FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

  Karl Truman | June 11, 2009 6:00 PM | 6 CommentsLouisville, KY

  On Monday this week, the Senate agreed to give the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate cigarettes and tobacco products. The bill, entitled the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco...

• FDA Announces Re-Labeling of 20 Anti-Seizure Medications

  Karl Truman | May 07, 2009 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The FDA announced that 20 anti-seizure drugs are to have its warning lables revised due to the potential risk of an increase in suicidal tendencies. Anti-seizure drugs are commonly used to treat...

• Keeping up with FDA Recalls

  Robin Bara | April 09, 2009 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  President Obama announced in early February the need for FDA reform, due largely in part to the salmonella outbreak from tainted peanut butter, which left over 500 people ill and 8 people dead. It...

• Dangerous Toothpaste Recall Extended to Fake Colgate

  Shannon Weidemann | June 16, 2007 10:32 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Colgate has announced that five ounce tubes of toothpaste sold in four states is fake and may contain a dangerous ingredient. The recalled toothpaste was sold in discount stores and may say "made in South Africa." The manufacturer used diethylene glycol to sweeten the toothpaste. The harmful ingredient may cause kidney or liver damage. Colgate-Palmolive issued a press release early Thursday...

• Avandia Lawsuit Filed

  Jennifer Moore | July 03, 2007 11:02 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  A wrongful death lawsuit was recently filed against GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Avandia, alleging that it withheld information from the public on the negative side effects of the drug. Avandia is a drug prescribed for Type II diabetes. A study published in the June 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine links taking Avandia to a significant increase in the risk of heart attack. ...

• FDA Warns Consumers About Weight Loss Pills

  Karl Truman | January 13, 2009 5:39 PM | 1 CommentLouisville, KY

  This is the time of year when many people are interested in weight loss. We have seen serious injuries in the past due to ingredients in weight-loss pills and supplements. The FDA has issued a...

• Dennis Quaid Testified Before Congress Regarding Injury to His Twins

  Jennifer Moore | May 15, 2008 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Yesterday, Dennis Quaid testified before Congress regarding the injuries his twins suffered due to the negligence of a prescription drug manufacturer. You can watch the video on our website,...

• Zyprexa Settlement. 1.42 Billion Dollars!

  Karl Truman | January 16, 2009 12:00 PM | 2 CommentsLouisville, KY

  A WSJ NEWS ROUNDUP Eli Lilly & Co. agreed to pay $1.42 billion to settle a probe into alleged improper marketing of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa, the Justice Department said Thursday. The...

• Trasylol Linked to Thousands of Deaths(2)

  Jennifer Moore | February 23, 2008 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  60 Minutes recently reported that the drug, Trasylol, may be linked to the death of thousands of patients. Trasylol had been on the market for 14 years and was made by Bayer. Estimates show that worldwide over four and a half million people have been given the drug -- about a third of them were Americans. Trasylol was given in the operating room to control bleeding. Bayer aggressively...

• Braun Recalls Lot "SFR" Flush Saline Syringes

  Courtney Mills | September 17, 2007 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Braun Medical has issued a recall of all normal saline flush syringes with lot numbers ending in "SFR". There have been a heightened number of customer complaints of particulate matter in Braun's saline solution, which has prompted the recall. Patients may not develop any signs of injury until receiving multiple exposures to tainted saline, but multiple exposures pose a risk of severe injury. ...