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Senator Grassley’s December 2007 Letter To FDA Questions Agency’s Approval Of Ketek
Sanofi-Aventis Antibiotic Has Been Subject Of Controversy Since Reports of Liver Damage Surfaced In Early 2006 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The safety concerns about Ketek (telithromycin) began in early 2006 after Health…
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Case Report Shows How Diagnosis Of Ketek-Induced Liver Injury Is Made By Doctors
Abnormal Liver Function Tests In Man With No Hepatotoxicity Risk Factors After Taking Ketek For Three Days Indicates Drug Side Effect (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) As we have reported previously, use of…
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Cholesterol Drug Zetia May Cause Serious Liver Injury Including Hepatitis And Liver Failure
Health Canada First Raised This Zetia Safety Issue In February 2005; News Reporter Discovers In December 2007 That Information Known By Merck and Schering-Plough About These Zetia Side Effects May Have Been Withheld (Posted…
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Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lead Defect Can Be More Of A Problem For Certain Patients
People With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy And Those With Defibrillator-Pacemaker Dual Unit Implants May Be More In Need Of Lead Wire Replacement After Medtronic Recall (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) As presented in a December…
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More Reports of Women Who Have Had Serious Blood Clot Problems When Using NuvaRing
Serious Adverse Reactions With This Vaginal Ring Birth Control Device Include Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) And Pulmonary Emboli (PE) (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) An abstract from the annual meeting of the American…
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Federal Court Filing Asserts That Johnson & Johnson Altered And Withheld Data About Health Risks Of Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch
As Of November 2007 J&J Faces 2400 Lawsuits Involving Strokes, Heart Attacks, And Blood Clots Allegedly Caused By Ortho Evra, With Most Cases Pending Before MDL Judge Katz (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)…