Posts tagged pain pump

• Drug and Medical Device Manufacturers: "It is someone else's fault"

  John Hopkins | September 03, 2009 10:59 AM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A responsible FDA has brought a drug manufacturer to justice. The FDA has settled with Pfizer over its off label and deceptive marketing of the drug Bextra; $2.3 billion in fines and penalties....

• Medical Device Makers Oppose Regulation for Consumer Safety

  John Hopkins | November 30, 2010 1:56 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Minnesota is a great state. The state is simply beautiful and the people are friendly. One of the things they do in Minnesota is produce medical devices. The medical device manufacturers add...

• FDA Warns About Pain Pumps -- Manufacturers Knew

  John Hopkins | November 16, 2009 9:14 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Sometimes law and science do not make close bed fellows; particularly where one or the other is trying to understand their respective meaning. The FDA has come forward to warn about continuous...

• 2008 Stanford Study Proves Injectable Pain Medicine from Pain Pumps Kill Tissue

  Cal Warriner | September 02, 2008 6:10 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A very recent laboratory study conducted at Stanford University heavily suggests that common anesthetics used in pain pumps cause significant tissue destruction. The study, prompted by poor outcomes...

• FDA "Quickie" Approval Process -- What is it and does it work?

  Brenda Fulmer | September 29, 2011 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) is the agency that regulates medical devices that are introduced into the United States marketplace. The FDA regulates these devices by...

• Evidence in Pain Pump Cases Supports Jury Verdicts

  John Hopkins | April 05, 2010 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. (Mahatma Ghandi) So has gone the trials involving pain pump cases. In these...

• Evidence of Pain Pump Induced Knee Injuries Continues to Mount -- Part III

  Cal Warriner | March 04, 2010 9:27 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  In the summer of 2009, Dr. Fester (Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Ohio) and Dr. Noyes (Cincinnati Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center) published the first report in the medical literature...

• Evidence of Pain Pump Induced Knee Injuries Continues to Mount -- Part II

  Cal Warriner | March 03, 2010 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery published the second major article noting a link between chondrolysis in the knee and intra-articular use of pain pumps. The report entitled Rapid Chondrolysis...

• Evidence of Pain Pump Induced Knee Injuries Continues to Mount

  Cal Warriner | March 02, 2010 8:35 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In June of 2009, a study was published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine documenting three patients who developed chondrolysis of the knee following use of intra-articular pain pumps and...

• FDA Announces February Public Meeting

  Cal Warriner | February 01, 2010 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA recently announced plans to hold a public meeting entitled “Strengthening the Center for Devices and Radiological Health’s 510(k) Review Process.” The FDA is hoping to use...