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Levaquin Federal Court Cases Already Have MDL; Now “Mass-Tort Treatment” Requested In New Jersey State Court
While Levaquin Is Just One Of Several Antibiotics In Fluoroquinolone Class, All Of Which Have Been Linked To Tendon Ruptures, Levaquin Has Most Tendon Injury Lawsuits Filed To Date (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ____________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: …
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FDA Investigating Obesity Drugs Xenical And Alli For Possible Link With Liver Damage
Agency Has Received Case Reports Of Hepatotoxicity For Orlistat, The Active Ingredient For Xenical And Alli (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) There was only this brief mention in the Memorandum of Meeting Minutes…
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Birth Control Pill YAZ Is Subject Of Ongoing Safety Study Regarding Cardiovascular Side Effects
A Comparison Of This "Fourth Generation" DRSP / EE Pill To Other Established Oral Contraceptives For Incidence Of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Pulmonary Embolism (PE), Heart Attack (MI), And Stroke (CVA) (Posted by Tom Lamb at…
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Beware The Potential Dangers Of Free Drug Samples
Some Ways That Free Drug Samples Can Harm Patients (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) PLoS Medicine— which is a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science — published an essay…
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May 2009 Digoxin Recall By AS Medication Solutions Seems To Be About Six-Weeks Late
This Company Repackaged Caraco Digoxin Tablets That Were Recalled March 31, 2009; Why Did They Delay Their Recall Notice? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On May 11, 2009 AS Medication Solutions, LLC —…
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Possible Heparin-Related Deaths In Delaware Are Different Than Last Year’s Illness Outbreak
These New Cases Involve Premixed IV Bags of Heparin And Initial Tests Did Not Detect Oversulfated Chondroitin Sulfate Contamination (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The headline used by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ),…