U.S. pediatric health advisers. Several members of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee asked the agency on Monday to change the label for the ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2012/02/01/adhd-drug-may-cause-suicidal-thoughts/ Cephalon Inc. has issued a recall on a Lot of its Treanda injection drug due to the presence of particulate matter in vials identified as glass. According to a recalls statement from pharmaceutical firm Cephalon, Treanda® (bendamustine HCL) for Injection 25mg/8mL is included. It has a Lot code of TB30111 and ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2012/01/31/cephalon-issues-recall-on-treanda-injections-due-to-presence-of-glass-in-vials/ Despite being warned not to, doctors continue to inject a steroid manufactured by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in a way they are not supposed to. Physicians were warned after the drug maker received reports of patients dying or becoming paralyzed after receiving the shot. The label to the steroid Kenalog was changed ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2012/01/27/kenalog-deaths-tied-to-misuse/ The Food and Drug Administration is drafting rules on how pharmaceutical companies can interact with the public via social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. According to the online journal American Medical News, the FDA rules discourage pharmaceutical companies from dispensing any advice through these public streams, specifically identifying suggestions or ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2012/01/27/fda-proposes-rules-for-pharmaceuticals-on-facebook-twitter/ Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Sanofi Aventis have been filed by 72 consumers all claiming they suffered strokes and heart attacks as results of taking the company’s drug Plavix. The drug was once considered a “super aspirin,” capable of preventing heart attacks and strokes, but now the medication is known for ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2012/01/25/massive-plavix-lawsuit-filed-by-72-consumers/ Pfizer has asked that all lawsuits claiming its antidepressant drug Zoloft was responsible for birth defects be consolidated as part of Multidistrict Litigation in a centralized court. According to a report at AboutLawsuits.com, the pharmaceutical giant filed its motion to consolidate the lawsuits as part of MDL in U.S. District Court ... http://www.druginjuryblog.com/2012/01/25/pfizer-asks-for-consolidation-of-zoloft-birth-defects-lawsuits/