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drug_recall rezulinFebruary 8, 2001
General Accounting Office finds Rezulin fatalities more common amongst women patients.
The GAO found that eight out of ten of the prescription drugs FDA recalled since January 1, 1997 may have greater health risks amongst women than men. Two thirds of the Rezulin deaths due to liver failure were women, but this may be attributed to the fact that Rezulin was prescribed to more women than men.
October 16, 2000
New medication for type-2 diabetes reported by the MayoClinic.
Rezulin was pulled from the market in March 2000 due to the Rezulin liver failures resulting in death that was occurring. Since then rosiglitazone and pioglitazone that offer the same benefits as Rezulin without the same risk. Rezulin is linked to at least 60 deaths.
March 22, 2000
Diabetes drug Rezulin recalled.
Rezulin is linked to at least 63 liver poisoning deaths and has been used by at least 750,000 Americans when the FDA ordered the Rezulin recall. The FDA is urging all Rezulin patients to see their doctors before completely discontinuing the use of the drug. Two new drugs Avandia and Actos are said to offer the same benefits as Rezulin without the dangerous Rezulin side effects. The manufacturer of Rezulin, Warner-Lambert removed the diabetes drug after the FDA requested it but continued to say they are confident in the safety of their drug. Currently, there have been numerous Rezulin lawsuit settlements because of the liver failure deaths associated to the drug.
March 22, 2000
FDA questioned about approving diabetes drug Rezulin knowing the toxic side effects from the start.
The FDA finally convinced Warner-Lambert to pull Rezulin from the U.S. market after the 63 Rezulin liver failures resulted in death and 90 cases of liver failure. The FDA is under scrutiny because people are wondering why the FDA approved Rezulin with speed when they knew about the toxic side effects the diabetes drug can lead to.
An $11.55 million Rezulin lawsuit award has been upheld to a woman whose husband died after suffering liver failure. The man was hospitalized of liver failure in 1999, a month within being prescribed Rezulin, and died one week later. Rezulin, a diabete...
A $60 million settlement in an Illinois class action lawsuit has been reached with Rezulin diabetes drug maker Pfizer Inc. The lawsuit, filed in 2002, alleged Rezulin caused liver problems in five percent of the people who used it, which contradicts ad...
Pfizer, the world''s largest drugmaker, bought Warner-Lambert three months after the company issued a Rezulin recall in 2000. The Rezulin recall has resulted in lawsuits after allegations of liver damage leading to death, liver transplant, or damage. <...