Elmiron Vision Risks Prompt Lawsuit Against Manufacturer
In June 2020, Janssen Pharmaceuticals changed the label for Elmiron, warning users that the drug could cause vision problems. Unfortunately, this warning came too late for at least one patient.A Kansas woman, Rebecca Gassman, started experiencing vision problems in 2019. She had been...
Mail-Order Pharmacy’s $11 Million Opioid Settlement
For Injured Workers Pharmacy (IWP), speed and volume trumped patient and public safety, and the Andover, Mass. business is paying the price for its questionable practices—to the tune of $11 million.The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office alleged that the mail-order pharmacy took inadequate safety...
Class-Action Lawsuit Involving Belviq Weight-Loss Drug
According to a recent
class-action lawsuit, drug manufacturers Eisai, Inc. and Arena Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. failed to inform the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) about a 2007
study showing that its weight-loss drug Belviq (aka lorcaserin) caused
aggressive tumors in rats.The FDA approved Belviq in 2012 but
did...
Allergan Begins Campaign to Track Breast Implant Patients to Warn of Cancer Risk
Allergan wants
to track breast implants—and they have a really good reason.Responding to a
request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Allergan Aesthetics, an
AbbVie company, issued a recall of its BIOCELL breast implants and tissue
expanders in the summer of 2019. Studies have linked...
Bladder Cancer From Zantac Prompts Lawsuit
Carl Williams
has been taking Zantac for 30 years to relieve antacid discomfort. The drug, otherwise known by its chemical
name, ranitidine, is a popular antacid medication. Unfortunately, it also can cause
cancer. Williams did not know this to be true of Zantac, but he claims that the
drug’s manufacturers were...
Metformin Makers Sued for Carcinogenic Diabetes Drug
April has seen the filing of
a class action lawsuit against manufacturers of popular diabetes drug metformin.
A prescription medicine, metformin is used by patients with type 2 diabetes to
control their blood sugar levels.A complaint filed on April 3
on behalf of various health care...
New Study Confirms Link Between Cosmetic Talc Asbestos and Mesothelioma
Certain cosmetic talc products test positive
for asbestos, a contaminant known to cause mesothelioma. A study published in
the March issue of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine
underscores the link between cosmetic talc and this rare form
of cancer.Researchers studied 64 females and 11 males
who...
Surgeon Sheds Light on Breast-Implant-Associated Lymphoma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sounded
the alarm on July 6, 2019. The agency had received 573
medical device reports (MDRs) of breast implant-associated anaplastic large
cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL).Although the FDA first identified a link
between ALCL and breast implants in 2011, a lack...
Could Hope for Coronavirus Treatment Lay in a 65-Year-Old Treatment for Malaria?
As the coronavirus pandemic worsens,
medical scientists and researchers are looking for anything that might prevent,
or at least treat the disease. At least three major pharmaceutical companies
are working overtime to develop vaccines. Meanwhile, findings reported in the
journal Clinical Infectious Diseases indicate that a drug
first developed almost seven decades...
Why Do You Choose to Take Down Tobacco?
The nation is building a power
wall—and you are invited to help build it.Today, March 18, 2020, is National
Take Down Tobacco Day of Action. Around the world people from every walk of
life will rally in a fight for the first tobacco-free generation. The...