Posts tagged side effects

• Pradaxa Overdose and Hemorrhages Report

  Shezad Malik MD JD | April 07, 2012 12:00 PM | 1 CommentFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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...

• Xarelto Treats Pulmonary Embolism With Less Bleeding

  Shezad Malik MD JD | April 02, 2012 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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...

• Pradaxa Bleeding Risk, Doctors Need More Side Effect Information

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 11, 2012 7:16 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bleeding side effects in patients treated with dabigatran (Pradaxa) have led a group of New Zealand hematologists to sound the alarm and call for better prescriber education. The...

• First Pradaxa Side Effects Lawsuits Filed

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 10, 2012 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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 Hemorrhage Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 05, 2012 10:15 PM | 1 CommentFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A Tennessee woman died allegedly from Pradaxa, and the family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit over Pradaxa against Boehringer Ingelheim. The lawsuit claims that the drug maker failed to...

• Pradaxa Bleeding Risk Increased When Compared to Older Anticoagulants

  Shezad Malik MD JD | February 19, 2012 9:29 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A new medical study indicates that side effects of Pradaxa, may increase the risk of bleeding events even more than warfarin, the drug it was designed to replace. Kansas researchers...

• Xarelto Similar Bleeding Problems Like Pradaxa

  Shezad Malik MD JD | February 15, 2012 9:40 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A new medical study has found that the anti-clotting drug Xarelto could have less of a risk of causing a stroke than older blood thinners, but the drug appears to share of the same risks as...

• Novartis Gilenya MS drug investigated after 11 deaths

  Shezad Malik MD JD | January 22, 2012 7:57 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A multiple sclerosis drug made by pharmaceutical giant Novartis is under intense investigation after at least 11 patients taking the medicine died. The drug, Gilenya, was licensed in 2010 in...

• Do You Have A Pradaxa Lawsuit?

  Shezad Malik MD JD | January 13, 2012 2:36 PM | 1 CommentFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  According to experts, the new blood thinner Pradaxa has been linked to an increased risk of serious life-threatening bleeding. Now many experts are questioning its safety. More than 500...

• Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft Cancer Concerns

  Shezad Malik MD JD | November 08, 2011 8:00 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  According to the findings of a new medical study, presented at the North American Spine Society, Medtronic’s Infuse bone graft product maybe linked to an increased risk of cancer. There is...