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Avandia: Cover Up of Dangerous Drug For Profit

Earlier this week most members of a Food and Drug Administration medical advisory committee reported that the side effects of Avandia increase the risk of heart attack when compared to older drugs, yet a majority of the committee voted to allow GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug to remain the market. (more…)

Posted on: July 23, 2010 Posted in: Unsafe Drugs No Comments

GSK Paid Scientists To Write Glowing Reviews Of Avandia

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has repeatedly showed that it will go to any lengths to keep its dangerous diabetes drug Avandia on the market, and more evidence of its unethical and immoral conduct has just emerged. (more…)

Posted on: June 27, 2010 Posted in: Unsafe Drugs No Comments

A 7-Year Old Asks About Lipitor And It’s Nothing To Laugh About

This story might seem amusing, if it were not frightening. More than anything, it’s an indication of the power of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising (DTCA) for prescription medications. These are the ads that always end with “Ask your doctor about…”, and drug companies spend billions on them every year. (more…)

Posted on: June 21, 2010 Posted in: Personal Injury / Wrongful Death, Product Liability / Defective Products, Unsafe Drugs No Comments

Botox Maker Faces Lawsuit From Doctors

When a business chooses to operate outside the law and with arrogant disregard for the health of its customers, those unethical choices will eventually catch up with the company. That’s what’s happening now with Allergan and its paralyzing cosmetic, Botox. (more…)

Posted on: April 30, 2010 Posted in: Unsafe Drugs No Comments

Black Box Drug Reglan Causes Tardive Dyskinesia And Other Serious Injuries

Tardive Dyskinesia is a destructive condition that causes its victims to suffer involuntary muscle movements such as grimacing, contortions of the mouth, protrusions of the tongue, smacking of the lips, and puckering of the mouth. (more…)

Posted on: April 26, 2010 Posted in: Unsafe Drugs No Comments

Personal Injuries Caused by Undisclosed Drug Information

The FDA’s system for approving drugs is fatally flawed. So is the process that the FDA uses to make vital information about approved drugs available to doctors. As a result of these two broken approaches, every year thousands of Americans suffer serious personal injuries and wrongful deaths from the side effects of prescription medications. (more…)

Posted on: April 23, 2010 Posted in: Personal Injury / Wrongful Death, Unsafe Drugs No Comments

Vyvanse – A Dangerous Drug and A Crafty Manufacturer

Vyvanse is an amphetamine commonly prescribed to treat both children and adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which are labels given to people who daydream and whose minds sometimes wander. (more…)

Posted on: April 19, 2010 Posted in: Unsafe Drugs No Comments

Urgent Update Avandia Victims Number More Than 83,000

As we have stressed before, Avandia (rosiglitazone) is a dangerous diabetes drug that the FDA should have pulled it from the market a decade ago. A recent report from the Senate Finance Committee has revealed that Avandia has been responsible for more than 83,000 heart attacks and thousands of personal injuries and wrongful deaths, and the carnage continues. (more…)

Posted on: March 18, 2010 Posted in: Personal Injury / Wrongful Death, Unsafe Drugs No Comments

Rituxan Causes Deadly Brain Infections

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a deadly brain infection associated with the powerful cancer drug Rituximab, marketed as Rituxan, which is approved by the FDA for the treatment of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. (more…)

Posted on: March 2, 2010 Posted in: Unsafe Drugs No Comments

You Heard it Here First: Poorer Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics

On December 12, 2009 the New York Times reported on page one “Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics.” Kudos to Duff Wilson and the New York Times for making this issue page one news. (more…)

Posted on: January 29, 2010 Posted in: Unsafe Drugs No Comments

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