Wyeth and Pfizer must pay more than $27 million in punitive damages to a woman who claimed her breast cancer was linked to the menopause drugs they made, the Wall…
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The manufacturers of hormone replacement drugs lost their second case regarding the allegations that their drugs Premarin, Prempro, and Provera caused breast cancer. A federal jury awarded $2.75 million in…
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Colchicine is a drug used to treat gout which frequently results in inflammation of the joints in the fingers and toes. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced…
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Over the course of five days, two fentanyl patches have been recalled because of defects that could lead to respiratory depression and fatal overdoses. The first recall was announced on…
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A study conducted by the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program confirms that the birth control patch Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal (Skin) Patch increases the risk of developing serious blood clots.…
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Trasylol is a drug manufactured by the German Pharmaceutical company Bayer. It was typically used during heart bypass surgey to prevent bleeding. Recently, two studies were released that linked Trasylol…
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Trasylol the anti-bleeding drug used during heart surgery is more likely to cause patients to die, according to two new studies published last week in The New England Journal of…
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After a two-year wait, the makers of the cholesterol drug Vytorin finally released the results of a study that showed the drug is no better than the generic for reducing…
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The Safety of Trasylol was put at issue by Doctors from Duke University Medical Center who played high-profile roles in the debate over the safety of the anti-bleeding drug Trasylol,…
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Celebrex is risky choice for patients with heart problems,. According to a recently released study, the pain reliever increases the odds that people with heart problems will suffer a heart…
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