Filed under: 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,…
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Not For Human Consumption: the Dangers of SARM’s
[caption id="attachment_5003" align="alignnone" width="1254"] Young man flexing his muscles in the local gym[/caption] Nutritional Supplements have always been a hit or miss proposition. Whether you achieve the promised effects of the products aside, they can…
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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…
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Taxotere and Permanent Hair Loss
Chemotherapy is one of the most effective treatments for a wide range of cancers, but it comes with an often-traumatic side effect: hair loss. Patients who experience hair loss lose hair all over their bodies,…
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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…
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Onglyza® Heart Failure Cases Increasing
Onglyza® (saxagliptin) is an oral medication prescribed for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, otherwise known as Adult Onset Diabetes. It has been linked by studies to serious side effects, which can result in heart…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Is Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) a case of selling snake oil?
If it were, the traveling salesmen of yesteryear would be envious. Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) treatments have generated billions of dollars in revenue, with estimates of over $5 billion in 2017 alone. These products are…
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UPDATE: Taxotere Trials Set for September 2018
We’ve previously discussed the breast cancer chemotherapy drug, Taxotere (Docataxel) on this blog. This product is marketed and distributed by Sanofi S.A., a French pharmaceutical manufacturer, which also identifies itself as Aventis. The product has…
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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…
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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,…
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Onglyza Linked To Heart Failure And Pancreatic Cancer
Onglyza the oral diabetes treatment designed to control blood sugar in patients with Type 2 diabetes, otherwise known as adult onset diabetes, has been linked by studies and lawsuits to serious side effects, which can…
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New Xarelto Lawsuit Filed
On August 29, 2014, Shirley Boynton filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Eastern New York alleging that her use of Xarelto caused permanent and debilitating injuries. She alleges that the manufacturer, Johnson…
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I’m Pregnant… What I Wish I Knew About Taking SSRI Antidepressants
Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors or SSRI’s are used for treatment of depression and anxiety. Common SSRI’s preparations are Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro, Luvox, Paxil, and Prozac among others. Serotonin is a substance that plays a role…
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Pradaxa Case Filings Increase
The number of lawsuits filed against the manufacturer of the blood thinning agent Pradaxa has increased dramatically over the last month. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Pradaxa is an anticoagulant (blood thinner)…
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FDA Declares Oxyelite Pro and Versa-1 Adulterated Products
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have deemed the dietary supplements OxyElite Pro and VERSA-1 to be adulterated products and ordered that they be removed…
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Fungal Meningitis: Still Spreading and Still Killing
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)continue to monitor and update results on the fungal meningitis outbreak, which began when the now defunct New England Compounding Center (NECC)…
