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3/27/2006 8:40:00 AM | Viagra user should see eye doctor 
=(0) Despite intermittent reports of Viagra users suffering permanent blindness, information for the consumer is scarce. Some vision-related symptoms are temporary, such as seeing blue colours and heightened sensitivity to light; however cases of permanent blindness have been reported but are not proven to directly result from Viagra (or other ED d...
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3/25/2006 10:56:00 PM | Side Effects are killing me! =(0) Statins and other cholesterol lowering drugs list a high number of side effects that can harm an individual taking the medication. Doctors will often gloss over potential side effects because they are more interested in quick and easy results for their patients.
There are a number of healthy and non-medicinal methods that you can use to treat c...
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3/24/2006 1:26:00 PM | Two Arrested Under New Meth Law =(0) Two people were arrested in Indiana for purchasing over six grams of the cold medication pseudoephedrine. Indiana law prohibits the purchase of more than three grams of the cold medication within a period of seven days because of its potential use in the manufacture of the illegal narcotic methamphetamine. After the arrest, Indiana police found a ...
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3/23/2006 3:59:00 PM | Paxil Suicide Product Liability Class Action Filed By Wrongful =(0) Two adolescent victims of drug defects from the anti-depressant drug Paxil have filed a national class action lawsuit in Philadelphia against the drug company Glaxo SmithKline. Both young men were prescribed the drug and one committed suicide while on the drug while the other attempted suicide. These two defective drug victims represent all young p...
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3/23/2006 8:27:00 AM | Sanofi-Aventis defends Ambien sleeping pill =(0) A class action lawsuit has been launched against French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis, makers of the popular sleeping pill, Ambien. The lawsuit claims that the top sleeping aid causes adverse side effects such as, eating disorders and sleeping walking. The pharmaceutical group defends Ambien by disclosing the positive results of numerous cl...
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3/23/2006 3:07:00 AM | Merck scientist takes stand in Vioxx case =(0) One of the scientists on the team that put Vioxx on the market testified in court today denying allegations that Merck actively tried to conceal the increased risk of heart attacks in patients taking the medication.
Although it appears that Merck provided information about the risk in the documents they send to the FDA, the information was iso...
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3/22/2006 4:06:00 AM | Bill would make results of clinical drug trials public =(0) A Minnesota law could force pharmaceutical companies to disclose all of the information relating to their clinical trials, good and bad, to the public. Currently, drug makers must submit three seperate clinical trials to the FDA before they can get approval for distribution, but some rare side effects are not identified until after widespread distr...
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3/21/2006 3:01:00 PM | FDA crosshairs on ADHD drugs =(0) The FDA is increasing its scrutiny of ADHD drugs with a recent rise in negative reports of negative psychiatric side effects and heart attacks in children. At the top of the FDA's drug list is the medication Adderall which although pulled temporarily from the Canadian market because of increased risk of heart attack in children is still widely pres...
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3/17/2006 2:57:00 PM | Bayer class action settlement approved for Baycol =(0) A class action lawsuit against Bayer over the defective cholesterol drug Baycol was closed today in a court approved settlement which will reimburse employers, health plans and unions for costs related to the drug. Preliminary approval was granted for the $10 million dollar settlement which brings damages paid by Bayer over the defective drug to ov...
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3/17/2006 2:13:00 PM | Jury finds man guilty of possession of pseudoephedrine =(0) A jury found an Illinois man guilty of bringing large quantities of pseudoephedrine across state lines into Missouri with intent to produce the illegal narcotic, crystal methamphetamine. Pseudoephedrine is used as a central ingredient in the home based production of methamphetamines along with several other easy to attain materials. The suspect was...
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3/16/2006 7:22:00 AM | Gateway and Pfizer sued for $1.1 million. =(0) Gateway Regional Medical Center, located in Granite City, Illinois, is the recipient of a 21-count medical malpractice suit for the death of a patient in it's waiting room. Betty Coonrod sat waiting for assistance in the emergency room of Gateway Regional suffering from heart attack symptoms. Despite the urgency, Ms. Coonrod passed away while bein...
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3/14/2006 6:11:00 AM | Parents sue online pharmacy, doctor. =(0) Less than 10 days after purchasing an online prescription, a 19 year old Texas youth committed suicide, and the parents are suing the online pharmacy and the 'doctor' who prescribed the medication. John McKay logged into USAnetRX.com and filled out a questionaire. He then provided his credit card and received the medications in the mail a few days...
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3/14/2006 4:23:00 AM | Bextra - What Did Pfizer Know? - Everything =(0) With sales in 2004 topping 1.3 billion dollars, Pfizer may have been more hesitant to remove a medication like this from the shelves. Thanks to an aggressive marketing campaign, sales almost doubled from 2003 to 2005, creeping up from 395 million dollars to the 1.3 billion figure. Initially prescribed for pain, Pfizer told doctors to prescribe Bex...
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3/13/2006 3:43:00 PM | Pfizer sued for Bextra in St. Clair County =(0) The widow of a man who took Bextra and suffered a heart attack filed suit in St. Clair, Illinois alledging that a faulty design of the drugs was to blame for her husband's death. Arlene Keller-Wilson said her husband began use of Bextra in late 2002, less than one year after the drug's release onto the market. Without signs or warning, Robert Wils...
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3/13/2006 1:42:00 AM | Drugs may cause B-12 deficiency =(0) Patients taking certain diabetes or gastric reflux medications should be watchful for signs of Vitamin B12 deficiency. Such symptoms include hair loss, anemia, fatigue, mental confusion, and signs of nerve damage such as tingling or numbness. Avandamet and Prilosec are two popular drugs that may lead to this condition.......
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3/12/2006 12:44:00 PM | Family sues alleged drug dealer =(0) The family of a woman who almost died after smoking methamphetamine is suing the alleged drug dealer and his mother for providing the dangerous drug and conspiring to injure and addict the victim. The woman, Sandra Berger, was 20 years old when she bought the crystal meth from Clinton Davey, alleges that Davey knew the drug was dangerous and addict...
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3/11/2006 7:05:00 PM | Banned depression tablets are still being prescribed to thousands =(0) Because of a break down in the mental health services across the UK, general practitioners are prescribing SSRI inhibitors, like Paxil, to adolescents and youngsters even though the practice has been banned because of suicidal and other emotional drug side effects. Although Prozac is the only medication that has been deemed safe for children, drugs...
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3/11/2006 5:08:00 AM | Record notes medicine change =(0) A Charlotte man, being tried in the deaths of his twin five year old daughters was taking Prozac at the time of their death and will possibly use Prozac side effects as part of his defense. Recently, in February of 2006 the FDA recommended that Prozac and other medications routinely prescribed to children for depression or treatment of ADHD carry b...
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3/11/2006 2:42:00 AM | Bush signs law restricting sale of pseudoephedrine =(0) On March 11, 2006 President Bush signed a law restricting the sale of the over the counter cold medication pseudoephedrine. Consumers will be restricted in the quantity of the drug they can purchase in order to curtail the illegal production of the street drug, crystal methamphetamine, which uses pseudoephedrine as one of its primary ingredients. S...
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3/9/2006 12:09:00 PM | Merck Jurors Hear Doctor Who Took Vioxx, Had Attack =(0) The ugly side effects of Vioxx and similar Cox inhibitors were revealed first-hand from a doctor who not only prescribed the medications, but was taking it himself. Dr. John Braun is sued Merck for his heart attack in 2004 after taking Vioxx for almost 2 years. Cardiologists subsequently removed a very large clot from Dr. Braun's heart which, the ...
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