Posts tagged war

• Warfarin Cheaper and Safer than Pradaxa

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 30, 2012 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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...

• Pradaxa Bleeding Warning Kidney Problems

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 22, 2012 2:58 PM | 2 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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...

• Pradaxa Report Brain Hemorrhage Risks

  Shezad Malik MD JD | March 07, 2012 8:49 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  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...

• Heart Rhythm Drug Multaq May Cause Liver Failure

  Scott Kappes | March 29, 2011 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA and Sanofi-Aventis, the makers of the arterial fibrillation drug Multaq, have issued a warning for potential liver damage in patients taking the medication. Patients taking Multaq are...

• Schwarz Pharma To Pay $22M In False Claims Settlement

  Chrissie Cole | April 29, 2010 1:11 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Schwarz Pharma Inc., a unit of Belgium's UCB SA, has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve allegations that it claimed federal reimbursements for unapproved medications, say federal...

• Dennis Quaid: “Frontman” for a Campaign to Improve Patient Care

  Beth Janicek | April 14, 2010 1:53 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In November 2007, Dennis Quaid’s 10 day old twins were given an adult dose of the blood thinner heparin at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, which essentially turned their blood to...

• Plavix Gets Black Box Warning

  Scott Kappes | March 18, 2010 3:23 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On March 12, 2010 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that the blockbuster anti-clotting drug Plavix will now carry the agency’s strongest warning. The FDA said that they are...

• Safe Driving Tips During Our Flash Flood Watch

  Beth Janicek | January 15, 2010 5:07 PM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  If you are anywhere in the central Texas area, chances are you’ve been hit by hard rain. San Antonio has been drenched by record rainfall and powerful thunderstorms that has left much of...

• Jury Awards 10 million in Heparin Case

  Beth Janicek | July 04, 2009 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In Houston, Texas, a jury recently awarded 10 million in a medical malpractice case against Methodist Hospital and the doctors who treated John German. He sustained an amputation of his left leg...

• Pharmaceutical company claims controversial laxatives are safe

  Beth Janicek | July 01, 2009 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Six months ago, the pharmaceutical company C.B. Fleet pulled two laxative drugs from store shelves. Now, according to the Lynchburg (VA) News and Advance, the company is seeking to reintroduce...