admin May 27th, 2010
May 27, 2010
Weight loss is a goal for many Americans. There are many promising diets and fitness plans, and even prescription drugs that promise weight loss results. However, not all of these methods are safe and some can even cause drug injuries.
Fen-Phen is one of those, and now, an attorney who was involved in many Fen-Phen drug injury cases is being disbarred.
According to The Courier Journal, a drug injury lawyer involved in a criminal scandal involving clients who suffered Fen-Phen related drug injuries has been disbarred.
The Supreme Court moved to disbar the attorney after already disbarring and sentencing two other lawyers involved in the scandal in which the attorneys failed to comply with ethics.
Clients involved in the Fen-Phen drug injury related cases were convicted of ethics violations because they did not inform clients of the nature and amount of the settlement, they took fees inconsistent with the services rendered, they convinced clients to accept less than what they were due, and they did not properly represent the settlement of the Fen-Phen drug injury case to the Circuit Court.
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admin May 20th, 2010
May 20, 2010
Are prescription drugs safe, or could they cause more injuries than cures? This seems to be a recurring question for patients, medical professionals, and patient advocacy groups.
Now an advocacy group wants to stop drug trials for Avandia due to drug injuries that have been associated with the drug, according to the Injury Board National News Desk.
The FDA called for trials of the drug after it was indicated that patients taking the drug as opposed to other diabetes drugs could be at a higher risk for Avandia drug injuries such as heart attacks. Now a patient advocacy group, Public Citizen, wants the trial stopped because 16,000 patients involved in the trial would be at an increased risk for Avandia drug injuries such as heart attacks.
Public Citizen also says patients participating in the trial were underinformed about the risk for Avandia drug injuries.
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admin May 13th, 2010
May 13, 2010
One drug company is paying for the drug injuries patients suffered under treatment of one of its drugs.
According to Reuters, GlaxoSmithKline is settling lawsuits brought by patients who sued the company for drug injuries they suffered while taking the company’s drug Avandia.
The amount of the settlements has not been released; however, the patients involved in the suits suffered Avandia drug injuries such as heart attacks, congestive heart failure, and strokes. Others died as a result.
The drug is no longer a major GlaxoSmithKline product due to the controversy around Avandia drug injuries.
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