Texas updates in category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

A federal judge in Indiana has vacated his previous ruling that wrongful death claims brought against the makers of Paxil were preempted by federal regulations. This reversal will now allow...

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Congestive heart failure (CHF), or heart failure, is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to the body's other organs. Abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) are sequences of...

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I read an interesting article in The Brownsville Herald that says physicians aren’t worrying so much about the proposed label warning and still plan on prescribing them. They say that if used both...

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Research is showing that patients with chronic asthma who take the medication Serevent on a daily basis are at an increased risk for serious adverse effects. A 12-week review of 32 clinical trials...

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Wyeth has settled lawsuits with two women who developed breast cancers. The drug maker of Premarin and Prempro is facing more than 5,000 lawsuits. Hormone replacement therapy is used to treat...

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After my last two blogs about Cipro and Levaquin side effects, you guys have responded with an overwhelming amount of feedback. After reading all of your replies, it definitely seems like something...

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Last week the FDA announced that fluoroquinolone antimicrobial drugs, like Levaquin and Cipro, would now carry the agency’s strictest warning. Antimicrobial drugs are used to treat or prevent...

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Last week we blogged about Cipro and Levequin, two antibiotics that have been known to cause some pretty bad side effects. The FDA released a statement on July 8, that requested black box warnings...

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A former wall street banker is claiming that he lost $3 million from compulsive gambling caused by the drug Mirapex and is suing 3 drug companies as a result. The lawsuit was filed in New York...

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A second baby has died at Christus Spohn South this week after an error in overdosing the drug, Heparin, by the hospital's pharmacy. The second baby was the twin sister of the first infant who died...

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Yesterday as the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs was holding a hearing on why veterans were being given the “suicide-inducing drug” Chantix, an Alabama attorney was busy filing the first...

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A new report from the Washington Times today claims that former Veterans' Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi called on his friends at the VA for answers concerning Pfizer’s smoking cessation...

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The FDA has announced that it will be seeking to add black box warning to Cipro and Levaquin. Both are antibiotics that are used to treat bacterial infections. Apparently, each carries a risk of...

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CNN News has reported that Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas has confirmed the death of a seven day old baby in their neonatal intensive care unit yesterday morning. The infant was...

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In a press conference earlier this evening, Spohn CEO Bruce Holstein acknowledged "something went terribly wrong." Breaking news by local TV station KIII confirmed that one of the 14 infants...

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