Dangerous Ingredients in Dietary Supplements
Increased risk of heart attack or stroke, kidney failure, liver damage, depression and addiction are just a few of the reported problems caused by tainted products sold openly as dietary supplements....
View ArticleWhat Drugs Cause the Most Emergency Hospitalizations for Senior Adults?
An adverse drug event (“ADE”) requiring hospitalization typically occurs when a properly administered drug causes an adverse reaction (such as an allergic reaction), or a patient accidentally overdoses...
View ArticleLoophole puts users of generic drugs at risk
“If you take a generic drug, you have no rights. And most people don’t realize that.” Most of the prescriptions filled in the U.S.—80%— are for the generic version of brand-name drugs. In fact, your...
View ArticleIt’s “3D Month” in Oregon
Oregon has proclaimed December “3D Month” in recognition of National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. Last December, one-third of the fatal car accidents in Oregon involved an impaired...
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In the last 3 years, 3 states—Colorado, Washington, and most recently Oregon—legalized the use of recreational marijuana. During a congressional hearing on the potential threat posed by stoned drivers,...
View ArticleCorporations win first trial against blood-thinner Xarelto
Patients complain that Xarelto, a blood-thinning drug developed to help reduce strokes is causing internal bleeding that has required hospitalization in some cases. Xarelto was jointly developed by...
View ArticleFirst case against AbbVie Inc. in series of AndroGel lawsuits goes to trial
Earlier this month, AbbVie Inc. faced its first test trial in over 4,000 cases filed against the company for overselling testosterone replacement drug AndroGel and for failing to warn of its potential...
View Article$3 million settlement over suicide of man on antidepressants
In 2010, Stewart Dolin began taking the antidepressant paroxetine, the generic form of Paxil. Five days after he started the prescription, the 57-year-old Chicago lawyer threw himself in front of a...
View ArticlePlaintiffs win first Xarelto trial
In early December of 2017, a Philadelphia jury found that the pharmaceutical manufacturers are responsible for a woman’s injuries after taking Xarelto, a blood-thinning medication. Bayer and Johnson...
View ArticleCalifornia Court Rules HIV Drug Personal Injury Cases May Proceed
Earlier this week, the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles held that a personal injury lawsuit against Gilead Sciences Inc. may proceed, causing HIV patients across the state to cheer...
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