Tag: side effects
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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…
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Viagra MDL For Melanoma Side Effect Legal Claims May Expand To Include Cialis Lawsuits, Soon, And Levitra Cases, Later
There Is An Apparent Melanoma Skin Cancer Link For Each Of These ED Drugs Given How PDE5 Inhibition Augments Tumor Cell Invasiveness (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) _________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: IN RE: Viagra…
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Risk of Hepatitis B Reactivation Associated With Gleevec, Iclusig, And Other BCR-ABL Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors, According To Health Canada
While Mechanism And Frequency Currently Unknown, This Situation Can Involve Acute Hepatic Failure Or Fulminant Hepatitis Leading To Liver Transplantation Or Death (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Back in May 2016…
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Harvoni, Sovaldi, Viekira Pak, And Other Direct-Acting Antivirals Get Black-Box Warning: Risk Of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation
October 2016 FDA Drug Safety Communication Warns About These Relatively New Drugs Which Are Increasingly Popular For Treating Chronic Hepatitis C (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) UPDATE: “New Safety Issue:…
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Savaysa Label Change In September 2016 Points Out There Is No Established Way To Reverse Its Anticoagulant Effects
Use Of Prothrombin Complex Concentrates (PCC) Or Other Procoagulant Reversal Agents Have Not Been Evaluated In Clinical Outcome Studies (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In relevant part, from a September 15, 2016…
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The Essure Birth Control Product: Safety, Regulatory, And Legal Developments Over The Past Several Months
Increasing Number Of Women Who Have Allegedly Been Harmed By The Essure Inserts Have Filed Lawsuits Against Bayer (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Bayer’s Essure® product is a permanent birth control…
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FDA Mandates Label Change Warning About Fatal Cases Of Ketoacidosis For All Diabetes Drugs Known As Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter-2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors
This Class Of (Heavily Advertised) Drugs Includes Farxiga, Invokana, And Jardiance, Which Also Are Linked To Kidney Failure And Heart Attacks Or Myocardial Infarction (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In an…
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Denosumab Drugs Prolia And Xgeva Linked To QT Interval Prolongation Associated With Hypocalcemia
Australia's Drug Regulator Issues Warnings And Mandates Label Changes, Following Similar Action In Europe; Will FDA Follow Thess Leads? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In early August 2016 we learned about…
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Summer 2016 Drug Injury Lawsuits Report: Diabetes Medicines, Erectile Dysfunction Pills, And Heartburn Medications
Current Product Liability Litigation Cases Involving Popular Drugs With Serious Side Effects That Are Starting To Gain More Attention (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) This article will feature three types of…
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Invokana / Farxiga / Jardiance: Urinary Tract Infections Leading To Urosepsis And Pyelonephritis Are Lesser Known Side Effects
To Date, More Attention Paid To The Association Between These Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors And Diabetic Ketoacidosis Or Acute Kidney Injury (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Over the past year the FDA…