Dangerous Drug and Recall News

FDA Approves Label Changes to Meridia

Meridia is a drug that’s manufactured by Abbott Laboratories, and it was originally approved in 1997 for use for the treatment of obesity.  While the drug seemed to work quite well for a time, reports of serious and dangerous Meridia side effects eventually began to surface.  These reports prompted an uptick in Merdia side effects [...]

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Yaz and Deep Vein Thrombosis – A Lawsuit Guide

Yaz is a birth control drug that’s manufactured by Bayer AG, and it is designed to prevent unwanted pregnancies in a new and unique way.  The medication works by prompting slight changes in the woman’s uterine wall and cervix such that if an egg is fertilized, it will not be able to attach to the [...]

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Trasylol and Heart Attacks – A Lawsuit Guide

As the world of medical science made remarkable advances with heart-related procedures, more and more people began to have different forms of open heart surgeries to correct problems that for centuries had left patients with no hope whatsoever.  Even as surgical techniques and possibilities for healing advanced, however, one problem remained – controlling bleeding by [...]

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Reglan and Tardive Dyskinesia – A Lawsuit Guide

Millions of people have gastrointestinal problems that lead to heartburn, but there are some whose problems are so severe that their symptoms are debilitating.  For many of those patients, several forms of medications have not proven to be effective, and that led to the prevalence of one drug that was introduced to the American market [...]

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Paxil and Birth Injuries – A Lawsuit Guide

For centuries, depression and anxiety were conditions that were unfortunately downplayed by society in general.  In recent years and with several advances in the medical science industry, most people have come to realize that these are real conditions that present real problems for those who suffer from them.  As a result of the growing number [...]

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Gadolinium and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

As the world of medical technology continues to advance, more and more tests and procedures are becoming common as people seek help with their varying maladies.  One of the technologies that’s become quite prominent in recent years is the MRI, which is a scan that’s much more accurate, visually helpful and advanced than the more [...]

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Avandia and Heart Failure – A Lawsuit Guide

As more and more people in the United States are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, more and more companies are working to formulate and market medication that’s intended to help treat the symptoms of the condition and to generally keep type 2 diabetes under control.  One such medication that hit the market with a [...]

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