Posts tagged pain

• Unfair Compensations Caps in the Vaccine Program

  David Carney | August 31, 2011 1:20 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Additional unfairness in the Vaccine Program stems from the amount of compensation that can be awarded to petitioners. The Vaccine program provides two different caps on the compensation amounts....

• FDA Warns of Transvaginal Mesh Device’s Serious Health Dangers

  Jamie Sheller | July 14, 2011 1:08 PM | 1 CommentPhiladelphia, PA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday issued a warning that urges patients and their doctors to consider alternative treatments to use of surgical mesh in certain transvaginal procedures....

• Hydrocodine Birth Defects

  Michael Monheit | July 06, 2011 8:55 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A study published in the March issue of American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, found that Opioid painkillers, such as hydrocodone or oxycodone (Oxycontin), taken shortly before or early...