A Food and Drug Administration safety communication dealing with side effects of the medication Granuflo was released just a month before the agency issued a Class 1 recall for Granuflo and other Naturalyte products. This warned about serious complications such as heart attack that have... Read More

Zoloft was approved and put on the market in the U.S. in 1991. It is one of the class of anti-depressants known as selective seretonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, and is often prescribed to treat patients suffering from depression, panic disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, and... Read More

A new study published in the July 2012 issue of Orthopedics, the scientific journal, involved a review of 80 patients who underwent revision surgery for a failed metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implant. The most common reasons for failure included:   • Infection • Metal hypersensitivity reactions... Read More

Hundreds of patients who have experienced injuries related to their Stryker hip replacement systems have filed lawsuits against the manufacturer. 174 plaintiffs are currently pursuing claims against manufacturer Stryker in the New Jersey Superior Court for Atlantic County, and most of these lawsuits deal with... Read More

A New York woman who clams that she developed bladder cancer from Actos (pioglitazone) after taking the drug for five years has filed a lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceuticals in which she seeks $10 million in damages. The lawsuit was originally filed on June 12, 2012... Read More

Many men suffer from male pattern baldness. Although it is a condition with no health consequences, men often feel self-conscious and want to regain their hair in order to be attractive to the opposite sex. Propecia (finasteride) was introduced by Merck in 1997 with the... Read More

The Canadian class action lawsuit against manufacturer Pfizer filed by Chantix lawyers stems from two primary cases. In the first case, a woman sued after her daughter committed suicide, allegedly as a result of taking the anti-smoking drug Chantix for four months. In the other... Read More

Both Actos and Avandia belong to a class of drugs known as “thizolidinediones,” which help normalize blood sugar. A 2007 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that Avandia (rosiglitizone) increased the risk of heart attacks by 43 percent. The study suggested... Read More