A delayed diagnosis of metastatic melanoma can mean rapid death. Men who use Viagra to get a rise in the bedroom may find that the little blue pill also may increase the risk of developing melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Recently medical studies…
Doctors prescribe Bayer’s billion-dollar blood thinner Xarelto to prevent blood clots and protect patients from strokes, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Xarelto may cause irreversible internal bleeding that can lead to hospitalization and death. According to lawsuit allegations filed ag
In a Dallas Texas state court trial, Boston Scientific Corp. was ordered to pay $73 million to a woman who said a defectively designed vaginal-mesh implant left her in constant pain. This was the first award against the device maker over its incontinence slings. Earlier…
According to recent medical research, testosterone supplement treatments for men can cause an increased risk of stroke, heart attack or even death. The use of testosterone replacement therapy, more commonly referred to as “low T” drugs, has exploded recently to include men showing no symptoms of…
The first out of 6,500 federal DePuy Pinnacle hip replacement lawsuits went to trial this week. Injured plaintiffs allege that they suffered premature metal hip implant failure and metal blood poisoning from the defective DePuy Pinnacle hip devices. What is the Problem with DePuy Pinnacle…
There are several Cymbalta lawsuits filed against Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of the drug for allegedly failing to warn about the risk of withdrawal side effects associated with the popular antidepressant. Multidistrict Status For Cymbalta Filed Recently a motion was filed to centralize all federal…
Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy subsidiary is facing the first bellwether trial over allegations that the Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip was defectively designed and caused metallosis. According to Kathleen Herlihy-Paoli, the cobalt-and-chromium alloy caused an infection that resulted in the artificial hips
Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly lost a bid to have a judge throw out a combined $9 billion punitive-damage award over claims the drugmakers hid the cancer risks of their Actos diabetes medicine. This landmark award was the first of several thousand federal cases to…
The Texas-based company that manufactures OxyElite has agreed to recall and destroy a dietary supplement linked to several hundred cases of acute liver failure and hepatitis, including deaths and cases where several patients required liver transplants. FDA Warning Letter According to the FDA,”As soo
Xarelto is a popular blood-thinning drug or anticoagulant made by Bayer Health Care and Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson). Xarelto, Pradaxa and Eliquis, are the new generation of anticoagulants that have been advertised as requiring less testing and monitoring than coumadin
There has been some success in the lawsuits involving the thousands of defective metal on metal hips, with most recently DePuy ASR releasing settlement checks for injured patients. Only a fraction of the lawsuits have been settled, there are thousands more are still pending against…
Doctors prescribe Xarelto to prevent blood clots such as embolic strokes, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in high risk patients. According to the manufacturers, Bayer and Johnson and Johnson, the blood thinner anticoagulant medication is safe and more convenient than warfarin. But the dr