Antipsychotic Drugs Have Caused Breast Growth in Men More than two years after Johnson & Johnson settled a lawsuit with a 21-year-old man who experienced an adverse side effect from Risperdal, hundreds of other young male plaintiffs are pursuing claims for the same reason: unnatural breast growth. The condition […]
Category: Defective Drugs
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. developed the prescription medication Benicar (Olmesartan Medoxomil) to treat high blood pressure. In April 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Benicar. Since that time, it has become a widely prescribed blood pressure medication. However, researchers have discovered Benicar use has a high association with […]
Marketing study after marketing study shows mobile is the future for all industries – “big pharma” included. But marketing study after marketing study also shows drug companies fall far behind in making their Web sites compatible with smartphones, tablets and other devices. One-third of Web sites belonging to 150 leading […]
The reasons the seemingly cutting-edge pharmaceutical industry lags behind in the mobile-application domain are far and wide, say medical marketers, who predict that, in the end, companies’ bottom lines, doctors’ choices and patient health will suffer. Let’s look at the facts: First, one-third of drug-makers’ Web sites are optimized for […]
Eli Lilly & Co., the producer of the popular antidepressant Cymbalta (duloxetine), is facing a spate of litigation over injuries associated with the drug. Plaintiffs allege that Cymbalta can cause severe withdrawal symptoms, including dizziness, nausea, headache, fatigue, paresthesia, vomiting, irritability, nightmares, insomnia, diarrhea, anxiety, hyperhidrosis, and vertigo within 12 […]
The pharmaceutical industry appears to be looking out for No. 1 in the case of India vs. HIV / AIDS. Since 2000, the southeastern-Asia country has become a leader in lowering the cost of treatment for patients with the deadly disease. That year, the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders started […]
A Short History Viagra (sildenafil) was a breakthrough in the pharmaceutical world when it was first researched and released to the public. Never before had a pill been able to produce an erection. A groundbreaking (and likely very uncomfortable) presentation at the 1983 Urodynamics Society conference in Las Vegas […]
A study released in June of 2014 shows an 84% increased risk of melanoma linked to use of the popular erectile dysfunction drug Viagra (which is also known as sildenafil). The study looks at data compiled from 25,848 men who participated in the Health Professional’s Follow-Up Study at Harvard’s School […]
Male enhancement drugs might seem tempting to those with low testosterone and other erectile dysfunction issues, but the Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that popping such pills is dangerous and possibly deadly. Between January and August of 2014, the federal agency issued 20 alerts, each targeting a different […]
Popular testosterone-replacement drugs have been called into question by a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel, which has voted in favor of restricting their use to men with medically related low testosterone. Currently, the drugs are marketed mainly to men with age-related low testosterone as a relatively quick and painless […]
