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Digitek MDL Federal Court Judge Goodwin Issues Litigation Stay In August 2010
October 2010 Meeting With State Court Judges Is Postponed; Fate Of Digitek Bellwether Trials Uncertain (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)On August 12, 2010 U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Goodwin issued Pretrial Order #62 (Re:…
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Popular Seizure And Bipolar Disorder Medication Lamictal Associated With Aseptic Meningitis In August 2010
FDA Working With GlaxoSmithKline To Update Label, Or Package Insert, And Patient Medication Guide To Warn About This Side Effect (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)On August 12, 2010 the FDA announced that Lamictal…
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August 2010 Status Update For The Yaz / Yasmin / Ocella Federal Court MDL Litigation
More Than 2600 Lawsuits Have Been Filed To Date; First Trial May Be As Soon As September 2011 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)On August 11, 2010 Judge David R. Herndon held a Status Conference…
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Mixed Signals About The Safety Of Acne Medication Accutane (Isotretinoin) Continue To Emerge In Summer 2010
FDA Says Accutane Was Not Withdrawn Because Unsafe Drug, While Medical Journal Article Finds Link Between Isotretinoin Therapy And Ulcerative Colitis (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)When we last wrote about the acne medication Accutane…
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More Evidence That The Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix Is Linked To Agitation, Aggression, And Violence
New Medical Journal Article Looks At 78 Adverse Event Reports Made To FDA Involving Chantix / Champix (Varenicline) (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) We last wrote about the relatively popular smoking cessation drug varenicline —…
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Current Use Of Some Popular SSRI Antidepressants May Increase The Risk Of Developing Cataracts
Luvox, Effexor, And Paxil Seem To Have Highest Increased Cataract Risks, But Study Does Not Prove That Any Of These Drugs Cause Cataracts (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) An article which appeared in the…
