Category: Side Effect: Cardiovascular (heart attack, stroke, heart failure, PE, DVT)
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March 2008: Higher Doses Of Celebrex Are Associated With Heart Attack And Stroke Risks
Lower, More Popular Dose Presumed To Be Safe, But Definitive Study Results Will Not Be Available For Few More Years (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On March 31, 2008, at the American College…
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Dr. Dennis Mangano Says On 60 Minutes In February 2008 That Trasylol Should Have Been Recalled As Early As January 2006
Delay By Bayer And FDA Until November 2007, When Trasylol Sales Were "Suspended", Caused 22,000 Excess Deaths Per CBS Report (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) According to interviews broadcast by CBS Television’s 60…
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More Reports Of Serious Blood Clots In Women Using Birth Control Patch Or Vaginal Ring
January 2008 Health Canada Newsletter Presents These Adverse Reaction Cases, And Announces "Canada Vigilance" (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The Canadian Adverse Reaction Newsletter (CARN), in its January 2008 edition (Volume 18, Issue…
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Avandia Label Is Getting Some Additional Contraindications And A New Warning In Europe
January 2008 Revisions Follow An Avandia Safety Review That Was Completed By EMEA In October 2007 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On January 24, 2008 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the European label for…
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Blood-Clot Warning On Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Increased, Again, In January 2008
Label For "The Patch" No Longer Has Conflicting Information About Its Increased Risk Of Blood Clots (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) A January 18, 2008 WebMD article, "Stronger Warning for Birth Control Patch",…
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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)…
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FDA Expected To Comment On Its Safety Evaluation Of Nexium And Prilosec In December 2007
Agency’s Follow-Up On Its August 2007 "Early Communication" About These Heartburn Drugs Is Late, But Just In Time For Christmas Dinner (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) As reported previously, in early August 2007…
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Mixed Reactions To Avandia’s Revised Warning In November 2007 About Risk Of Heart Attacks
Drug Safety Experts And FDA Officials Discuss Avandia And The New Black-Box Warning (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On November 14, 2007 the FDA issued a news release entitled "FDA Adds Boxed Warning…
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Will New Black Box Warning About Heart Attacks Lead GlaxoSmithKline To Withdraw Avandia From Market?
One Wonders Whether GSK Might Do A "Soft" Recall Of Its Embattled Diabetes Drug, As Was Done By BMS With Serzone And Tequin In Recent Years (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Avandia (rosiglitazone)…