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Smoking Cessation Drugs Chantix, Wellbutrin, And Zyban Are Getting New "Black-Box" Warning

Posted on July 01, 2009
Will Warn About Risk Of Serious Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Including Agitation, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, And Attempted Suicide (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On July 1, 2009 the FDA issued a Public Health Advisory about Chantix (varenicline) as well as Wellbutrin...

Brandname Accutane Acne Medicine Is Being Removed From U.S. Market By Roche

Posted on June 28, 2009
Accutane Recall Due To Safety Issues Or Declining Sales Or Lawsuit Losses Or Some Combination Of These Factors? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On June 26, 2009 we learned from a Blooomberg news report, "Roche Pulls Accutane Off Market...

Generic Drug Maker Caraco Fails To Correct Manufacturing Problems First Discovered In May 2008

Posted on June 26, 2009
FDA And U.S. Marshals Seize Drug Products From Caraco?s Three Michigan Facilities Due To Continuing Lack Of Quality Controls (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On June 25, 2009 the FDA issued a press release, "U.S. Marshals Seize Drug Products...

Merck's Popular Asthma Drug Singulair Associated With Suicide And Depression

Posted on June 23, 2009
FDA Has Gone From "No Link" In January 2009 To Wanting An Increased Warning About These Neuropsychiatric Events In June 2009 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On June 12, 2009 the FDA announced that Singulair (montelukast) as well as...

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Gardasil Vaccine Associated With 28 Deaths In 2008 According To Judicial Watch Report

Posted on June 23, 2009
This Public Interest Group Reviewed Gardasil Cases Found In FDA?s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) According to the Gardasil web site: GARDASIL is the only cervical cancer vaccine that helps protect against 4...

Relatively Little Is Known About Long-Term Safety Of Bisphosphonates Such As Fosamax, Boniva, Actonel

Posted on June 19, 2009
Doctors Should Inform Their Patients About Potential Serious Side Effects Like Osteonecrosis Of The Jaw And Femur Fractures (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The rather alerting headline above comes from an article, "Osteoporosis treatments and adverse events", which was...

June 18 Congressional Subcommittee Meeting About Medical Device Safety Act of 2009

Posted on June 17, 2009
This Bill, If Passed, Would Restore An Injured Patient's Right To Sue A Medical Device Manufacturer By Reversing Riegel v. Medtronic Ruling (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On June 18, 2009 the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and...

Medication Errors Are One Of The Most Common Medical Mistakes, But Number Can Be Reduced

Posted on June 16, 2009
Two Reports From April 2009 Medical Journal Offer Possible Solutions To A Problem Which Affects At Least 1.5 Million People Per Year (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The April 27, 2009 edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine included....

Have Yasmin-Related Blood Clot Side Effect Cases Flown Below Radar In US?

Posted on June 11, 2009
In Europe Reports Of Pulmonary Embolism And Deep Vein Thrombosis Were Made Soon After Yasmin Birth Control Pill Was Approved in 2000 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) An April 13, 2002 BMJ article, "Dutch GPs warned against new contraceptive...

Lancet Article About Avandia Study Omits Key Fact Says Nissen And Other Critics

Posted on June 09, 2009
Whether Avandia Causes Heart Attacks Remains An Open Issue, Despite Recent RECORD Study Results (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On June 5, 2009, at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in New Orleans, GlaxoSmithKline announced the...

Can New FDA Transparency Task Force Acheive Its Lofty Objectives?

Posted on June 04, 2009
While Need For Greater Disclosure By FDA Is Evident, Drug Maker Trade Secrets May Be Difficult Obstacle To Overcome (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In early June 2009 it was announced that the FDA would begin to set up...

Levaquin Federal Court Cases Already Have MDL; Now "Mass-Tort Treatment" Requested In New Jersey State Court

Posted on May 26, 2009
While Levaquin Is Just One Of Several Antibiotics In Fluoroquinolone Class, All Of Which Have Been Linked To Tendon Ruptures, Levaquin Has Most Tendon Injury Lawsuits Filed To Date (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In late August 2006 the...

FDA Investigating Obesity Drugs Xenical And Alli For Possible Link With Liver Damage

Posted on May 22, 2009
Agency Has Received Case Reports Of Hepatotoxicity For Orlistat, The Active Ingredient For Xenical And Alli (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) There was only this brief mention in the Memorandum of Meeting Minutes for the FDA's April 16, 2009...

Birth Control Pill YAZ Is Subject Of Ongoing Safety Study Regarding Cardiovascular Side Effects

Posted on May 18, 2009
Comparison Of This DRSP/EE Pill To Other Established Oral Contraceptives For Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Heart Attack, And Stroke (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) YAZ (3 mg drospirenone/20 mcg ethinyl estradiol) is an oral contraceptive (OC)...

Beware The Potential Dangers Of Free Drug Samples

Posted on May 15, 2009
Some Ways That Free Drug Samples Can Harm Patients (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) PLoS Medicine-- which is a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science -- published an essay by Susan Chimonas and Jerome P...

May 2009 Digoxin Recall By AS Medication Solutions Seems To Be About Six-Weeks Late

Posted on May 13, 2009
This Company Repackaged Caraco Digoxin Tablets That Were Recalled March 31, 2009; Why Did They Delay Their Recall Notice? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On May 11, 2009 AS Medication Solutions, LLC -- which is a drug repackage company...

Possible Heparin-Related Deaths In Delaware Are Different Than Last Year's Illness Outbreak

Posted on May 12, 2009
These New Cases Involve Premixed IV Bags of Heparin And Initial Tests Did Not Detect Oversulfated Chondroitin Sulfate Contamination (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The headline used by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), "Heparin Stirs New Fears", alluded to...

Some Reasons To Support The Medical Device Safety Act Of 2009, And A Dissent

Posted on May 06, 2009
May 12 Hearing In Washington Begins The Debate About Whether The Medical Device Industry Should Have Total Immunity From Legal Liability (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On May 12, 2009 the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce...

Hydroxycut Weight-Loss Products Are Recalled Due To Cases Of Serious Liver Injury

Posted on May 01, 2009
Reports Made To The FDA Have Involved Hepatitis, Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, And Death (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On May 1, 2009 the FDA warned people to stop using Hydroxycut products -- made by Iovate Health Sciences Inc.,...

The Tale Of Merck's Fake Medical Journal As Told At A Vioxx Trial In Australia

Posted on April 30, 2009
Drug Company Paid Scientific Pulbisher Elsevier To Produce What Was Essentially A Marketing Publication For Vioxx And Fosamax (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In early April 2009 we heard that there had been some testimony at an Australian Vioxx...

Off-Label Prescribing Of Drugs: An Explanation And Some Practical Guidance For Patients

Posted on April 24, 2009
Don't Be Afraid To Talk With Your Doctor About Any Medication You Are Prescribed -- Especially If The Drug Is Being Used As A Treatment NOT Approved By FDA (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Let's start with an informal...

April 2009 Update: Another Tysabri Patient Develops Serious Brain Infection PML

Posted on April 21, 2009
What Is Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML), What Causes It, Why Is Tysabri Still On The Market? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On April 17, 2009 we learned that another multiple-sclerosis patient using the multiple-sclerosis (MS) drug Tysabri developed progressive...

Drug Interaction Prevention Is An Ongoing Process For Doctors And Patients

Posted on April 15, 2009
An Introduction Using Examples And Facts Relevant To Avoiding Drug-Drug Interaction Risks (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Patients who require multiple prescription drugs at one time, i.e., concomitant use, are sometimes placed at risk for developing drug-drug interactions (DDIs),...

April 2009 FDA "Patient Safety News" Videos For Doctors Online

Posted on April 13, 2009
Covers Bowel Cleansing Agents Visicol and OsmoPrep, As Well As Methadone Overdoses, Ethex Generic Drug Recall, And Medication Errors (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The FDA's Patient Safety News (PSN) is a series of monthly video news shows intended...

A Timeline For The Psoriasis Drug Raptiva, From Product Launch In U.S. To Market Withdrawal

Posted on April 09, 2009
Raptiva Recalled in U.S. Due To Link With Fatal Brain Infection, Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On April 8, 2009 Genentech Inc. -- which was just acquired by Roche Holding AG in March 2009 --...

FDA Presents Ten Years Of Summary Statistics For Its Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS)

Posted on April 08, 2009
Information Current As Of December 31, 2008; FDA Says It Will Provide Quarterly Updates For This AERS Data (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In early April 2009 the FDA released its Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) Statistics as of...

Marcia Angell's List Of Seven Things That Should Be Done By The New FDA Leadership

Posted on April 06, 2009
Dr. Angell, Former NEJM Editor-In-Chief And Current Harvard Medical School Professor, Writes An April 2009 Editorial For The Boston Globe (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Marcia Angell was the first woman to serve as editor-in-chief of The New England...

FDA Staffers Tell Obama There Is Frustration And Outrage Over Misdeeds Of Former Agency Officials

Posted on April 03, 2009
In April 2, 2009 Letter They State There Is "systemic corruption and wrongdoing that permeates all levels of FDA" Which Needs To End (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ABC News has posted on their website a slightly redacted copy...

New Studies About Avandia And Actos Side Effects Other Than Cardiovascular Conditions

Posted on April 02, 2009
Glitazone Class Of Diabetes Drugs Can Increase The Risk Of Bone Fractures And Diabetic Macular Edema (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In 2007 the FDA required a black-box warnings on the package insert, or label, of Avandia and Actos...

Caraco Digoxin Recall Issued March 31, 2009 Is Due To Pill-Size Problems

Posted on March 31, 2009
Digitek Brand Of Generic Digoxin Tablets Had Been Recalled In April 2008 For Same Reason (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On March 31, 2009 the FDA announced another generic digoxin pill recall by posting this company press release on...

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