DePuy Replacement Recall Side Effects May Lead To Lawsuits
July 29, 2011: A panel of medical experts urges the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to abandon the medical device approval system since it offers no assurance of safety, as reported by ABC News. hip Are you a victim of the DePuy ASR hip implant recall? Thousands of people across the U.S. were implanted with DePuy … [Read more...] about DePuy Replacement Recall Side Effects May Lead To Lawsuits
Kidney Failure Potential Nexium Side Effects
Stomach Acid Link To Kidney Failure. Nexium (esomeprazole) is a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) manufactured by AstraZeneca that is used to treat gastric hyperacidity, as well as reflux, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES), peptic ulcers, and heartburn. Although used by millions of people in the … [Read more...] about Kidney Failure Potential Nexium Side Effects
Heartburn Medications Increase Risk of Kidney Failure
Kidney Failure and Disease From Heartburn Medications? Recent research suggests that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a popular class of medications that include Prevacid, Prilosec, Nexium, Protonix and Aciphex, may increase the risk of kidney disease and kidney failure. PPIs are used to treat conditions including heartburn, … [Read more...] about Heartburn Medications Increase Risk of Kidney Failure
J&J Jury Award $5M for Failed Metal Hip Implant
Johnson & Johnson Metal Hip Implant Failure. An Illinois nurse should be awarded $5 million, at least, for the harm caused by the failure of Johnson & Johnson (J&J)’s DePuy ASR all-metal hip implant, her lawyer proclaimed before a jury in Chicago. According to Bloomberg, the attorney for plaintiff Carol Strum told the jury … [Read more...] about J&J Jury Award $5M for Failed Metal Hip Implant
Merck Failure to Conduct Januvia Pancreatitis Study
Merck Failed To Conduct A Safety Study. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has hit Merck & Co. with a warning letter for its failure to conduct a safety study of its type 2 diabetes drug, Januvia. The study, which was to be conducted with rodents, was meant to assess Januvia's association with … [Read more...] about Merck Failure to Conduct Januvia Pancreatitis Study
Mirapex Possible Heart Failure
Mirapex Safety Alert Issued. Federal health officials have issued a Safety Alert regarding the potential of a life-threatening side effect risk associated with the Parkinson’s disease Mirapex. According to a Safety warning from the Food and Drug Administration this week, people taking Mirapex (available generically as … [Read more...] about Mirapex Possible Heart Failure
Kidde Smoke Alarms Fail to Warn of Fire, Recalled
Kidde Smoke Alarms Recalled. Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Inc., of Mebane, North Carolina just issued a recall for about 94,000 Kidde Model PI2000 Dual Sensor Smoke Alarms because an electrostatic discharge can damage the unit, causing it not to warn consumers of a fire, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) … [Read more...] about Kidde Smoke Alarms Fail to Warn of Fire, Recalled
Liver Failure Linked to Herbal Painkiller
Herbal Painkiller. An herbal painkiller sold by a California company is the subject of a health warning in the United Kingdom (UK). According to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), the supplement, known as Fortodol or Leppin Miradin, has been linked to reports of serious liver failure, including two deaths. Fortodol is marketed by … [Read more...] about Liver Failure Linked to Herbal Painkiller
TVA Fly Ash Pond Had Failure in ’80s
TVA Fly Ash Spill In Not The First Accident Of Its Kind. The notorious December 22 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Fly Ash Spill is apparently not the first accident of its kind at the Fossil Plant, reported the Knoxville Biz, according to TVA records. TVA's 1984 annual inspection report indicates that one of the pond’s interior … [Read more...] about TVA Fly Ash Pond Had Failure in ’80s
Nordstrom to Pay a $60K Civil Penalty For Not Reporting Dangerous Clothing
Nordstrom Pay Civil Penalty To Settle Dangerous Clothing Claims. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced that Nordstrom Inc., of Seattle, Washington, has agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty. The fine settles claims that Nordstrom knowingly failed to report to the CPSC immediately, as required by … [Read more...] about Nordstrom to Pay a $60K Civil Penalty For Not Reporting Dangerous Clothing
Avandia Liver Failure Prompts Ban
Avandia Liver Failure Reports. Avandia has been linked to more than a dozen cases of liver failure, most of which proved fatal. Reports of liver failure and deaths linked to ‘Avandia’ have prompted the consumer group Public Citizen to file a petition with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) asking that the diabetes drug be … [Read more...] about Avandia Liver Failure Prompts Ban
Another Vytorin Failure
Another Vytorin Failure. Yesterday's news that Vytorin failed to meet the primary endpoint in another important study has not done much to restore faith in the controversial cholesterol drug. First shown to be ineffective in preventing clogged arteries, it now seems Vytorin does little to help patients with aortic … [Read more...] about Another Vytorin Failure
Reports of Liver Failure, Deaths Lead to EXJADE Label Changes
EXJADE Reports of Liver Failure. EXJADE has been linked to liver failure and deaths in some patients, prompting its manufacturer to add new warnings to its label. EXJADE, which is known generically as deferasirox, is made by Novartis and is used in the treatment of chronic iron overload caused by blood transfusions for the treatment … [Read more...] about Reports of Liver Failure, Deaths Lead to EXJADE Label Changes
Slain child’s father sues Nassau for negligence
Negligence Led To A Failure To Prevent Tragedy. The father of Jewell Ward, one of the three children allegedly killed in their New Cassel home Sunday by their mother, is suing Nassau County, claiming its "negligence, carelessness and recklessness" led to a failure to prevent the tragedy. Rickey Ward, of Hempstead, who is … [Read more...] about Slain child’s father sues Nassau for negligence
Natrecor a Drag on J&J since Reports of Kidney Failure
Reports of Kidney Failure, Deaths Natrecor side effect reports have taken a toll on the finances of Johnson & Johnson. Natrecor was considered a potential hit in 2001 when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved it for treating severe heart failure. So great was this potential, that in 2003, Johnson & Johnson paid … [Read more...] about Natrecor a Drag on J&J since Reports of Kidney Failure
FDA Approved Ketek Despite Irregularities
FDA Approved Ketek Despite Serious Irregularities Patients being treated with Sanofi-Aventis’ antibiotic Ketek faced serious liver damage or even death, when all that was being treated was a simple sinus infection The story of the dangerous prescription drug Ketek and how it came to be on the market is a case-study in … [Read more...] about FDA Approved Ketek Despite Irregularities
Officials comb Salinas farms
Officials And Salinas Farms Blamed Each Other For Failure To Figure Out E. Coli Outbreaks. As the number of victims climbed, health officials and farmers on Tuesday blamed each other for the years of failure to figure out how to stop E. coli outbreaks linked to Salinas Valley lettuce and, more recently, spinach. But, in good news … [Read more...] about Officials comb Salinas farms
Zylon Bulletproof Vest Had Failure Rate of 58%
Testing Is Done On Zylon Bulletproof Vest. As more testing is done on bullet proof police vests containing a fiber known as Zylon, it is becoming clear that they simply do not do what they are supposed to do, which is to stop bullets. In the latest study conducted by the Justice Department 103 Zylon vests performed so poorly that … [Read more...] about Zylon Bulletproof Vest Had Failure Rate of 58%
Medtronic Defibrillator Problems
Implanted Heart Defibrillator Problems. A manufacturer of implanted heart defibrillators said Friday that some older models may not charge properly, which might make it fail to deliver a needed shock to the heart. Medtronic Inc., of Minneapolis, said it had become aware of one injury and four deaths that may have been … [Read more...] about Medtronic Defibrillator Problems
