Posts tagged defective drugs

• Paxil class-action suit settles for $64 million

  Staff Writer | May 26, 2007 8:46 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  GlaxoSmithKline settled for $64 million over a class-action lawsuit by parents whose children used antidepressant drug Paxil, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.The defective drug Paxil has reportedly caused a significant increase in suicidal thinking in children and young people taking the drug for depression. There have also been suicides reported among those in this age group taking...

• Genetech Updating Rituxan Label After Patient Death

  Chrissie Cole | September 15, 2008 2:24 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Genetech notified healthcare professionals of revisions to the prescribing information on the drug Rituxan after a woman who was treated with it died from a brain infection, according to the Food...

• Popular heartburn drugs linked to greater C. diff risk

  Jeremy Thurman | December 21, 2005 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Watch out for heartburn as you eat away over the holidays. People on popular prescription heartburn drugs - Prilosec, Prevacid and Nexium - and some over-the-counter versions seem more prone to getting a potentially dangerous diarrhea caused by the bug Clostridium difficile, new research shows. C. diff, as it's known, can cause severe diarrhea and crampy intestinal inflammation called colitis....

• Certain Zicam OTC Products Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | June 17, 2009 8:33 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers to avoid using certain over-the-counter Zicam products, after receiving 130 reports of loss of sense of smell associated with...

• Missouri judge to approve Paxil settlement

  Staff Writer | April 27, 2007 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a judge said yesterday that he plans to approve a $64 million class-action settlement between Paxil manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline and parents whose children took the drug for depression.The news story reports:Paxil was once touted as an answer to teen depression. It was later thought to have increased the risk of suicidal thinking in young people, some of...

• Pre-Colonoscopy Bowel Preparations Said to Cause Kidney Damage

  Denise A. Rubin | December 27, 2005 1:46 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons has recently reported 21 cases of acute kidney failure from some of the bowel-cleansing preparations some of which are sold over-the-counter for use on the night prior to colonoscopy. In an article on December 27, 2005, the New York Times reports that the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons has recently reported 21 cases of acute kidney...

• Three Deaths Linked To Psoriasis Drug Raptiva

  Chrissie Cole | February 20, 2009 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA has received three reports of death from progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) associated with the Psoriasis drug, Raptiva. A fourth case is being looked at as well. PML is a...

• Regranex Use May Increase Risk of Cancer

  Chrissie Cole | March 30, 2008 8:44 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is researching data that shows an increased risk of cancer, in diabetic patients who use Regranex Topical Gel (becaplermin) for the treatment of foot and leg ulcers.The FDA received information from a study that was performed to investigate the possibility of increased cancer risk in connection with use of Regranex.The study was based on diabetic...

• FDA Issues Alert on Tussionex

  Chrissie Cole | March 11, 2008 12:37 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA has issued a safety alert regarding the proper use of Tussionex Extended-Release Suspension, a potent long acting prescription cough medication, following several reports of adverse events - including death - associated with inappropriate use.The medication contains hydrocodone (a narcotic) and chlorpheniramine (an antihistamine) and is prescribed for use in adults and children six years...

• FDA Warns of Contaminated Syringes

  Chrissie Cole | January 25, 2008 12:38 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a nationwide drug recall of all lots of heparin and saline pre-filled flush syringes manufactured by AM2 PAT, Inc. under the brand name(s) Sierra Pre-filled, Inc. and B. Braun. The recall was announced after samples tested positive for Serratia marcescens, a bacterium that can cause death and serious injury. Serratia marcescens has been...