Posts tagged drug

• Prescription Drug Consumers Flying Without a Net

  Cal Warriner | April 11, 2012 4:14 PM | 4 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Most consumers of drugs and medical devices fill their prescriptions trusting that a virtual mass of protection is built in to the drug approval process. While everyone knows that no drug is...

• Caveat Emptor -- Do You KNow Where Your Drugs Come From?

  Cal Warriner | April 06, 2012 7:55 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Forget the ongoing debate about whether FDA oversight of new drugs and medical devices provides consumers that “safety net” we all depend upon. Once a drug is approved, where is it...

• Wright Medical Modular Neck Fracture Hip Implant Lawsuit Filed

  Joe Saunders | February 22, 2012 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Today Saunders & Walker participated in the filing of a lawsuit in Phoenix Arizona involving the Wright ProFemur Total Hip System. This is a different type of hip implant lawsuit than most in...

• Scary Side Effects for Popular Prescription Medications

  Ed Normand | February 22, 2012 9:04 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Most people accept the fact that there are side effects for almost all prescription medications. Often, these side effects are minor or only effect a small percentage of the population. But...

• Pelvic Mesh Implant Lawsuits Move Forward in Courts

  Joe Saunders | February 08, 2012 9:28 PM | 2 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Products liability lawsuits against three different manufacturers of transvaginal surgical mesh devices were assigned to a single federal judge in a multidistrict litigation proceeding this...

• Thousands of Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits Expected

  Joe Saunders | January 29, 2012 10:04 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In anticipation of a wave of lawsuits, the federal courts have issued an order coordinating the Actos bladder cancer lawsuits before one judge in the United States District Court for the...

• Actos Users at Risk for Bladder Cancer

  Joe Saunders | December 18, 2011 9:07 PM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The diabetes drug Actos has been associated with bladder cancer and the FDA has now required the manufacturer to provide warnings of this risk. Prior to 2011 Actos manufacturer Takeda...

• How Many Times Must A Naughty Pharmaceutical Company Be Scolded?

  Brenda Fulmer | October 24, 2011 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  For Pfizer, apparently, quite a few. As a parent, if we I am not able to quickly redirect inappropriate behavior from my child, I have learned to choose other methods. With the pharmaceutical...

• Finally! FDA to Review Safety Concerns of Yaz, Yasmin, Ocell and Other Contraceptives

  Brenda Fulmer | October 05, 2011 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  More than two years after the British Medical Journal published its first articles urging patients not to take certain birth control products; the Food & Drug Administration has decided to...

• Initial Studies: FDA Confirms Increased Risk of Clots with Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella

  Brenda Fulmer | October 03, 2011 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In May, we reported recent medical studies found that the latest generation of birth control pills, Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella (drospirenone-containing drugs), placed women at a higher risk of blood...