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FDA warns Lipitor and other statins may cause diabetes

Posted January 28, 2013 in Health | Legal Issues | Lipitor | Product News and Recalls

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently added warnings to the labels of widely used cholesterol drugs called statins, which include Pfizer Inc.’s Lipitor. The new labels warn that the drugs may raise blood sugar levels, could cause memory loss, and may increase the risk of Type II diabetes.

According to a Reuters story, researchers with the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worchester drew data from the Women’s Health Initiative, which included more than 150,000 diabetes-free women in their 50s, ...

Categories: Health, Legal Issues, Lipitor, Product News and Recalls

Tags: FDA, Pfizer, statins

Court’s drug marketing decision worries doctors

Posted December 7, 2012 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Legal Issues | Product News and Recalls | Verdicts & Settlements

Many medical professionals are concerned about this week’s decision by the federal appeals court making it legal for pharmaceutical company representatives to market drugs for “off label” uses.

An ABC News report quotes Dr. Richard Deyo, a professor of family medicine at Oregon Health and Science University, as saying: “This risks taking us back to an era when people could promote snake oil without restrictions – a situation I would hate ...

Categories: Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Legal Issues, Product News and Recalls, Verdicts & Settlements

Tags: drug marketing, FDA, Pharmaceutical industry

Jurisdiction questions may have prevented action on bed rails

Posted November 27, 2012 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product Liability | Product News and Recalls

Questions about jurisdiction may have held federal regulators back from investigating potential hazards that bed rails in hospitals and nursing homes present for seniors, the New York Times reports.

The rails are metal bars that assist patients in pulling themselves up and prevent them from rolling out of bed. They can be hazardous when patients, especially those with Alzheimer’s, get confused and trapped between a bed rail and a mattress.

According to the New York Times, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

Categories: Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Product Liability, Product News and Recalls

Tags: Alzheimer's, Bed rails, FDA, nursing homes, seniors, stragulation

FDA investigating defective-designed bed rails after 27 deaths

Posted November 26, 2012 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Health | Product Liability | Product News and Recalls

Although federal investigators are now studying the safety risk that bed rails present for residents of nursing homes, an article in the New York Times says regulators have long been aware of that risk and have done little to crack down on their manufacturers.

The rails are metal bars used on beds and in hospitals and nursing homes, which assist patients in pulling themselves up and prevent them from rolling out of bed. Sometimes patients, especially those with Alzheimer’s, can get ...

Categories: Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Health, Product Liability, Product News and Recalls

Tags: Alzheimer's, Bed rails, FDA, nursing homes, seniors, stragulation

FDA advice on product safety

Posted November 7, 2012 in Health | Product Liability | Product News and Recalls

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued some recommendations on protecting children from accidental poisoning after ingesting eyedrops and decongestants, Web MD reports.

The recommendations came after the FDA put out a warning that a wide range of brand-name and generic varieties of eyedrops and decongestants don’t come in child-resistant packages, and can sicken children.

The medicines in both types of product, which cause blood vessels to constrict, are harmless when used as directed. But less than a fifth of a ...

Categories: Health, Product Liability, Product News and Recalls

Tags: decongestants, eyedrops, FDA

FDA warns of children sickened from eyedrops, nasal sprays

Posted October 30, 2012 in Health | Legal Issues | Product Liability | Product News and Recalls

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning that the potentially dangerous eye drops and decongestants – including a wide range of brand-name and generic varieties – don’t come in child-resistant packages, and can sicken children.

The medicines in both types of product cause blood vessels to constrict. While harmless when used as directed, less than a fifth of a teaspoon can send children to the hospital, or even put them in a coma.

And according to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety ...

Categories: Health, Legal Issues, Product Liability, Product News and Recalls

Tags: decongestants, eyedrops, FDA

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Posts Tagged 'FDA'

FDA warns Lipitor and other statins may cause diabetes

Court’s drug marketing decision worries doctors

Jurisdiction questions may have prevented action on bed rails

FDA investigating defective-designed bed rails after 27 deaths

FDA advice on product safety

FDA warns of children sickened from eyedrops, nasal sprays

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