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Yaz Birth Control Lawsuits

Longo Legal, PLLC is reviewing potential lawsuits for users of the Yasmin or Yaz birth control pill. Many women have suffered serious side-effects from Yaz including blood-clot injuries or heart problems. Yaz is an oral contraceptive sold by...
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Posted October 24, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

FDA Combating Opioid Drug Abuse

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new risk reduction program targeting opioid drugs. Opioids are a prescription synthetic drug used to mitigate moderate to severe pain. Many of the opioids are made for use as...
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Posted August 3, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

Lexapro® Birth Defects

Antidepressant medication is quite common in the United States. More than 11 percent of Americans take some form of antidepressant medication according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC funded a study about a possible link between...
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Posted July 12, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

Takeda’s Successor Drug to Actos Fails to Win FDA Approval

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is Asia’s largest drug manufacturer and the maker of diabetes drugs. Takeda failed to win clearance to sell its new diabetes drug alogliptin in the United States. FDA regulators are asking for more information on the use...
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Posted July 11, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

Fentanyl Patch Dangers

The fentanyl patch is used to relieve moderate to severe chronic pain. It is sometimes known by the brand name Duragesic®. Duragesic® and other generic fentanyl patches are powerful medication that delivers opioids into the body gradually through...
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Posted June 27, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

Pradaxa Ranked as Most Reported Dangerous Drug in 2011

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices publishes the trademarked report QuarterWatch. ISMP analyzed direct reports of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) for 2011. The most frequently...
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Posted June 12, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

$21 Million Awarded in Generic Drug Suit

Generic drug manufacturers cannot use federal law as a bar to personal injury suits that allege flaws in a drug’s design, a federal appeals court has ruled. On May 4th, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $21 million jury award...
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Posted May 17, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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Posted April 25, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized

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...
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Posted April 11, 2012 | by victorlongo |in Uncategorized
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