Drug Injury

Can Vaping make me more susceptible to COVID-19?

At this early point in both the vaping trend, and in the advent of the COVID-19, most experts well tell you it’s too early to tell if a statistical correlation exists between the two. However, COVID-19 is fundamentally a respiratory illness, so it stands to reason that there may be a relationship, or at least Can Vaping make me more susceptible to COVID-19?

Allergan BIOCELL® Textured Breast Implant and Tissue Expander Recall

In the past two decades, some women have developed Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL), a rare form of cancer, from breast implants.

Not For Human Consumption: the Dangers of SARM’s

Nutritional Supplements have always been a hit or miss proposition.  Whether you achieve the promised effects of the products aside, they can do harm to you.  Many supplement manufacturers are less than honest about what’s in the products they market, with the ingredients label being only a shadow of the actual contents of the product Not For Human Consumption: the Dangers of SARM’s

Opioid Case Review

THE OPIOID CRISIS 50,000 people die in the United States each year due to opioid overdoses.  That is almost the equivalent of the total number of U.S. soldiers who died during the entire Viet Nam war.  How did this happen?  At one-point in the not too distant past, opioid addiction almost exclusively resulted from the Opioid Case Review

Zostavax Shingles Vaccine Linked to Serious Side Effects

When you get a vaccine, you typically don’t expect to actually get the disease the vaccine is meant to prevent. But many users of Zostavax, a vaccine manufactured by Merck & Company to prevent shingles (herpes zoster), have reported contracting recurring cases of a more severe form of shingles than normal, which is more difficult Zostavax Shingles Vaccine Linked to Serious Side Effects

Nexium®, Prilosec, Prevacid®, and Kidney Damage

Life is stressful, and in many cases, that stress shows up in our stomachs in the form of heartburn and other stomach distress. That’s ok, because we can just go to the corner drugstore and pick up some medication for the acidic stomach. Our society has been doing it for years since the advent of Nexium®, Prilosec, Prevacid®, and Kidney Damage

Abilify® Settlement Negotiations Underway

Abilify® Settlements Reached With Three Plaintiffs We talked about Abilify® (aripiprazole) and its connection with impulsive gambling previously on this blog. We also reported that the manufacturers, Bristol-Meyers Squibb (BMS), and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, had settled a $19.5 million claim by 41 state Attorney Generals and the District of Columbia due to illegal marketing of the drug Abilify® Settlement Negotiations Underway

Tasigna® Leukemia Medication Linked to Atherosclerosis

Lawsuits are mounting in the U.S. from patients or their surviving families against Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Novartis Pharma Stein AG due to complications suffered after use of their leukemia treatment Tasigna® (nilotinib). Lawsuits allege that use of Tasigna causes “severe, accelerated, and irreversible forms of atherosclerosis.” Atherosclerosis is a cardiovascular disease that causes plaque to Tasigna® Leukemia Medication Linked to Atherosclerosis

Invokana® Cases Heading to Trial in 2018

Dangerous side effects due to the use of the prescription drug Invokana® have been identified. Since the last time we wrote about Invokana less than a year ago, the number of Invokana cases in the federal court system has increased from 288 to the current count of almost 1,000. As of December 2016, the federal Invokana® Cases Heading to Trial in 2018

Essure Permanent Birth Control System

Have you or a loved one suffered complications or required surgery after using the Essure Permanent Birth Control System? We can help! Call or TEXT (702) 444-4444 Essure Permanent Birth Control System Medical Device: Essure Permanent Birth Control System Use The Essure Permanent Birth Control System is an implanted birth control device that offers patients Essure Permanent Birth Control System

Propecia

Have you experienced negative sexual side effects after taking Propecia to treat male pattern baldness? We can help! Call or TEXT (702) 444-4444 Propecia (Finasteride) Use Propecia belongs to a class of medications called 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors. It is a common remedy for Androgenic Alopecia, or male pattern baldness. Nearly 35 million American men suffer from Propecia

Abilify

Medication/Drug: Abilify (Aripiprazole) Use Abilify is used to treat certain mental disorders and works by changing the actions of chemicals in the brain. It can be used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Tourette syndrome and irritability associated with Autism. The drug can also be used in conjunction with other anti-depressant medications to treat Abilify

Proton Pump Inhibitors

Have you or a loved one suffered harm as a result of taking Proton Pump Inhibitors such as Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid? We can help! Call or TEXT (702) 444-4444 Medication/Drug: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prilosec Nexium Prevacid Use Proton Pump Inhibitors are a group of drugs, available both as a prescription or over-the-counter, that are Proton Pump Inhibitors

Onglyza

Onglyza aids in the maintenance of type 2 diabetes. Patients often use Onglyza as a part of a complete treatment program including diet, exercise and weight management. Onglyza helps control high blood sugar and regulates the levels of insulin the body produces.

Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Taxotere Linked to Permanent Hair Loss

Hair loss is not uncommon as a side effect of chemotherapy. Most patients, however, can expect their hair will grow back after the therapy is complete. Complete and permanent hair loss, also known as alopecia universalis, however, is uncommon as a result of chemotherapy. It has become apparent that use of the chemotherapy treatment, Taxotere, Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Taxotere Linked to Permanent Hair Loss

Taxotere

Have you or a loved one experienced hair loss as a result of taking Taxotere (docetaxel)? We can help. Call (702) 444-4444 Medication/Drug: Taxotere (docetaxel) Use Chemotherapy drug manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis, a French pharmaceutical manufacturer, used primarily for the treatment of breast cancer. It is also used to treat lung, prostate, gastric and neck cancers. Related Injuries Permanent Taxotere

NEXIUM, PRILOSEC AND PREVACID LINKED TO SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS

Some of the most commonly taken medications in the United States are treatments for acid reflux or heartburn and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). These include a class of drugs called Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI). Nexium, Prilosec, and Prevacid are perhaps the best known PPIs and are available as both over-the-counter and prescription treatments. Experts acknowledge NEXIUM, PRILOSEC AND PREVACID LINKED TO SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS

Invokana

During this first year period, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), a pharmaceutical industry watchdog organization, and publisher of the pharmaceutical industry review Quarterwatch, found 457 “serious adverse events” reported.

Zofran

As early as 1992, court documents showed that GSK knew that Zofran presented an “unreasonable risk of harm” to the unborn, since it was known that the drug was passed through the placenta to the developing baby.

Vaccination Injuries

Vaccination Injuries Vaccines have become a way of life in the modern world. Most of us have had at least one vaccine in our lifetimes, whether it was a polio vaccine, or measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine, or tetanus shot after an accident, many dangerous and fatal diseases have been eradicated because of the widespread, Vaccination Injuries