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Federal Prosecutors Charge Former GSK Lawyer with Obstruction

Drug Injury, Health and Safety, Health Care, Safety

Pharmaceutical medications have changed the world. Think about it: Less than 100 years ago, people regularly died of  pneumonia because antibiotics weren’t available as a treatment. But what happens when drug companies decide that they are willing to push profits ahead of patient safety? Well, Lauren Stevens of Durham, North Carolina, just discovered at least […]

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Possible Fracture Risk with Osteoporosis Drugs

Drug Injury, FDA Warning, Health and Safety, Health Care, Safety

For the past few years there has been a push by pharmaceutical companies to get women to take drugs to counteract the effects of osteoporosis. It sounds like a good idea–osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become more brittle, and are therefore more likely to fracture. Preventing fractures is a good thing, right? Sure.

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Obesity Drug Meridia Withdrawn from Market

Drug Injury, FDA Warning, Health and Safety, Health Care, Recalls, Safety

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that Abbott Laboratories has agreed to voluntarily withdraw its obesity drug Meridia (sibutramine) because scientific research has shown that the drug increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. According to John Jenkins, MD, director of the Office of New Drugs in the FDA’s Center for

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Deaths Prompt Warning About Infant Sleep Positioners

FDA Warning, Health and Safety, Health Care, Recalls, Safety

For years, new parents have been advised about how to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): keep cribs free of quilts, comforters, pillows, and stuffed toys…and always place an infant on his or her back at night or during nap time. Some companies have been selling “infant sleep positioners,” which they claim

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Sale of Dangerous Drug Avandia to Continue in United States

Drug Injury, FDA Warning, Health and Safety, Health Care, Recalls, Safety

Avandia has been banned in Europe, and restricted (but not banned) in the United States. Thousands of innocent people hurt or even killed by the drug’s side effects. We all weigh risks and benefits daily, but it is a tragedy to be harmed by a medication known to be dangerous, especially if those dangers aren’t clearly, completely, and loudly disclosed.

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DePuy Hip Replacement Recall Raises More Questions

Health and Safety, Health Care, Insurance, Recalls, Safety

On August 24, DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson, sent a letter to doctors announcing a recall of two of their hip replacement systems, the ASR XL Acetabular System, and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System. Why? Because they have a higher-than-usual failure rates, causing people to have to have second surgeries to replace

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