Category: Defective Drugs
Texas Invokana Heart Attack Lawyer
Invokana may increase a patient’s risk of heart attack during the first 30 days of treatment.
Texas Invokana Kidney Failure Lawyer
Invokana is linked to kidney failure, renal impairment, and other kidney problems.
Texas ACE Diet Pill Lawyer
Saba Appetite Control and Energy (ACE) is a diet pill that has been linked to reports of liver failure, including one 35 year-old woman who needed a liver transplant. The FDA has also issued warnings about poor manufacturing and possible...
Texas Claritin Class Action Lawyer
Experts warn that antihistamines in the allergy drug Claritin can dry up so much mucous in the body that the vocal cords can become damaged. This side effect can be devastating for people who rely on their voice professionally. Claritin...
Texas Claritin Lawyer
Experts warn that antihistamines in Claritin can dry out the vocal cords and cause serious vocal cord damage. For people who need to use their voice professionally, the impact can be catastrophic. What is Claritin? Claritin, also known as loratadine,...
AzaSite Drug-Maker Fined $6 Million for “Off-Label” Marketing
June 18, 2015 -- Inspire Pharmaceuticals musy pay $5.9 million to settle claims that AzaSite was illegally promoted for “off-label” (unapproved) uses. AzaSite is an eye drop solution containing the antibiotic azithromycin. It is only approved for bacterial conjunctivitis (pink...
Ohio Zofran Lawsuit Filed After Child Dies of Heart Defect
June 17, 2015 -- The family of a baby girl who was exposed to Zofran in the womb and died from heart defects has filed a lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for failing to warn about the risk. The lawsuit (PDF)...
Pfizer Wins 2nd Zoloft Birth Defect Trial
June 16, 2015 -- A jury in Philadelphia has cleared Pfizer of wrongdoing in the second trial alleging that the antidepressant Zoloft causes birth defects when it is taken during pregnancy. The Washington Post reports that the jury rejected claims...
Two Mothers file Zofran Lawsuits in Louisiana
June 16, 2015 -- Two women have filed a lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Louisiana federal court after they used Zofran as an off-label morning sickness treatment and had babies with birth defects. The lawsuit (PDF) was filed on June...
New Diabetes Drugs Linked to 101 Cases of Ketoacidosis
June 15, 2015 -- The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has reported 101 cases of diabetic ketoacidosis worldwide in patients who used a medication in a new class of diabetes drugs known as sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. The EMA has also...