Posts tagged dangerous drugs

• Friday Legal & Safety News Roundup: February 10, 2012

  Brett Emison | February 10, 2012 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Legal and safety news from around the internet that caught my attention this week: Justice Kennedy As Healthcare Swing Vote: Which Way Will He Go? [Lee Pacchia at Bloomberg Law] ...

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

  Brett Emison | December 02, 2011 10:29 AM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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...

• Doctors Paid Millions To Promote Drugs and Medical Devices

  Brett Emison | September 29, 2011 11:25 AM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The Chicago Tribune reported that drug companies paid more than $25 million to Illinois doctors to promote and use drugs from the pharmaceutical companies. Nearly 40 physicians got payments and...

• Antidepressants Raise Risk Of Bleeding, Birth Defects

  Brett Emison | September 28, 2011 11:25 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A new report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal showed a risk of bleeding associated with the combined use of antidepressant medications using selective serotonin reuptake...

• Actos Following in Avandia’s Troubled Footsteps

  Brett Emison | September 06, 2011 11:15 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Since the late 1990s, two diabetes drugs have dominated that market. Avandia (Rosiglitazone) and Actos (Pioglitazone) are both members of the drug family thiazolidinediones, (TZDs) which lower blood...

• PPHN, PFC, and SSRI Drugs (Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Etc.)

  Brett Emison | August 31, 2011 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Fortunately, most people do not know what the acronyms in this title mean. To many readers, these acronyms will be only gibberish letters. However, far too many mothers and children know exactly...

• Did You Know... Diabetes Drug Actos Has Been Linked To Bladder Cancer?

  Brett Emison | August 29, 2011 11:04 AM | 8 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Many people taking the diabetes medication, Actos, may not realize that studies have linked prolonged use of Actos with bladder cancer. An FDA study released in June examines a suspected link...

• Did You Know... Insulin Pumps Can be Hacked?

  Brett Emison | August 22, 2011 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In an odd mixture of science fiction and medical terror, it has been publicized recently that insulin pumps can be hacked through currently available technology. Living with diabetes and an insulin...

• Antidepressants Under Fire as SSRI Linked To Birth Defects

  Brett Emison | July 26, 2011 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Antidepressants have become a troubling subject when it comes to youngsters and teens. Now, some mothers are unfortunately delivering children with birth defects connected to taking drugs called...

• Beyaz vs. Yaz: What’s the Difference?

  Brett Emison | July 15, 2011 10:55 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The short answer is, unfortunately, not much. I have blogged extensively about Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella and the risks they pose to the women who take them. The primary problem with this class of...