Medtronic Quick-Set Infusion Set Overdose Lawsuits
Medtronic PLC Issues Insulin Infusion Set Recall Amid Hypoglycemia Fears. Medtronic PLC, a medical device company, is based in Ireland and one of the largest medical device manufacturers in the world, issue a recall for infusion sets used with its insulin pumps in September 2017. Medtronic issued a voluntary recall for particular … [Read more...]
Ohio Sues Drug Manufacturers Over Role in Opioid Epidemic
A Case Against Drug Manufacturers The State of Ohio Sues Opioid Drug Makers for Damages. The State of Ohio has brought a case against drug manufacturers over the ever-broadening opioid epidemic. The case alleges a number of the country's largest pharmaceutical manufacturers purposefully misled consumers and physicians about the … [Read more...]
Fentora Side Effects May Lead To Overdose Lawsuits
Fentora Side Effects Injury Lawsuits. Fentora, a popular narcotic painkiller manufactured by Cephalon, was implicated in the deaths of four people in September 2007. The drug, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006, is only approved for use in cancer patients in severe pain. ‘Fentora’ contains … [Read more...]
Ethex Morphine Side Effects May Be Linked To Overdose Lawsuits
Ethex Morphine Side Effects Lawsuits. The lawyers and attorneys at our firm are currently offering free case evaluations to people injured by morphine sulfate tablets distributed by Ethex Corp. Ethex Corp. recalled its morphine sulfate tablets after style receiving a report of a tablet that was twice the normal size. There … [Read more...]
Duragesic Patch Side Effects May Link To Overdose Lawsuits
Duragesic Patch Side Effects Injury Lawsuits. On July 15, 2005 the FDA issued a Public Health Advisory concerning the use of Duragesic Patches (Fentanyl transdermal) in response to reports of deaths in patients using the patch. The FDA is conducting an investigation into the deaths associated with these patches. Our Dedicated … [Read more...]
Prescription Opioid Misuse and Deaths Increase, Study Finds
Though the proportion of people reporting use of prescription opioids for reasons other than medical necessity fell between 2003 and 2013, overdose deaths increased, according to a new study. Lead author Dr. Beth Han of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration said, “The results underscore the importance of … [Read more...]
Palladone Side Effects
Palladone Side Effects Injury Lawsuits. On July 13, 2005, the Food and Drug Administration ordered Purdue Pharma to remove Palladone (Generic: Hydromorphone hydrochloride from the U.S. market. The FDA cited potentially fatal overdose reactions when the powerful painkiller drug is taken together with alcohol. Palladone is a … [Read more...]
CT CAT Scan Radiation Overdose
High-dose radiation scans have increased significantly in the past two decades.High-dose radiation scans. specifically computerized tomography (CT) scans, have increased significantly in the past two decades, which may be tied to increasing cancer rates, according to a new report. In fact, exposure to medical radiation has … [Read more...]
Acetaminophen Overdose A Risk For Infants, Children
Acetaminophen Overdose Alert On. Acetaminophen overdose, long known to be a risk for adults, is a risk for infants, as well. Acetaminophen is the active ingredient in Tylenol and, because of the drug’s popularity, many consumers are unaware that ‘acetaminophen’ carries risks for very serious health affects. According to … [Read more...]
More Duragesic Pain Patches Recalled
Duragesic May Cause Fentanyl Overdose. Once again, Johnson & Johnson is recalling some Duragesic Pain Patches because of a defect that could cause patients to overdose on fentanyl. This is the second time in less than a year that Johnson & Johnson has recalled Duragesic patches. A similar action was issued by the company just … [Read more...]
Dennis Quaid Settles Heparin Lawsuit
Heparin Overdose Lawsuit. Dennis and Kimberly Quaid have settled their highly publicized Heparin lawsuit with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Quaid’s settled for $750,000 over a serious—potentially deadly—Heparin dosing error last year, citing court papers filed earlier this week in Los Angeles … [Read more...]
Infants’ Heparin Overdose Case Hearing
Infants' Heparin Overdose Case. On July 6, 17 premature babies being treated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Christus Spohn Hospital South in Corpus Christi, Texas were overdosed with the blood thinner, Heparin. The deaths of twin babies—Keith and Kaylynn Garcia—are believed linked to the hospital error and, now, … [Read more...]
Morphine Tablets Recalled for Overdose Risk
Morphine Tablets Are Being Recalled. Morphine tablets are being recalled because of a potential manufacturing defect. ETHEX Corp., the manufacturer of the recalled morphine tablets, has received a report of a tablet that was twice the appropriate thickness. A thicker tablet may contain twice the amount of morphine … [Read more...]
Another Fentanyl Pain Patch Recall
Another fentanyl pain patch has been recalled today, amid concerns that such pain patches put users at risk of accidental fentanyl overdose. Today’s fentanyl pain patch recall was issued by Activis Inc., which is recalling 14 lots of its Fentanyl transdermal system CII patches sold in the United States by its subsidiary Actavis South … [Read more...]
Dennis Quaid Sues Baxter Healthcare over Heparin Overdose
Baxter Healthcare Lawsuit Over Heparin Overdose. A heparin overdose that endangered the lives of Dennis Quaid's infant twins has prompted the actor and his wife to sue Baxter Healthcare for negligence. The Quaid twins were two of three children who were mistakenly given 10,000 units of heparin instead of the normal 10 units … [Read more...]
Heparin Overdose at Cedars-Sinai Hospital Endangers Three Babies
Heparin Overdose at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. Heparin overdoses are still a threat to hospital patients, despite a recent Food & Drug Administration (FDA) alert warning of the danger. The threat posed by heparin overdose was made apparent this week, after it was reported that three babies at Cedars-Sinai hospital in … [Read more...]
Effexor Death Risk From Overdose
Effexor Linked to Increased Risk. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc have notified healthcare professionals via letter regarding the potential increased risk for fatal outcome with an overdose of venlafaxine HCl (Effexor tablets and Effexor XR capsules) compared with that of other selective … [Read more...]
Chemo Overdose Result of Illegible Prescription
Prescription That Triggered A Lethal Chemo Overdose. It was a doctor's illegible handwritten prescription that triggered a lethal chemotherapy overdose that ended the life of a 41-year-old Redwood City father of three at the San Mateo Medical Center, an investigation has revealed. The Institute for Safe Medication, in … [Read more...]
Cough Medicine Abuse On The Rise
Cough Medicine Abuse. During a year spent mostly under the influence of a powerful drug, 19-year-old Timothy Harper had numerous brushes with the law, suffered at least one serious overdose and eventually landed in jail. During the overdose, Harper's heart briefly stopped, his mother said. But the close call didn't dissuade him. … [Read more...]
Suicide Painkiller Withdrawn
Accidental Death From Painkiller Overdose. One of Britain’s most commonly used drugs is to be withdrawn over concerns about the high risk of accidental death from slight overdose and its frequent use in suicides, The Times has learnt. Co-proxamol, prescribed to hundreds of thousands of Britons every year, is to be the subject of … [Read more...]
Overdose of Chemotherapy Kills Cancer Patient
A Patient Died Due To Chemotherapy Drug Overdosed. Investigators are looking into the death of a cancer patient at a Peninsula hospital. San Mateo Medical Center says a 41-year-old man died after he received 10 times his prescribed dose of chemotherapy. The doctor has prescribed 50 units of a chemotherapy drug, but the patient got … [Read more...]
Neighborhood Mourns Loss Of Three Teens
Three Teens Died From OxyContin Overdose. Three teens from the Cabana Colony neighborhood of Palm Beach Gardens have died in the last six months from apparent drug overdoses. In January, Mathew Schraeder died of an OxyContin overdose. This past Thursday, Richard Van Nest overdosed. Austin Thomas was found dead on … [Read more...]
Family Awarded $7.1m for Overdose
A Boy Received An Overdose Of High-Blood-Pressure Drug. A Suffolk County jury yesterday awarded $7.1 million in damages to the family of Joey Rice, a 4-year-old Newton boy who, as a premature infant, received a massive overdose of a high-blood-pressure drug after pharmacists at Children's Hospital in Boston failed to dilute an adult … [Read more...]
