Posts tagged recall

• Sudden Deaths From Darvocet Without Overdose

  Joe Saunders | November 24, 2010 5:01 PM | 17 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA recall of Darvocet and Darvon which are the trade names for propoxyphene was long overdue. These drugs have been on the market for over 50 years. The FDA memorandum dated November 19, 2010...

• How much stress can a Suzuki GSX-R1000 motorcycle frame take? (Part II)

  Armand Rossetti | February 17, 2009 5:14 PM | 3 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  According to Total Motorcycle Website, the entire 2006 Suzuki GSX-R1000 (gixer) motorcycle weighs only 365 lbs.; that's only twice the weight of the average gixer rider. When Suzuki introduced the...

• Recall of Digitek (Digoxin Tablets)

  Brenda Fulmer | May 08, 2008 3:39 PM | 3 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA and Actavis Totowa recently announced the recall of Digitek (digoxin) tablets due to manufacturing defects that caused the pills to contain excessive doses of the drug which can lead to toxic reactions, especially in patients with kidney problems.

• DePuy ASR Hip Recall Lawsuit Attorneys in Court

  Joe Saunders | November 19, 2010 9:02 AM | 2 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The first major hearing on the individual lawsuits and class action lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson for the recall of the DePuy ASR XL hip implants took place in Durham, North Carolina on...

• I-Flow Corporation Versus the FDA: Touche!

  Armand Rossetti | February 13, 2009 3:15 PM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  On December 22, 2008 the FDA sent a 483 Warning Letter to I-Flow Corporation, manufacturer of the ON-Q pain pump. The Warning Letter stated numerous manufacturing and related violations, and the FDA...

• Plastic bottles recalled due to safety concerns

  Joseph Bernardo | April 25, 2008 2:45 PM | 2 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Nalgene bottles with BPA are being recalled over safety concerns. Wouldn't it be nice to see companies studying these issues sufficiently before shoving their product into the stream of commerce and...

• 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...

• Zimmer Knee Implant Cases Spur Lawsuit Against Attorneys

  Joe Saunders | March 08, 2011 10:03 PM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A lawsuit filed February 16, 2011 by Zimmer, an orthopaedic device manufacturer, against consumer justice attorneys raises some interesting questions about defective or recalled products litigation...

• DePuy Recalls Hip Replacement Implants With High Failure Rate

  Joe Saunders | August 26, 2010 6:00 PM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Johnson & Johnson, which owns DePuy Orthopedics, recalled thousands of its ASR model hip replacements today. Back in March of 2010, the New York Times reported that the FDA had received over 300...