FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Actos® Suits Increasing Dramatically

  Greg Webb | December 07, 2011 5:36 PM | 4 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., the Japanese drug company, is being sued by more Actos® users whose treatment for diabetes may cause bladder cancer, but marketing of Actos continues in the U.S....

• Tylenol / Acetaminophen Liver Damage Lawsuits

  Shezad Malik MD JD | December 07, 2011 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  Tylenol is a North American brand of drugs advertised for reducing pain, reducing fever, and relieving the symptoms of allergies, cold, cough, and flu. The active ingredient, acetaminophen...

• Yaz Side Effects: FDA Wants More Studies And Warning About Blood Clots

  Brett Emison | December 07, 2011 10:26 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  An FDA advisory panel will meet on Thursday (Dec. 8, 2011) to review studies regarding risk of abnormal blood clots associated with birth control pills. The Agency published a report in...

• When Prescription Drug Patents Expire, the Market Is Flooded With Generics

  Jim Lewis | December 06, 2011 11:58 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Millions of people use prescription medications daily for a wide array health issues from asthma to high cholesterol to migraines. And the cost of those medicines is about plummet. When drug...

• FDA Investigates YAZ and Yasmin

  Shezad Malik MD JD | December 06, 2011 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  Medical research has demonstrated that newer birth control formulations containing a synthetic new progestin, Drospirenone, are more likely to cause venous thromboembolism (VTE) blood clots than...

• Yaz Generic Vestura: New Name, Same Dangerous Side Effects

  Brett Emison | December 06, 2011 11:20 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO

  For more than two years, I have been documenting the dangerous - sometimes deadly - side effects of Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella. Despite these concerns, the FDA recently approved a generic form of...

• CBS: DePuy Hip Causing Lasting Problems for Patients

  Jamie Sheller | December 06, 2011 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  CBS Philadelphia's Stephanie Stahl talks with Jamie Sheller and investigates growing concerns over the DePuy ASR hip implant, a lack of federal oversight and asks Why were so many people...

• Generic Yaz, Vestura Birth Control Approved

  Shezad Malik MD JD | December 04, 2011 1:25 AM | 1 CommentFort Worth, TX

  Another generic birth control pill based on Yaz has been approved by the FDA, despite concerns that the pill may increase the risk of blood clots including deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary...

• Actos Bladder Cancer Statute of Limitations

  Shezad Malik MD JD | December 03, 2011 1:19 AM | 1 CommentFort Worth, TX

  The use of Actos, a popular diabetic drug, is associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer. If you have developed bladder cancer as a result of using the drug Actos, then you need to...

• Bloomberg News: 10,000 Potential Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits

  Brett Emison | December 02, 2011 10:29 AM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Bloomberg news reported yesterday that Japanese drug maker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., may face 10,000 Actos bladder cancer lawsuits. Since the late 1990s, two diabetes drugs have dominated...