admin June 3rd, 2010
June 3, 2010
People who suffer from depression often face other health problems as well. Now HealthDay News says that seniors taking antidepressants may face drug injuries such as cataracts.
According to a study, certain widely used antidepressants such as Paxil were associated with an increased risk for drug injuries such as cataracts when used by seniors. However, the study did not show an increased risk for those who had used the antidepressants in the past, only those currently using. Also, there is no definite proof that the drugs cause cataracts.
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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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admin April 29th, 2010
April 29, 2010
Patients in hospitals and home care environments often require medical equipment to address and supply their daily needs. However, when a medical device is defective, it can mean serious injury if that device serves a critical function.
That is what has happened with infusion pumps, according to HealthDay News. Infusion pumps are used in hospitals and homes to deliver medications and nutritional supplements to patients. However, 87 infusion pumps have been recalled between 2005 and 2009 due to the risk for defective medical device injuries.
The FDA says the defects such as confusing instructions, safety alarm failures, and failure of mechanical and electrical devices have caused defective medical device injuries, including 500 deaths, and has received more than 56,000 reports of problems in five years.
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admin April 22nd, 2010
Yaz, a birth control medication that has been available since 2006, is currently the center of a debate regarding patients’ risk for drug injuries as a result of taking the drug.
So are Yaz and Yasmin, another birth control, really a drug injury risk for patients? Some studies seem to think so, according to News Inferno.
Some studies have shown that healthy women who took Yaz were at risk for drug injuries such as blood clots because of the type of progestin used in the drug.
Birth control pills that did not contain desogestrel, gestodone and drospirenone types of progestin were not associated with the high risk of drug injuries.
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admin April 14th, 2010
April 14, 2010
Do you think Michael Jackson’s doctor is guilty of medical malpractice? Apparently the Texas Medical Board has concerns about Conrad Murray’s ability to administer certain drugs because it has restricted his medical license.
According to USA Today, Michael Jackson’s doctor has had his medical license restricted by the Texas board in light of his alleged involvement in medical malpractice for giving a drug normally only given by an anesthesiologist.
The Board said that Murray cannot administer propofol, the drug responsible for Jackson’s death, or any other heavy sedative that is normally administered by an anesthesiologist.
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admin April 8th, 2010
April 8, 2010
Do you know someone who has suffered injuries or become addicted to prescription drugs?
A new report from HealthDay states that both accidental and intentional drug injuries related to prescription drug abuse is on the rise.
The abuse of prescription drugs has sent more patients to the hospital due to drug injuries in the last decade than any other decade. The study found that drug injuries as a result of accidentally abusing opioids and sedatives has risen 37% from 1999 to 2006. In the same years, intentional abuse that led to drug injuries increased 130%.
HealthDay also notes that professor of emergency and community medicine Dr. Jeffery H. Coben says that though this problem is often focused on celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole Smith, and Heath Ledger, it is also widespread throughout the United States.
What do you think about this increase in drug injuries? Have you ever suffered a drug injury?
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admin March 18th, 2010
March 18, 2010
According to HealthDay News, the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug to treat diabetes, despite the risk for drug injuries such as cancer.
In animal studies, the drug showed the risk for drug injuries such as a rare thyroid cancer. However, the drug, which is to be used with diet and exercise to control blood sugar, was approved by the FDA.
The FDA maintains that the relevance of the animal studies to people is unknown and that some untreated animals in the study developed the cancer, so the conditions were not a result of drug injuries.
Victoza also has a risk for drug injuries such as nausea and vomiting, and it carries a slightly increased risk for pancreatitis. Texas patients taking the drug could experience Texas drug injuries such as these.
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admin February 18th, 2010
February 18, 2010
Researchers reported that cholesterol medications could increase the risk of diabetes, according to Reuters.
However, because of the drug’s heart protection, the risk is outweighed.
Crestor and other cholesterol-lowering medications could cause drug injuries such as an increased risk for diabetes.
Researchers do not know what is behind the link; however, Texas patients who take statins might be at an increased risk for Texas drug injuries like diabetes.
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