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Levaquin May Cause Retinal Detachment

Connective tissue injury, particlarly tendon ruptures, have been a known side effect of Levaquin. Now a new study in Canada links Levaquin use to patients suffering from a detached retina. The new study was published in the Journal of the...

Posted May 8, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

Side Effects of ACE Inhibitor Blood Pressure Drugs

ACE inhibitors are a class of drugs used for controlling blood pressure, heart failure, and preventing strokes. They are also used to prevent kidney damage in people with hypertension or diabetes. Because they prevent early death resulting from...

Posted May 8, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

Consumer Reports Advises Avioding Actos Due To Side Effects

Consumer Reports is an independent consumer review magazine. A recent reveiw by Consumer Reports of the type-2 diabetes drug Actos, advises consumers to take Actos as a last resort, when all other methods of treatments have failed. Actos has been...

Posted April 25, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

Pradaxa Injury and Hemorrhages Report

Pradaxa, a blood thinner, is the subject of numerous lawsuits. A new FDA report says this prescription drug may have been responsible for another 117 deaths during the second quarter of 2011. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)...

Posted April 25, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

FDA Issues Warning Recommendations for Celexa

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, high doses of Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide), an antidepressant, might cause dangerous abnormalities in the electrical activity of the heart. Celexa is in a class of antidepressants called...

Posted April 17, 2012 | by victorlongo

FDA label change for Drospirenone regarding Blood Clots

Women to take the birth control drug Yaz or Yasmin should be aware of the new labeling requirements. FDA recently completed its review of observational (epidemiologic) studies regarding the risk of blood clots in women taking drospirenone...

Posted April 11, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

Plaintiff wins Resperdal® Lawsuit

Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, faces dozens of lawsuits lawsuits in federal and state courts over the prescription drug Risperdal®. Risperdal® is an antipsychotic drug that made Johnson & Johnson billions...

Posted April 11, 2012 | by victorlongo

Yaz Settlements

Bayer (the makers of Yaz and Yasmin) are contacting some lawyers who represent women who have been injured after taking the Yaz/Yasmin birth control to possibly settle their case. Many of these clients have a pulmonary embolism and/or deep vein...

Posted April 5, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

Will Congress Overturn Mensing?

The Mensing decision (Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing, No. 09-993 (U.S. Sup. Ct. Jun. 23, 2011)) was a landmark victory for generic pharmaceutical manufacturers. The issue of federal pre-emption meant the generic drug manufacturers would be treated...

Posted April 4, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

Fentanyl Pain Patch Recall

Recent lawsuits allege the manufacturers of the Fentanyl Pain Patches sold defective patches to the public. Fentanyl Pain Patch lawsuits allege strict product liability, negligence, breach of warranty and failure to warn claims against the...

Posted March 21, 2012 | by victorlongo

Fentanyl Pain Patch Lawsuit

A mass tort claim has been filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Jose Campuzano of San Leandro, California. The lawsuit alleges that Campuzano’s wife, Charlene Manzo, died as the result of an overdose from Fentanyl...

Posted March 21, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

Actos Lawsuit hearing set for March 22, 2012

Actos is a prescription drug approved to treat type 2 diabetes. Recent lawsuits claim that consumers who took Actos developed bladder cancer from taking the drug. The maker of Actos is Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. Takeda is Asia’s biggest...

Posted March 20, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized