NuvaRing Side Effects May Result In Blood Clot Lawsuits
NuvaRing Side Effects Injury Lawsuits. The NuvaRing injury lawyers at our firm are currently investigating injuries caused by NuvaRing, a hormonal contraceptive manufactured by Organon. Our NuvaRing injury lawyers are representing a number of women who suffered blood clots, strokes and other cardiac side effects as a result of … [Read more...]
Gardasil Side Effects May Be Linked To Blood Clot Lawsuits
Gardasil Side Effects Injury Lawsuits. Our firm is investigating instances of serious side effects linked to Gardasil, including blood clots and deaths. Since Gardasil was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an HPV vaccine, its maker, Merck Inc., has undertaken an aggressive campaign to convince families to have … [Read more...]
Surgeons Face Difficulties in Safely Removing IVC Blood-Clot Filters
IVC Blood-Clot Filters Could Not Be Removed Safely. Some patients who have received an IVC (inferior vena cava) blood-clot filter say the filter could not be safely removed. The failed failure was left in place, leaving the patients at risk for serious complications. IVC filters are small, spider-like implantable devices intended … [Read more...]
Settlement Resolves Blood-Clot Claims
Birth Control Pills Multimillion-Dollar Settlement. A settlement reported to total nearly $57 million would resolve allegations that Bayer Corp.'s birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella cause strokes and heart attacks. The settlement fund would settle claims pending in a multidistrict litigation in Illinois federal court, and … [Read more...]
Blood Clot Risk Warning with Testosterone Drugs
Warning About Blood Clot Risk. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has strengthened required warnings about blood clots in men undergoing testosterone-replacement treatment. Testosterone drugs already carry a warning about blood clots in the veins (venous thromboembolism), as a consequence of a condition called polycythemia, in … [Read more...]
1,500 Yaz and Yasmin Lawsuits Settled
Yasmin Blood Clot Injury Lawsuits. Momentum appears to be building to settle the vast majority of Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits pending throughout the U.S. According to a report from The Madison Record, more than 1,500 Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits alleging the birth control bills caused serious blood clots have been settled in a federal … [Read more...]
Loryna in Blood Clot Safety Review
Loryna Blood Clot Safety Review. Loryna, a generic form of Yaz recently approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), may put women at risk for a higher risk of blood clots. Just weeks after the FDA approved the medication, the agency announced it was reviewing Loryna, along with Yaz, Yasmin and several other similar … [Read more...]
Yaz, Yasmin Blood Clot Fears Spark Canadian Safety Review
Yaz, Yasmin Risk Of Blood Clots. Two studies published this year in the British Medical Journal have prompted Canadian regulators to launch a safety review of Yaz and Yasmin. The aim of the review is to determine if Bayer Corporation's popular birth control pills pose a higher risk of blood clots compared to pills made with a … [Read more...]
Yaz, Yasmin News from Europe
Concerns about Yaz, Yasmin side effects. Yaz and Yasmin will be allowed to remain on the market in Switzerland, despite concerns about the drugs’ side effects. Meanwhile, Bayer Schering Pharma, a unit of Bayer AG, said Friday it will update its label for Yasmin in the European Union to include more information about blood clot … [Read more...]
Yaz, Yasmin Among Birth Control Pills with Higher Blood Clot Risk
Birth Control Pills Blood Clot Risk. Some birth control pills, including the popular Yaz and Yasmin, carry a higher risk of blood clots compared with some others, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal. According to The Globe and Mail, the study was led by Frits Rosendaal of the department of clinical … [Read more...]
Replacement Hormone Therapy Can Double Clot Risk
Menopausal Women Who Take Hormone Therapy. A French review of a variety of studies just revealed that menopausal women who take hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) pills more than double their risk of developing a potentially fatal blood clot. The review of 17 studies suggested that the risk was also significantly higher during the … [Read more...]
Blood Clot Prevention Easy, But Often Neglected by Hospitals
Hospitals Neglect To Provide Blood Clot Prevention. Blood clots threaten over half of all hospital patients, even though there are simple ways to prevent this sometimes deadly complication. British researchers revealed that many hospitals neglect to provide preventative treatments for patients at risk for blood clots during hospital … [Read more...]
FDA Turns Blind Eye to the ‘Most Dangerous Contraceptive on the Market’
Ortho Evra The Most Dangerous Contraceptive. The Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch is still being called a “safe and effective” contraceptive by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), even though two separate studies have now shown that Ortho Evra users are at a higher risk of developing potentially fatal blood clots than women who … [Read more...]
Some Birth Control May Raise Clot Risk
Birth Control Pills Increase a Woman's Risk of a Potentially Deadly Blood Clot. Certain low-dose birth control pills increase a woman's risk of a potentially deadly blood clot more than others and should be pulled off the market, a consumer group said Tuesday. All contraceptive pills carry a very low risk of blood clots that, even … [Read more...]
Birth control patch raises blood clot risk
Evra May Increase The Risk Of Blood Clots. Using the birth control patch Evra may increase the risk of developing blood clots in the legs and lungs, Health Canada warned Thursday. The patch sold in the U.S., which contains more of the ingredient ethinyl estradiol than those sold in Canada, has been linked to a higher risk of blood … [Read more...]
Drug-Coated Stents Blood-Clot Risks
Risk Of Blood Clots In Patients Implanted With Drug Coated Stents. Boston Scientific found a slightly higher risk of blood clotting in patients implanted with its newer drug-coated stents compared with older bare-metal ver sions, a company spokesman said yesterday. The medical device maker reported the finding of its own new study … [Read more...]
Ortho Evra Birth-Control Patch Linked to Elevated Blood Clot Risk
Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Risk Of Blood Clots. This week, the FDA acknowledged the finding of a new study that indicates women using the Ortho Evra birth-control patch have an elevated risk of developing blood clots. Notwithstanding the fact that this is far from the first evidence linking this potentially fatal side-effect … [Read more...]
Antipsychotic Drug Linked to Pulmonary Embolism
Antipsychotic Drug May Cause Pulmonary Embolism. A case study published in the British Medical Journal suggests a common antipsychotic drug might have caused a pulmonary embolism in an otherwise healthy young man. A pulmonary embolism results when a blood clot that developed elsewhere in the body travels to the lung. The result … [Read more...]
HRT With Oestrogen And Progestin Doubles Venous Thrombosis Risk
HRT With Oestrogen, Progestin Double The Risk Of Blood Clots. Researchers at Vermont University, USA, have found that all women on HRT containing oestrogen and progestin have double the risk of developing venous thrombosis (blood clots). Older or obese women have an even higher risk. You can read about this study in the Journal of … [Read more...]
HRT Increases Blood Clot Risk
HRT Double The Risk Of Venous Thrombosis. Researchers found taking HRT containing the hormones oestrogen and progestin doubled the risk of venous thrombosis for all women who took it for five years. However, the risk was significantly higher still for older women, and those who were overweight or obese. The research, by the … [Read more...]
Call For Increased Warning
Increased Warning For Ortho-Evra Users. Hopes vanished when the 18-year-old college student collapsed and later died. Zakiya Kennedy had big dreams of becoming a model or designer. But in April, those hopes vanished when the 18-year-old college student collapsed while waiting for the subway in New York City. She died on the way to … [Read more...]
