Category: Side Effect: Bleeding Events (hemorrhage, overanticoagulation)
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Lemtrada Use Restrictions Issued By EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee Due To Safety Issues
Action Due To Reports Of Lemtrada Side Effects Including Deaths Related To Immune Complications And Heart Or Circulatory Disorders (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In late October 2019 the Pharmacovigilance Risk…
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CoaguChek XS PT Test Strips: Roche Devices For Blood Thinner INR Measurement – Urgent FDA Recall November 2018
More Than 1 Million Packages Of Defective Devices Used To Check INR For Warfarin May Cause Serious Injuries Or Death (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In September 2018 Roche Diagnostics issued…
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Rate Of Gastrointestinal Bleeding Requiring Hospital Readmission Higher With Pradaxa Use Than Warfarin Use
Rehospitalization Within 30 Days For Serious Bleeding Events Reported With 13% Of Pradaxa Patients Compared To 5% Of Warfarin Patients (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Medical researchers recently reviewed population-wide electronic…
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Pradaxa Lawsuits And Settlements: Past, Present, And Future Aspects Are Explained In This 2017 Update Report
The Bottom Line: Pradaxa Is Still Associated With Serious Bleeding Events, Including Patient Deaths, And New Pradaxa Drug Injury Cases Are Still Being Filed (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Pradaxa (dabigatran)…
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February 2017: Eliquis MDL Established For Federal Court Lawsuits; Placed In Southern District Of New York, With Judge Cote Presiding
For Eliquis Cases Filed In California State Court, JCCP Case Coordination Petition Is Still Pending, With Determination Expected In Next Couple Of Months (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The Eliquis drug injury…
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Iclusig: Leukemia Drug With Many Different Serious Side Effects Had More Warnings Added In November 2016
Black-Box Warning Now Includes Venous Thromboembolism As Well As Various Types Of Arterial Occlusions, And There Are More New Safety Issues (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Iclusig (ponatinib) is a kinase…
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Drug Companies Bristol-Myers Squibb And Pfizer Ask For Consolidation Of Eliquis Lawsuits In Federal Court Multidistrict Litigation Case
Filed In October 2016, Defendants' MDL Motion Requests 34 Eliquis Cases Be Transferred To U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan In Southern District Of New York (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) …
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Is Eliquis Really A Safe Alternative To Warfarin For A Patient On Hemodialysis, One Pharmacist Wonders
The Prescribing Information For Eliquis Suggests Such Use Is Safe, But There Is Limited Clinical Study Data In Support (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) _________________________________________ UPDATE: Here are two new…
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Eliquis May Appear To Be Safer Than Xarelto, But There Is No Randomized Head-To-Head Clinical Trials Comparing The Two, Yet
One Unfortunate Fact These Two New Blood-Thinners Have In Common Is That Neither Has An FDA-Approved Antidote At Present Time (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Earlier this month the medical journal…