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Bisphosphonates are widely prescribed medications for the treatment and/or prevention of osteoporosis.  The first bisphosphonate (Fosamax, also known as alendronate) for the prevention and/or treatment of osteoporosis was approved for the U.S. market in 1995.  Since that time, four bisphosphonate molecular entities (alendronate sodium, risedronate sodium, ibandronate sodium, and zoledronic […]

A startling article entitled, “Conflict of Interest in the Assessment of Thromboprophylaxis” appeared in the January 2012 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. A group of investigators were curious about the possibility of bias during evidence-based reviews and they conducted a retrospective study, centering on prescription choice […]

After a decade of receiving several black eyes over failed metal on metal implants, the orthopedic device industry is bracing itself for a second wave of metal failure related embarrassment. The metal on metal debacle resulted in tens of thousands of unnecessary revision surgeries due to metal poisoning. Many of […]

Stryker V40 Femoral Heads (CoCr) Associated With Spontaneous and Catastrophic Head-Neck Dissociation Stryker may face yet another crisis associated with their total hip replacement medical devices – and this time it may be related to its large LFIT-V40 chrome/cobalt heads. These heads have been reported in medical literature to potentially […]

For a diabetic, accurately monitoring his blood sugar level can mean a matter of life or a diabetic coma. So this latest warning from healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is especially troublesome. Its popular OneTouch Verio IQ blood glucose meters have been found to be faulty when the blood sugar […]

On March 10, 2010, the Stryker Orthopaedics Division announced the release of a new hip replacement, the ADM X3 Mobile Bearing Acetabular System.  Calling it the “next-generation of technology” in hip replacements, the company announced that Hall of Famer, Johnny Bench, would become the first patient in the world to […]

When participants left a two-day public hearing convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss metal-on-metal hips (MoM) there were few answers and a lot of questions. The goal of the 18-member FDA advisory panel made up of surgeons, industry reps, and consumer advocates was to try and come […]

In the three years since Stryker first introduced the Rejuvenate and ABG II modular hip implant systems, thousands of patients have had these devices implanted. The devices were distributed by Stryker throughout the United States. The promises made about the Rejuvenate seem to have all been false. Since the device […]

For the past few years orthopedic device manufacturers have come under intense scrutiny for selling hip implant devices that fail prematurely. These failures have been due to designing systems that include too many metal parts. It has been determined that when metal touches metal in an implant designed to carry […]

Just how much are consumers of eye care products supposed to take before they have had enough? On the heels of two major disasters in the eye care industry yet another has emerged. Cooper Vision a major manufacturer of eye care products including soft contact lenses has announced the recall […]