Two Zolgensma patients die of liver failure
On August 11, 2022, Novartis reported the death of two Zolgensma patients from liver failure. Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec), produced by AveXis, a Novartis company, is a gene therapy medicine, containing the active ingredient onasemnogene abeparvovec. Zolgensma has been used for the treatment of pediatric patients with … [Read more...]
SlimQuick Liver Failure Lawyers
SlimQuick May Cause Liver Failure. Have you used a SlimQuick weight loss product and suffered from liver toxicity, hepatitis, liver failure or any other liver problem? The defective drug lawyers at Parker Waichman LLP are investigating possible liver injuries that may be associated with SlimQuick and SlimQuick Razor weight loss … [Read more...]
Nitrofurantoin Side Effects May Lead To Liver Failure Lawsuits
Nitrofurantoin Side Effects Injury Lawsuits. Our Nitrofurantoin lawyers are investigating liver injuries associated with this drug. Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic sold under the brand names Furadantin, Macrobid, Macrodantin, Nitrofur Mac, Nitro Macro, Nifty-SR, Martifur-MR and Urantoin. Recently, several cases of … [Read more...]
Ketek Side Effects Could Be Linked To Liver Failure Lawsuits
Ketek Side Effects Injury Lawsuits. Our Ketek injury lawyers and attorneys are currently representing hundreds of people who suffered liver damage as a result of this defective antibiotic Ketek. Ketek has been the subject of numerous Food & Drug Administration (FDA) safety reviews, and in 2007, the FDA ordered … [Read more...]
Dronedarone Side Effects May Be Linked To Liver Failure Lawsuits
Dronedarone Side Effects Cause Liver Failure. Multaq (dronedarone) has been associated with liver damage, including severe liver failure. In January of 2011 the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced the label for Multaq (dronedarone) would be updated to warn of this risk. If you or a loved one suffered liver damage … [Read more...]
Liver Failure from Genetically Modified (GMO) Crops
Genetically Modified Crops Can Cause Liver Failure. It’s long been a concern that the explosion of genetically modified crops could have serious consequences for human health and the environment. At least one genetically modified wheat crop has been linked to liver failure, and could pose a significant health threat to both … [Read more...]
Cylert Side Effects May Link To Liver Failure Lawsuits
Cylert Side Effects Injury Lawsuits. On April 24, 2005, Abbott Laboratories Inc. halted sales and removed Cylert, an attention deficit drug from the market after a consumer group complained ‘Cylert’ was too dangerous. Consumer group Public Citizen charges that Cylert has caused 21 cases of liver failure, including 13 that were fatal … [Read more...]
Acetaminophen Side Effects Link To Liver Failure Lawsuits
Acetaminophen Side Effects Injury Lawsuits. Have you suffered a liver injury or liver failure after taking Tylenol or another drug that contained acetaminophen? Though most people consider Tylenol and other acetaminophen drugs to be extremely safe, they have long been linked to a serious risk of liver injury. In fact, the … [Read more...]
Tylenol Liver Damage Side Effects May Lead To Liver Failure Lawsuits
Tylenol Can Cause Liver Failure. Tylenol, the over-the-counter painkiller found in just about everyone's medicine cabinet, can cause serious liver damage, even liver failure. Each year, nearly 800 cases of liver failure are linked to the use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in ‘Tylenol’. Unfortunately, many people … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Alleges Zithromax Led to Liver Failure, Resulting in Liver Transplant
Pfizer is facing a lawsuit alleging that its popular antibiotic Zithromax is to blame for a case of liver failure, which resulted in the need for a liver transplant. The lawsuit was filed in March 2016 on behalf of a 23-year-old man who alleges he took Zithromax for three days when he was 16 years old before suffering liver … [Read more...]
Multaq Losing Favor
Multaq Safety Concerns. Multaq is coming under increasing scrutiny in both the U.S. and Europe as concerns about its safety and effectiveness continue to mount. At the same time, many doctors appear to be backing away from Multaq because of safety concerns. Multaq is approved to treat temporary atrial fibrillation. In … [Read more...]
Multaq Faces Canadian Review Over Liver Injury Fears
Multaq, already under review in the U.S. and Europe for a possible association with liver injury, is now being scrutinized by Canadian regulators. For now, Health Canada says that in that country, Multaq is not to be used by patients with severe liver problems. Multaq (dronedarone) is used to treat abnormal heart rhythm in … [Read more...]
Sanofi-Aventis antibiotic linked to liver failure
Sanofi-Aventis Antibiotic Linked To Complications. According to an internal FDA communication first reported in the Wall Street Journal, the FDA has received reports of 12 cases of liver failure, including four deaths, in patients taking the drug. The memo is also reported to express the FDA's concern that these adverse events … [Read more...]
Antibiotic linked to liver failure
Antibiotic Has Been Linked To Liver Failure. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to add a warning label on packaging for an antibiotic that has been linked to liver failure. An internal FDA memo written by the Division of Drug Risk Evaluation described "profound" liver injury in some patients occurring within the first few … [Read more...]
Antibiotic Linked to Liver Problems
An antibiotic linked to a growing number of reports of liver failure, including four deaths, should bear stricter warnings about its effect on the liver, according to an internal Food and Drug Administration memo. The drug's manufacturer, Sanofi-Aventis, said Friday it was in talks with FDA officials about those reports. The FDA … [Read more...]
Markey Criticizes FDA
Markey Criticizes FDA. U.S. Rep. Edward Markey accused the Food and Drug Administration this week of conducting a "seriously flawed" approval process for an antibiotic that may be linked to severe liver failure. Ketek, a drug used to treat bacterial infections of the lung and sinus, is approved for use in adults and is being … [Read more...]
Group Urges Ban of Antidepressant
Antidepressant Serzone Should Be Banned. The antidepressant Serzone, recently pulled off the market in Europe, should be banned here, a consumer advocacy group told the government Thursday citing 11 deaths from drug-caused liver failure. Serzone "appears to be one of the most dangerous antidepressants marketed," Dr. Sidney Wolfe … [Read more...]
Arthritis Drug Linked to 12 Deaths
Arthritis Drug Has Been Linked To Deaths. Arava, a prescription drug for rheumatoid arthritis, has been linked to at least 12 deaths from liver failure and dozens of serious illnesses and should be banned, says a national consumer group. Public Citizen filed a petition Thursday with the Food and Drug Administration,asking it to … [Read more...]
Drug Linked To Liver Damage
Duract May Cause Liver Damage. Dave Storey took a new drug called Duract to relieve chronic back pain and ended up with liver failure. CBS News Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson tells Dave's story. Dave Storey, a chef in Nevada, was nursing chronic back pain in late 1997 when his doctor gave him a new pain medication, Duract. Dave … [Read more...]