Dangerous Drugs

THE PHARMACIST GENERAL RULES ARE: A PHARMACIST RESPECTS THE COVENANTAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PATIENT AND PHARMACIST. A PHARMACIST PROMOTES THE GOOD OF EVERY PATIENT IN A CARING, COMPASSIONATE, AND CONFIDENTIAL MANNER. A PHARMACIST RESPECTS THE AUTONOMY AND DIGNITY OF EACH PATIENT. A PHARMACIST ACTS WITH... Read More

On Thursday January 11th, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s parent company, Endo International Plc, said they were issued a grand jury subpoena by federal prosecutors. The company was ordered to provide the information about products containing the opioid oxymorphone that Endo pulled from the shelves earlier this... Read More

A jury in Philadelphia delivered a verdict of $29 million in damages against a pair of Johnson and Johnson and Bayer AG units, the first of its kind, after finding the companies had not provided the adequate warnings about the risks of bleeding associated with... Read More

September 20, 2017 – by Brenda Craig Law firms across the US are taking a serious interest in a recent investigative piece of journalism by STATnews published on June 5, 2017 which revealed, “The Food and Drug Administration has received reports on 1,128 people who died after... Read More

June 9th, 2017- A Federal jury in Illinois found AbbVie Inc., an Abbot Laboratories spinoff, guilty of keeping information about their product Depakote from the doctors in charge of prescribing it. Christina Raquel’s doctors prescribed her with Depakote as a treatment for bipolar depression before... Read More

After a review of lawsuits across a number of districts, Florida’s federal court has chosen to consolidate all matters regarding Abilify. The companies responsible for its manufacture, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, allegedly failed to include proper warnings as to the drug’s side effects. Drug... Read More

The largest verdict in a Risperdal lawsuit has been awarded to a teenage boy who alleged the antipsychotic drug led to his growth of female-size breasts. Earlier this month, J&J was ordered to pay $70 million in compensatory damages to the Tennessee plaintiff. The jury in the Philadelphia case determined that... Read More

The findings of a new study may bolster allegations raised in Nexium lawsuits: that the heartburn drug can dramatically increase a person’s risk for kidney problems and failure. The research, published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology this month, found that patients... Read More

The chemotherapy drug Taxotere has been touted as a powerful cancer fighter for many years, helping those with some types of cancer find effective treatment for their illness. However, one of the potential side effects related to Taxotere, permanent hair loss, has not been widely... Read More

Hundreds of patients suffering from diabetes type 2 and their families have filed lawsuits over undisclosed heath risks associated with Onglyza (the brand name of the drug saxagliptin) and Kombiglyze XR. Most complaints have been filed over connections between Onglyza and heart failure, a link supported... Read More