FDA & Prescription Drugs

• FDA Panel Urges Ban on Vicodin, Percocet

  Greg Jones | July 01, 2009 10:47 AM | 2 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Following the release of an FDA report last month that found severe liver damage, and even death, due to consumer's lack of awareness that acetaminophen can cause serious injury, an FDA panel is...

• Jury tags Pfizer another $28M In Punitive Damages For Prempro

  Greg Jones | November 24, 2009 9:11 AM | 1 CommentCharlotte, NC

  Three days after awarding $6.3 million in compensation, a Pennsylvania jury determined Pfizer Inc. will have to pay $28 million in punitive damages to a 66-year-old Donna Kendall claiming that the...

• SJS, TENS and EM

  Greg Jones | December 07, 2009 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  As with all illnesses, skin diseases can often be hard to diagnose. This article will help distinguish between three often confused disorders: Erythyma Multiforme (EM), Stevens Johnson Syndrome...

• Yaz, Yasmin and significant health risks

  Greg Jones | December 07, 2009 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  If you ever watch TV, then you've probably seen at least one commercial for Yaz, a birth control pill that boasts the unique side effect of alleviating the symptoms of Premenstrual Dysphoric...

• FDA Starts Safety Review Of Weight Loss Drug Meridia

  Greg Jones | November 24, 2009 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun an expedited safety review of sibutramine based on a recent study showing that some patients have a higher rate of heart attacks, strokes and other...

• Pfizer Popped With $6.3M Prempro Verdict

  Greg Jones | November 23, 2009 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A Pennsylvania jury has ruled that two Pfizer Inc. units areliable for at least $6.3 million in compensatory damages to an Illinois woman who developed breast cancer after she began taking the...

• FDA Issues Warning Over Diabetes Drug Byetta

  Greg Jones | November 04, 2009 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about possible kidney problems associated with the use of Byetta, a diabetes drug marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly...

• More Levaquin lawsuits filed.

  Greg Jones | September 22, 2009 12:32 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Another person has joined the nearly 150 lawsuits in multi district litigation involving Johnson & Johnson's antibiotic drug Levaquin. An elderly man alleges that Levaquin caused him to suffer a...

• Investigation of Dilantin and Stevens Johnson Syndrome & Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

  Greg Jones | September 18, 2009 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic epidermal necrolysis are life threatening skin diseases that are characterized by skin rash, peeling, and open wounds and sores on the epidermis. These diseases...

• Drug Company Pleads Guilty to Bribing Doctors to Prescribe

  Greg Jones | September 16, 2009 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A subsidiary of Biovail Corp. has pled guilty to bribing doctors to prescribe Cardizem, a blood pressure drug, after a plea agreement to pay $24.6 million in criminal and civil fines arising from...