Posts tagged war

• Chantix: Why the Rush?

  Armand Rossetti | November 16, 2008 3:43 PM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In May 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer’s Chantix (varenicline tartrate), a smoking cessation drug. Reportedly under priority review, the FDA had cut the usual...

• Connecting the dots: Reasons why fluoroquinolones such as Levaquin destroy connective tissue matrices found in tendons all over the body

  Armand Rossetti | November 14, 2008 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Sometimes searching for information has to occur outside the box. For example, who would have thought that a scholarly paper about eye drops would contain information central to understanding how...

• Regranex Gel (becaplermin): Is It Too Risky to Use?

  Armand Rossetti | November 11, 2008 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Regranex is a prescription gel that diabetic patients apply directly to foot and leg ulcers. On June 6, 2008, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a follow up communication about their...

• An Aspirin is an Aspirin; Or is It?

  Armand Rossetti | October 28, 2008 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Today, the FDA released informatioin concerning Bayer HealthCare and its illigal marketing of two aspirin based drugs: Bayer Aspirin with Heart Advantage and Bayer Women's Low Dose Aspirin +...

• Recall: Medtronic Reports Problems with IsoMed and Synchromed Intraspinal Pain Pumps

  Armand Rossetti | October 27, 2008 5:18 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Medtronic’s SynchroMed and IsoMed intraspinal pain pumps consist of an abdominally implanted drug fluid reservoir equipped with a catheter. The catheter leads to and a tip, which the surgeon...

• The Long Journey to the Aftermath of Pain Pump Induced Shoulder Joint Chondrolysis

  Armand Rossetti | October 06, 2008 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Several companies, including Stryker, BREG, Inc., I-Flowand DJO, Inc. have manufactured and distributed high volume pain pumps. During surgery and for up to three days post, surgeons may use a...

• Study Suggests that Energy Drinks Should Have Warning Labels

  Brian W. Smith | September 30, 2008 12:40 PM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Popular energy drinks can contain dangerous levels of caffeine and should be labeled so as to warn consumers of the potential for caffeine intoxication. That's the recommendation of scientists and...

• Recalled Pet Food Could Sicken Humans as Well

  Brian W. Smith | September 18, 2008 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsTallahassee, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Mars Petcare has recalled pet food products manufactured at its Everson, Pa., facility because of a potential salmonella contamination. The pet food is being voluntarily recalled because of...