Category Archives: Levaquin
Actos Whistleblower Lawsuit Questions Avandia Researcher's Financial Ties to Takeda
A prominent researcher has been implicated in an alleged cover-up of Actos side effects, according to a report from TheHeart.org. An Actos whistleblower lawsuit unsealed earlier this year has alleged financial connections between the Cleveland Clinic’s Dr Steven Nissen and the maker of Actos “should be considered when analyzing Actos’s ...
Pennsylvania Health System Proposes Comprehensive Fracking Study
A proposed study would examine the health effects of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) drilling on the people living closest to active natural gas wells.
First DePuy ASR Hip Implant Lawsuits Head to Trial in December, January
The first trials involving lawsuits filed against DePuy Orthopaedics by recipients of its recalled ASR Hip Implants will begin later this year, and early next year. The first is slated to start on December 3, 2012 in state court in Las Vegas, Nevada. A second DePuy ASR hip implant lawsuit ...
DePuy ASR Hip Implants, Other Faulty Medical Devices Subject to Little FDA Oversight, Investigation Finds
A newly-published investigation from ProPublica has revealed that several questionable types of medical devices, including DePuy Orthopaedic’s recalled ASR hip implant, managed to make it to market without much scrutiny on the part of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
Study Linking Z-Pak to Increased Death Risk Being Reviewed by FDA
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing a new study that reported an increased risk of sudden, heart-related deaths among people using the antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), known popularly as Z-Pak. In a statement issued late yesterday, the FDA said patients being treated with Zithromax should not stop taking ...
Canadian Warning Issued for Actos Bladder Cancer Side Effect Risk
Health Canada has become the most recent national drug regulator to issue a warning about Actos and bladder cancer. Last month, the agency warned that interim results from a 10-year-study indicated that patients taking Actos for more than a year faced an increased risk of bladder cancer. Health Canada also ...
Study Finds SSRI Antidepressant Side Effects Outweigh Their Benefits
A new study is raising more concerns about the safety of commonly used antidepressants, including selective serotonin reuptake (SSRI) inhibitor antidepressants. Investigators who conducted the study, which is published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, posit that increased knowledge of the negative effects of SSRIs and other antidepressants could reduce ...
Fracking Boom Changing Way of Life in Pennsylvania's Northern Tier
In just a few years, the impact of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) drilling on northeastern Pennsylvania is hard to miss. Thousands of natural gas wells have been opened in that area specifically in the last five years as companies look to exploit the vast Marcellus shale formation about two miles below the ...
First Bard Avaulta Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Scheduled for February Trial in MDL
The first test trials in the federal C.R. Bard Avaulta transvaginal mesh litigation will most likely start next year, according to a report from Bloomberg News. About 600 lawsuits involving Bard Avaulta transvaginal mesh products are currently pending in the multidistrict litigation underway Charleston, West Virginia. U.S. District Judge Joseph ...
Health Canada Warns Levaquin, Similar Antibiotics Should be Avoided in Myasthenia Gravis Patients
Health Canada today warned that people with myasthenia gravis should avoid < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/levaquin">Levaquin and other fluoroquinolone antibiotics because they could make the condition worse. The risk of this happening is considered rare, Health Canada said, but serious and could result … Continue reading
Levaquin Lawyer Delivers Closing Arguments in New Jersey Tendon Injury Trial
The attorney representing two men allegedly injured by the antibiotic < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/levaquin">Levaquin delivered his closing arguments in the trial of their lawsuits yesterday. According to a report from Bloomberg News, < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/attorney-alonso-andres">Andres Alonso, a partner in the national law firm … Continue reading
Levaquin Lawyer Delivers Opening Statement in First New Jersey Trial
Marketing materials for the antibiotic < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/levaquin">Levaquin downplayed its association with serious tendon injuries, according to a lawyer representing two plaintiffs in a Levaquin lawsuit. In his opening statement presented yesterday in a New Jersey State courtroom, < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/attorney-alonso-andres">Andres F. … Continue reading
New Jersey Levaquin Tendon Injury Trial Begins
The first Levaquin tendon injury trial in a New Jersey mass tort litigation got underway this week in the Atlantic County courtroom of Judge Carol E. Higbee. More than 1,763 other < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/levaquin">Levaquin lawsuits are pending. Andres F. Alonso, a … Continue reading
