Tag: drug injury
-
Xarelto, Savaysa, Pradaxa, And Eliquis: Safety Secondary To Ease Of Use Is “A Major Wrong Turn” Says Drug Watchdog Group
This New Generation Of Oral Anticoagulants Has Bleeding-Related Adverse Reactions Including Gastrointestinal And Intracranial Bleeds (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The ISMP QuarterWatch published on September 23, 2015 includes an examination…
-
Still No Approved Reversal Agents Or Antidotes For Eliquis, Savaysa, And Xarelto To Stop Acute Bleeding
None Available To Help Patients Who Undergo Emergency Surgery Or When There Is Life-Threatening Uncontrolled Bleeding (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) UPDATE: On October 16, 2015 the FDA granted accelerated approval…
-
Potential Link Between MS Drug Gilenya And Cancers, Neoplasms, Or Tumors According To Health Canada
This September 2015 Drug Safety Alert Is Based Primarily On Reports Of Skin Cancer And Lymphoma Blood Cancer (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Health Canada recently conducted a review of safety…
-
Xarelto: Drug-Induced Liver Injury Reports Received By Health Canada And Found In Medical Literature
Should New Liver Side Effects Warning Be Added By Janssen Pharmaceuticals To Prescribing Information For Xarelto? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In the August 2015 edition of the Health Product InfoWatch…
-
New FDA Warning That Januvia, Onglyza, Tradjenta, And Nesina Are Associated With “joint pain that can be severe and disabling”
Label Changes About Side Effects For These Type 2 Diabetes Medicines In The Drug Class Called Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 (DPP-4) Inhibitors (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In August 2015 the FDA announced…
-
In The Shadow Of Recent Announcement About Diabetes Drug Jardiance Medical Study Results There Lingers Safety Concerns For SGLT-2 Inhibitors
As With Invokana and Farxiga, Jardiance Is Subject Of Several Drug Regulatory Agency Investigations About Ketoacidosis And Other Side Effects (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: “Health Canada Warns About Link…
-
New Anti-Clotting Drug Savaysa Can Be Dangerous As It Has No Treatment Approved To Reverse The Anti-Coagulant Effect In Cases Of Bleeding
Like Eliquis, Xarelto, And Pradaxa, This New Blood-Thinner Is Being Sold By Drug Companies At A Time When Profits May Be Taking Priority Over Patient Safety (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) …
-
August 2015 Gilenya Label Change About PML Brain Infection Follows FDA Drug Safety Alert About This Serious Side Effect
These Two PML Cases Did Not Involve The Patients Previously Using The MS Drug Tysabri, As Did The One Which FDA Reported In August 2013 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) ________________________________…