http://www.onlinelawyersource.com Daily Defective Drugs News from Online Lawyer Source en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/black-box-warning.html The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an update on Botulinum Toxin Safety warnings, which include the popular injection, Botox. The Aug. 3, 2009 FDA alert provides information for both healthcare providers and patients. FDA Announces New Botox Black Box Warning The... Tue, 04 Aug 2009 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/yaz-injuries-spark-mass-tort.html With a mounting number of lawsuits being filed against Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, plaintiff's attorneys across the nation are beginning to call this the newest mass tort. The injury lawsuits against the major pharmaceutical company all allege serious injuries and in some severe cases death... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/digoxin-recall.html On May 11, the drug repackaging company A-S Medical Solutions announced that they are recalling all 0.25-mg digoxin tablets labeled as "Caraco" brand. The tablets may differ from the correct size and dosage, putting patients at risk of digoxin toxicity, a life-threatening con... Mon, 11 May 2009 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/raptiva-recall-pml.html The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a voluntary Raptiva recall, April 8, 2009. The Psoriasis drug's manufacturer, Genentech, announced the voluntary Raptiva recall and has begun phasing the drug off the U.S. market. Raptiva will no longer be sold on the U.S. mar... Thu, 09 Apr 2009 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/caraco-digoxin.html The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, (FDA) announced, April 1, a consumer-level recall of certain lots of Caraco brand Digoxin. Digoxin, a generic brand of Digitek ® is designed to treat heart failure and abnormal heart r... Wed, 01 Apr 2009 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/defective-asthma-drugs.html Two officials in the safety division of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concluded in their recent analysis, published on the FDA website Dec. 4, that people of all ages who have asthma should stop taking four very widely used asthma medications due to the drugs' pote... Mon, 08 Dec 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/canada-paxil-lawsuit.html A woman living in Canada filed a defective drug lawsuit against Glaxo Smith Kline, the distributor of Paxil, a drug prescribed to treat depression. According to the lawsuit, Shannon Cote, 29, was prescribed Paxil af... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/nuvaring-fact-sheet.html U.S. District Judge Rodney Sipple announced that he elected to use the defendants' proposed Plaintiff's Fact Sheet when filing NuvaRing MDL lawsuits. The fact sheet requires all plaintiffs involved in... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/paxil-decrease-fertility.html A small clinical study reported recently in New Scientist magazine found that men who were taking an antidepressant such as Paxil showed significant increases in sperm damage — that... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/diabetes-byetta-lawsuit.html A man from Virginia filed a personal injury lawsuit against Amylin Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer, and Eli Lilly and Co., the co-marketer of the diabetes drug Byetta (R). The lawsuit, filed in the San Diego Superior Court, alleges that the two defendant compan... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 :: EDT