Researchers publishing in the August 27th issue of the online journal Clinical Drug Investigation, report that use of the cancer drug Avastin has been linked to high blood pressure and gastrointestinal bleeding. This is not the first bad news associated with Avastin. The drug was approved by the Food and […]
Category: Defective Drugs
They look like fun bandages or stickers – eye candy for little children. That’s why parents are being warned about how toxic fentanyl pain patches have been linked to accidental exposures resulting in several child fatalities. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require manufacturers of the fentanyl pain patches to make […]
The search has been on for a new and improved drug treatment for type 2 diabetes that would leave the complications of Avandia in the past. That hasn’t happened. New Class of Diabetes Drugs, DPP-4 The latest findings concern a newer class of diabetes drugs called DPP-4 that lower blood […]
This is just the latest in a series of recalls for healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J). This week, the company recalled about 200,000 bottles of concentrated Motrin Infant drops Original Berry Flavor. The company’s McNeil unit made the decision after tiny particles of plastic were found in some bottles […]
We know that children are not just small adults when it comes to prescriptions – yet many are prescribed the same powerful antipsychotic drugs as adults. According to a newly published report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Psychiatry, children prescribed Seroquel, Risperdal, Zyprexa and Abilify were more […]
Just when you thought the Vioxx defective drug chapter had ended comes word that Merck & Co. is on the hook for another $23 million to settle claims by patients. The settlement was announced in papers filed in Louisiana federal court. Plaintiffs claim they suffered an economic loss when Merck […]
What happens when low quality diabetes test strips enter the market? They give inaccurate readings which can prove fatal to a diabetic who must monitor the amount of sugar in his blood and deliver a dose of insulin according to the reading. Writing in Huffington Post, diabetes advocate Riva Greenberg […]
Ambien is an over-the-counter drug used to help people get to sleep and stay asleep. Chronic sleep disorders, also known as insomnia, are estimated to affect about 50 to 70 million Americans. But the active ingredient in many of these insomnia medications, zolpidem tartrate, is also landing many users in […]
Researchers from the British Medical Journal have dug into the data previously withheld on Byetta and Januvia, drugs, known as incretin mimetics, and found the diabetes drugs could be riskier than previously thought. Both drugs are used to treat type 2 diabetes. Byetta (exenatide) is made by Bristol-Myers Squibb and […]
It was 2005 and Karen Bartlett, 53, took a generic drug, a version of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug Clinoril. Instead of relieving the pain in her shoulder, Bartlett’s skin began eroding from two-thirds of her body. Her reaction was identified as Stevens-Johnson syndrome, which is an allergic reaction triggered by […]
