- Peter Wetherall | August 26, 2008 10:35 PM | Las Vegas, NV
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
An FDA MedWatch Alert released Thursday, August 21, informed healthcare professionals that the FDA is investigating a report from the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) trial of a...
- Peter Wetherall | August 26, 2008 8:33 PM | Las Vegas, NV
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Last week, physicians came to the aid of Plaintiff's lawyers, citizens of Clark County and the American consumer of prescription medication. The editors of the New England Journal of Medicine...
- Peter Wetherall | August 21, 2008 8:43 AM | Las Vegas, NV
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Nearly all published literature on neurolepticdrugs documents that akathasia is the most common type of extrapyramidalsymptom resulting from the use of metoclopramide. What is akathasia? It is...
- Peter Wetherall | August 20, 2008 8:42 AM | Las Vegas, NV
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The “Warnings” section of themetoclopramide label contains a discussion of the possible side effects ofextrapyramidal symptoms. It reads: WARNINGS: Extrapyramidalsymptoms, manifested primarily as...
- Peter Wetherall | August 18, 2008 6:39 PM | Las Vegas, NV
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Allmanufacturers and distributors of prescription pharmaceutical products in theUnited States who hold an approved New Drug Application (hereinafter “NDA”) oran Abbreviated New Drug Application...
- Peter Wetherall | August 14, 2008 4:16 PM | Las Vegas, NV
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The FDA recently posted a list of 35 drugs that required safety labeling changes.http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2008/jul08_quickview.htm Readers know recent blogs discuss several unsafe drugs,...
- Peter Wetherall | August 09, 2008 2:46 AM | Las Vegas, NV
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Diana Levine's arm was amputated after she developed gangrene from an injection of Wyeth's anti-nausea drug Phenergan. This week a brief was filed on Ms. Levine's behalf with the United States...
- Peter Wetherall | August 01, 2008 11:01 AM | Las Vegas, NV
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Our last blog entry discussed a severe neurological condition a person can get when ingesting Reglan (or its generic metoclopramide). If you read our other blog entries, you know this condition is...
- Peter Wetherall | July 31, 2008 10:26 PM | Las Vegas, NV
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Recently, our firm achieved the largest personal injury verdict in the history of the state ($134M) against drug-maker Wyeth for three women who proved to a jury that their breast cancer was caused...