Plavix Can Cause Heart Attacks And Strokes. Are you a resident of Staten Island, New York who has been injured by Plavix? Plavix, a popular blood thinner used to prevent heart attacks and strokes, has been associated with a number of serious side effects including heart attacks and strokes; serious bleeding, such as gastrointestinal … [Read more...]
Staten Island Plavix Lawsuit
Chantix Side Effects Linked to Strokes, Heart Attacks, Cardiovascular & Heart Disease Risk, Lawsuits being Evaluated
New Chantix Side Effects Increased Cardiovascular. A published report states that users of the smoking cessation drug Varenicline, brand name Chantix, has been linked to a small but statistically significant increased risk of cardiovascular events. The study was conducted by CMAJ suggests that 1 in every 28 patients receiving Chantix … [Read more...]
Meridia Panel Split on Ban
Meridia Panel Split. Eight members of a Food & Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee have called for Meridia to be pulled from US market. Six others on the 16-member panel favored restrictions on prescribing the weight loss drug, while the remaining two members voted to add a new black box warning to the Meridia label … [Read more...]
Avandia Heart Attack Risk
Avandia May Cause Heart Attacks And Stroke. An unpublished Avandia study has found that patients in the U .S. Medicare system who took the drug may have suffered as many as 48,000 heart attacks, strokes and other problems between 1999 and 2009. According to the study’s author, Dr. David Graham, a safety official with the U.S. Food … [Read more...]
Meridia Ban
Meridia May Cause Heart Attacks And Strokes. Public Citizen Ban Meridia, a weight loss drug marketed by Abbot Laboratories, should be banned by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) immediately, according to the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. In a press release announcing that it has filed its second petition with … [Read more...]
COX-2 Inhibitors Raise Heart Risks
COX-2 Inhibitors More Likely to Raise Heart Risks. A new study that confirms the heart risks associated with a class of drugs called NSAIDs has found that the increased risk correlates to the specific pain-causing molecule they act against. According to the study, NSAIDS that are cox-2 inhibitors are more likely to increase the risks … [Read more...]
Vioxx Risk May Have Begun in 4 Months
Vioxx Risk Of Heart Attacks And Strokes. Unpublished data from the Merck & Co. study that led the drugmaker to halt sales of Vioxx appear to show that the painkiller raised the risk of heart attack and stroke within just a few months not after at least 18 months’ use, as Merck has argued. The company disputed that yesterday, … [Read more...]
