Dangerous Drugs
FDA recalls Valsartan – Antihypertensive drug
Valsartan is mainly used for treatment of high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, and after a heart attack. The FDA has announced a recall of several drugs that contain the heart drug valsartan because a possible carcinogen NDMA (N-Nitrosodimethylamine) that was found in the recalled products. NDMA, which was found in the valsartan products, could...
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Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics are linked to Mental Health Side Effects
FDA posted a label changes request for FLQ on July 10th of 2018. FLQs such as Levaquin, Cipro, Avelox and others can cause the following side effects: disturbances in attention disorientation agitation nervousness memory impairment serious disturbances in mental abilities called delirium. “FDA is strengthening the current warnings in the prescribing information that fluoroquinolone antibiotics...
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Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Drug Reports Deaths Spark
A new medication called Nuplazid, made by San Diego-based Acadia Pharmaceuticals had been designated a “breakthrough therapy” – meaning that it demonstrated “substantial improvement” in patients with serious or life-threatening diseases compared to treatments already on the market. The physician who led the FDA’s medical review, Dr. Paul Andreason, warned that patients taking the drug...
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Pelvic Mesh $12.5M Settlement
Judge Approves $12.5 Million Settlement for 4,000 Caldera Pelvic Mesh Claims. The plaintiff attorneys recovered $670,020 in fees, less than 6% of the total settlement fund.
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America’s Painkiller Addiction
Chicago Accuses Johnson & Johnson and Others of Causing America’s Painkiller Addiction. The city of Chicago has filed a scathing 126-page lawsuit against five major pharmaceutical companies that it says are directly responsible for the dramatic rise in America’s addiction to opiate drugs. The suit alleges ten counts of fraud, conspiracy, unjust enrichment, insurance fraud,...
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