FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Oklahoma Paxil Case

  Jeremy Thurman | June 04, 2008 5:55 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  News9.com is reporting that the first court case involving the controversial anti-depressant Paxil and birth defects has been filed in Oklahoma. The mother ofa Bartlesville toddler allegedly...

• Avandia linked to Heart Attacks

  Jeremy Thurman | May 22, 2007 10:46 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  The widely prescribed diabetes drug Avandia is linked to a greater risk of heart attack and possibly death, a new scientific analysis revealed, and the U.S. government issued a safety alert Monday. The Food and Drug Administration urged diabetics taking the pill to talk to their doctors, but stopped short of forcing a sharper warning label on the drug sold by GlaxoSmithKline PLC of LondonMore...

• Paxil and Birth Defect

  Jeremy Thurman | February 19, 2007 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  We are now representating individuals who too Paxil during pregnancy which resulted in injuries to the newborn. If you are not aware, Paxil has been show to cause holes or other malformations in the chambers of the newborne's heart. Often the defects heal on their own, but more severe cases require surgical intervention. Specifically, Paxil causes Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the...

• Preemption - Drug Companies Believe We Need More Drugs

  Jeremy Thurman | August 21, 2008 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I just read an amicus briefed filed by the former and current editors of the New England Journal of Medicine in a case before our Supreme Court wherein Wyeth is seeking to have all pharmaceuticals...

• FDA - MedWatch - Permax (pergolide)- Product Market Withdrawal -

  Jacob Diesselhorst | March 30, 2007 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that companies that> manufacture and distribute pergolide have agreed to withdraw the drug> from the market. Pergolide is a dopamine agonist (DA) used with> levodopa and carbidopa to manage the signs and symptoms of Parkinson's> disease. Results of two new studies showed that some patients with> Parkinson's disease treated with pergolide had...

• House Passes Historic Whistleblower Bill Protecting Federal Scientists

  Jeremy Thurman | March 16, 2007 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  In an effort to end corruption on the Federal level for Scientists who expose political interference in their research, the house overwhelmingly passed the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act. This is important especially in light of drug litigation where federal scientist often fear political ramifications for expousing dangerous drugs such as Vioxx, Ortho Evra et al. Hopefully this will...

• Zicam

  Jeremy Thurman | February 09, 2007 1:44 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  You might take it for granted, but your sense of smell can alert you to dangers like gas leaks and can make food more flavorful and appetizing. The over the counter nasal spray Zicam has been linked to loss of smell (anosmia) and loss of taste. Zicam has been associated with the onset of a condition known as anosmia, which leaves the user with a potentially permanent loss of smell and taste....

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  Jeremy Thurman | February 07, 2007 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  On September 20, 2006, results of a new study were released that confirmed previous studies showing an increased risk of blood clots associated with the use of Ortho Evra versus oral contraceptives. The study found that women using Ortho Evra were twice as likely to develop blood clots as those using oral contraceptive pills. As a result, the FDA has asked Ortho McNeil Pharmaceuticals, a...

• Digitek Tablets - Are You Suffering From Them?

  Jeremy Thurman | August 20, 2008 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  In April of this year the FDA issued a class I recall on all Digitek (digoxin) tablets, which regulators believed may contain twice the approved level of digoxin. Due to these double-strength pills,...

• More Deaths Related to Contaminated Baxter Heparin

  Jeremy Thurman | April 08, 2008 10:13 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  USA Today is tripling the death count associated with Baxter's Heparin supposedly contaminated in China. According to the report, sixty-two deaths now are associated with contaminated batches of the...