Category: Drug Safety Alerts
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DPP-4 Diabetes Drug Side Effects Include Heart Attacks And Strokes As Well As Heart Failure
Onglyza, Nesina, Januvia, and Tradjenta Are Included In This Popular Class Of Type-2 Diabetes Medications (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In April 2016 the FDA took regulatory action by mandating label…
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Number Of Nuplazid Patient Deaths Reported To FDA In Just The Past Two Years Causes Alarm In Drug Safety Circles
This Relatively New Parkinson’s Disease Drug Already Been Implicated In Hundreds Of Death Cases, While Only Being On Market Since 2016 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Two years ago the FDA…
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Uloric Drug Safety Update: A Significantly Higher Risk Of Death Among Patients Using Gout Drug Uloric As Opposed To Allopurinol
Recent Findings Come From The CARES Trial, A Postmarketing Safety Study Requested By FDA Back When Uloric Was Approved In 2009 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) At the recent American College…
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Tasigna Side Effects Include Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events, Ischemic Heart Disease, And Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease
Less Warning About These Atherosclerosis-Related Diseases By Novartis In The US, It Seems, Compared To What Has Been Done By The Drug Company In Canada (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Tasigna…
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Ocaliva Black-Box Warning About Liver Failure Due To Incorrect Doses Added In Early 2018
This Ocaliva Label Change Follows September 2017 Dear Doctor Letter Sent By Intercept Pharmaceuticals (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) An earlier blog post, "Will Ocaliva Get Black-Box Warning For Liver Injury…
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Diet Drug Saxenda May Increase Pancreatic Cancer Risks For Patients Only Wanting Weight Loss
Saxenda Dose Contains Twice As Much Liraglutide As Diabetes Medicine Victoza, Also Linked To Malignancy In Pancreas (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In 2014, the FDA approved Saxenda (liraglutide) for the…
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2018 Emerging Drug Litigations: Viberzi and Actemra
Additional information concerning the potentially harmful side effects of Viberzi and Actemra was released over the course of 2017, and we will continue to monitor the situation in 2018.
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2018 Emerging Drug Litigations: Mirena IUD and Ocaliva
Additional information concerning the potentially harmful side effects of the Mirena IUD and Ocaliva was released over the course of 2017, and we will continue to monitor the situation in 2018.
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Drug-Induced Liver Injury Warning Added To OFEV Label In Canada As Done Earlier In US
This Relatively New Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Pill Is Clearly On The Radar Of Drug Safety Regulators (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) OFEV (nintedanib) capsules were approved by the FDA in 2014…