FDA & Prescription Drugs - Last 90 Days

• FDA panel votes to eliminate Vicodin, Percocet

  Brandy Miller | April 30, 2012 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin...

• Pradaxa Bleeding Warning Kidney Problems

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 22, 2012 2:58 PM | 2 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  Canadian health regulators have added new label warnings to Pradaxa, the new blood thinner. The Pradaxa warnings were announced on March 16, and recommend that all patients should have their...

• First Pradaxa Side Effects Lawsuits Filed

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 10, 2012 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  The first three federal Pradaxa injury and death cases in the United States were recently filed. The first three landmark federal court Pradaxa lawsuits filed this week include: Lege et al...

• Pradaxa Overdose and Hemorrhages Report

  Shezad Malik MD JD | April 07, 2012 12:00 PM | 1 CommentFort Worth, TX

  The blood thinner Pradaxa, (subject of 6 wrongful death US lawsuits), according to a new FDA report, may have been responsible for another 117 deaths during the second quarter of...

• Warfarin Cheaper and Safer than Pradaxa

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 30, 2012 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  Recent medical research indicates that Coumadin and its generic version, warfarin, are highly effective in preventing strokes. Pradaxa, a newer anticoagulant is attempting to gain market share...

• Xarelto Treats Pulmonary Embolism With Less Bleeding

  Shezad Malik MD JD | April 02, 2012 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  According to a new medical study Johnson & Johnson’s blood thinner Xarelto worked as well as standard treatment in preventing the recurrence of blood clots in the lung (known as...

• Merck Reports 950 NuvaRing Lawsuits

  Shezad Malik MD JD | April 14, 2012 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  According to Merck & Co., Inc. form 10-K annual report for the fiscal year 2011, published on February 28th, approximately 950 NuvaRing lawsuits were pending as of Dec. 31st 2011. Beginning...

• New FDA Warnings For Celexa Heart Rhythm Risks

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 31, 2012 2:31 AM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  Federal drug regulators are expanding the warnings over the potential heart risks of Celexa, with new dosing instructions for the elderly and people with liver problems. The FDA issued a...

• Zoloft Birth Defect Lawsuits Update

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 28, 2012 3:18 PM | 1 CommentFort Worth, TX

  Pfizer, faces at least 95 Zoloft lawsuits filed in 16 different federal district courts by families of children born with severe birth defects or malformations after being exposed to their...

• Pradaxa Report Brain Hemorrhage Risks

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 07, 2012 8:49 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  Are you taking Pradaxa? If so, are you playing Russian Roulette with a potentially lethal drug? Is it the case of Heads you lose, Tails you lose? Taking your life into your hands should not come...