Tag: warnings
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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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Multiple Sclerosis Drug Tecfidera: FDA Mandates January 2017 Label Change Which Adds Warnings About Liver Injury Cases
Besides Hepatotoxicity, Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, Renal Toxicity, And Other Safety Issues Have Surfaced Since Clinical Trials (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Tecfidera (dimethyl fumarate) was approved by the FDA in 2013…
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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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Jardiance Might Become The Next Blockbuster Diabetes Drug Despite Ketoacidosis And Acute Kidney Injury Side Effects
December 2016 FDA Determination About Cardiovascular Benefits Also Includes Increased Drug Safety Warnings Label Change For Jardiance (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) After the December 2, 2016 decision by the FDA…
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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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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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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…
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A Tecfidera Label Change Modifying Warnings About Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) Was Done In February 2016 With Little Notice
Biogen Idec First Added Information About Tecfidera Being Assoicated With PML Brain Infection Back In December 2014, After An FDA Drug Safety Communication Was Issued (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Tecfidera…
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Onglyza, Nesina, And Similar Diabetes Drugs Get FDA Drug Safety Warnings About Risk Of Heart Failure Side Effect
Set Of Newer Diabetes Medications Containing Saxagliptin And Alogliptin Also Being Investigated By FDA For Increased Risk Of Renal Failure (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On April 5, 2016 the FDA…
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Onglyza, Nesina, And Similar Diabetes Drugs Get FDA Drug Safety Warnings About Risk Of Heart Failure Side Effect
Set Of Newer Diabetes Medications Containing Saxagliptin And Alogliptin Also Being Investigated By FDA For Increased Risk Of Renal Failure (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On April 5, 2016 the FDA…