If you or a loved one took or is taking Actos for treatment with diabetes, you will want to read below. This week a jury in Lafayette Louisiana awarded a plaintiff 9 billion dollars in damages against the drug companies for Actos because they knew and concealed the fact that it caused bladder cancer. In […]
In a landmark case against Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and partner Eli Lilly & Co., a federal jury in Lafayette, LA. found for the plaintiff, awarding $1.5 million in damages and $9 billion in punitive damages against the defendants. At the heart of this case was evidence that the defendants knew that their drug greatly increased […]
The attorney general for the state of Hawaii has filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical manufacturers Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis, the makers of the blood-thinning drug Plavix. Attorney General David Louie claims that a large portion of the state’s residents have shown difficulties in processing the drug through their systems. The Plavix lawsuit alleges that the […]
Tylenol and Lipitor have been branded as two of the safest drugs approved by the FDA. However, there have been some recent studies proving these two multi-million dollar medications have caused severe bodily injury to some unsuspecting users. Tylenol is the most popular drug of choice whose main ingredient is acetaminophen. According to the FDA, […]
Pradaxa, also known by its generic name Dabigatran, is a blood thinner used to prevent strokes in people who suffer from atrial fibrillation and other stroke risk factors. People with stroke risk factors such as congestive heart failure, hypertension, older age, diabetes, and prior stroke may have been prescribed Pradaxa. Pradaxa also works to prevent […]
With any form of medication that is either prescribed or over the counter, it is quite common for the medicine to possess a wide multitude of side effects. Unfortunately, some are more severe than others. Nevertheless, every person’s body works differently. For example, many children who take Ritalin develop a lack of hunger and loss […]