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Panel Votes No To Serevent and Foradil

Posted on December 13, 2008
Recently, an FDA advisory panel voted to ban the use of Serevent and Foradil for treating asthma. The same panel approved the continued use of Advair and Symbicort as asthma treatments. Asthma is a condition that occurs when a person's oxygen supply is restricted by spasms and swelling of the airways...

Bowel-Cleansers Getting Black Box Warning

Posted on December 13, 2008
The bowel-cleansing drugs Visicol and OsmoPrep will soon receive the FDA's strongest warnings, a black box, on their labels. Visicol and OsmoPrep are prescription oral phosphate products, used by patients before colonoscopies. According to the FDA, there have been over 20 reports of serious kidney failure among patients using these drugs...

Driving During the Holidays

Posted on December 08, 2008
The holiday season is upon us, with the arrival of Thanksgiving, and safety during holiday driving is important. In Pennsylvania, during the recent Thanksgiving holiday driving period, from the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to the Sunday after Thanksgiving, there were over 1,000 motor vehicle accidents...

Lack of Snow Thrower Recall Notice

Posted on December 05, 2008
In October 2006, a recall was issued for MTD snow throwers. However, some consumers have not received notice and are unaware of the recall. The affected product is the Two Stage Compact Snow Thrower, manufactured by MTD Products, Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio...

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Another Deadly Brain Infection Linked to Raptiva

Posted on November 25, 2008
Recently, a second woman in her 70's using the psoriasis drug Raptiva, developed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and died. In a Dear Doctor letter, Genentech stated its belief that Raptiva "likely increases the risk of PML." This year, PML has also been reported in several patients who were using Tysabri, a multiple sclerosis treatment, as well as patients using Cellcept and Myfortic, immunosuppressants...

Wheel Rims Can Burst and Cause Injury on Recalled MTD Snow Throwers

Posted on November 24, 2008
In 2006 the CSPC and MTD announced a recall of around 130,000 snow throwers sold under the Troy-Bilt, Craftsman and Yard Machines brands. An issue with tire pressure resulted in some plastic wheel rims bursting and injuring consumers when the tires were overinflated...

Antipsychotics and Their Effects on Children

Posted on November 21, 2008
Stephen Sheller, founder and managing partner of our firm, was recently featured on Fox News' America's News HQ program discussing the overprescribing of antipsychotic drugs (including Risperdal, Seroquel, Zyprexa and Abilify) to children and the detrimental effects these drugs have on children's health...

Concerns About Off-Label Use of Wrinkle Fillers

Posted on November 20, 2008
While dermal wrinkle fillers, like Juvaderm and Restylane, have been approved by the FDA for facial wrinkles, the surge in a particular off-label use has caused some concern. Cosmetic doctors are using the dermal fillers for under-eye indentations, a use for which the fillers are not approved...

Wrinkle Fillers Linked to Serious Injuries

Posted on November 20, 2008
Injected dermal wrinkle fillers have caused many serious side effects. Since January 2003, there have been 930 reports, from the U.S. and other places, of various side effects, according to the FDA. Though some side effects, like minor swelling, are expected, some of the reported dermal wrinkle filler side effects were serious, including loss of facial muscle control, disfigurement and life threatening allergic reactions...

Consumer Group Wants Ban on Avandia

Posted on November 16, 2008
Public Citizen, a consumer group, wants the diabetes drug Avandia banned from the market. The group recently petitioned the FDA for the ban on the basis that Avandia is dangerous. Avandia is sold by GlaxoSmithKline and is used to treat Type II diabetes...

Serious Adverse Events Linked to Chantix

Posted on November 16, 2008
Over 1000 serious adverse events associated with Chantix were reported in the first quarter of 2008. Chantix is a smoking cessation drug marketed by Pfizer. According to a drug safety watchdog group, due to the adverse event figures, Chantix is at the top of a list of drugs linked to serious injuries for that particular time period...

Drunk Driver Kills One Teen and Injures Four Others

Posted on November 13, 2008
Recently, 15 year old Jacklyn Gavares was killed and four of her friends were injured in a car accident in Monroe Township, N.J. As the 17 year old driver backed out of the driveway, the car was struck by a pickup truck. William Berbert, 42, was driving the pickup truck and he ran from the accident scene...

New Pressure on FDA Regarding Avandia

Posted on November 05, 2008
Avandia, a diabetes drug made by GlaxoSmithKline, used to be a top-seller. However, its sales have sharply declined since May 2007 when a study showed a 43 percent increased risk of heart attack among people using Avandia. The drug now has a "black box" warning about the heart attack risk...

Yahama Rhino Among Off-Road Vehicles Investigated By CPSC

Posted on November 05, 2008
The Yamaha Rhino is a popular off-road vehicle. It has reportedly been involved in many accidents, including approximately 30 deaths, including two young girls in October. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating utility terrain vehicles (UTV's), including the Rhino, because of safety concerns revealed by the accidents involving the Rhino...

Parents' Driving Behavior Affects Teens

Posted on October 31, 2008
Teaching your teen to wear a seatbelt is not enough to promote their safety on the road. State Farm Insurance Co., recently conducted a survey looking at the role of parents in teen driving safety. According to the survey, 65 percent of parents talk on cell phones while driving, and 65 percent of parents are in a hurry when they drive...

Is BPA Really Safe?

Posted on October 31, 2008
There is a current debate over the question of banning bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical which hardens plastic and is found in baby bottles and the lining of cans. In September 2008, the FDA, which regulates the use of BPA in plastic food containers, bottles, tableware and can linings, drafted a risk assessment which determined that BPA is safe...

Bayer Gets FDA Warning

Posted on October 30, 2008
Aspirin is a pain reliever, and is used as a blood thinner in people with heart disease.  The FDA has issued warning letters to Bayer about two of its aspirin products, Bayer Women's Low Dose Aspirin + Calcium and Bayer Aspirin With Health Advantage...

Recall of HeartMate II Implantable Pump

Posted on October 28, 2008
Cardiac device maker, Thoratec Corp., had recalled certain batches of its implanted heart pump, the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist System. According to Thoratec, five people have died while using the pump. Before the recall, Thoratec had received 27 reports of pump replacement being required due to damaged electrical wires, called leads, in the pump...

No Extended Release Vicodin

Posted on October 23, 2008
Abbott Laboratories sought FDA approval for an extended-release version of Vicodin, a painkiller. Recently, the FDA decided not to approve the extended-release Vicodin. Through a controlled-release mechanism, the new formulation was meant to provide pain relief for over 12 hours, rather than the 4-6 hour relief period of short-acting pain relievers...

Check Your Cribs!

Posted on October 22, 2008
Recently, Delta Enterprises recalled almost 1.6 million of its cribs.  The recall came after two 8-month old babies died from suffocation after getting stuck in a gap in their cribs.  The cribs involved in the babies' deaths had drop sides that came off of their guide tracks and created a gap where the babies got stuck...

Raptiva Gets New Labeling

Posted on October 19, 2008
The psoriasis drug Raptiva will get some new labeling changes, announced the FDA. Raptiva's new label will include a Boxed Warning highlighting the risks of life-threatening infections. Raptiva is administered as an injection to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adults...

Probe Into Financial Ties Between Manufacturers and Researchers

Posted on October 16, 2008
Two U.S. Senators want to probe the relationship between the medical device industry and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. The inquiry seeks to determine the financial ties between some medical professors and researchers and companies whose medical devices were featured at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting, which is run by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation...

Lingering Vioxx Risk

Posted on October 13, 2008
The prescription painkiller Vioxx was taken off of the market by Merck in 2004, after studies linked the drug to a doubled risk of cardiovascular events and death. A recent analysis of data from that study shows that the risk continued for at least one year after patients stopped taking Vioxx...

Safety Concerns About Pediatric Cold Medications

Posted on October 12, 2008
Over-the-counter cough and cold medicines should not be used by children under 4 years old. That is what new labels will say after a recent announcement by manufacturers of pediatric cold medicines. In addition to the manufacturers' voluntary decision, the FDA plans to reassess the safety of these products...

$62 Million Zyprexa Settlement

Posted on October 07, 2008
Eli Lilly has been involved in an 18-month investigation of improper marketing of Zyprexa. That investigation was conducted by states' attorneys general who alleged that Eli Lilly's conduct was violation of consumer protection laws in their various states...

Over $400 Million Settlement of Cephalon Cases

Posted on October 04, 2008
Cephalon, Inc., a Pennsylvania drug manufacturer, will pay $425 million to settle several lawsuits against it. The lawsuits allege that Cephalon had engaged in illegal marketing of three of its drugs, Actiq, Gabitril and Provigil. Actiq is approved for severe pain in cancer patients whose pain is not controlled by other painkillers...

Serious Breach of Security at Bank of New York Mellon

Posted on October 02, 2008
Bank of New York Mellon has lost a box of back-up tapes containing social security numbers, names and possibly account numbers of millions of customers. It is believed that the box was lost in transit while several boxes were being moved from a bank services office to a storage facility...

Driving With Distractions

Posted on October 01, 2008
Paying attention while driving is of the utmost importance. Safety depends on it. There may be a number of distractions, both inside and outside of the car, vying for a driver's attention. However, a driver must maintain the proper focus on making appropriate driving decisions...

Chinese Melamine Scare Spreads Around The World

Posted on September 30, 2008
The tainted milk scandal that started with baby formula in China has spread to include and expanding number of food products. Milk and milk products have been found to be tainted with melamine, an industrial chemical. The contamination has been linked to the deaths of four infants and the sickening of 54,000 children in China...

Yamaha Rhino Defective Design

Posted on September 29, 2008
Hundreds of people have been hurt or killed in Yamaha Rhino rollover accidents. The Yamaha Rhino is an all-terrain vehicle or ATV, which is a vehicle used for "off-road" riding. Many ATV's are susceptible to accidents, and many of those accidents result in serious and potentially life-threatening head or spinal cord injuries...

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