FDA Updates Safety Information for Multaq
December 20, 2011 -- People who take Multaq (dronedarone) to treat heart arrhythmia should be aware that the FDA is updating the safety labeling following the results of a study, which found that patients have a doubled risk of serious,...
FDA Seizes Ephedra Dietary Supplement Shipment
December 20, 2011 -- The FDA announced that U.S. Marshals had seized more than 4,000 pounds of ephedra, worth more than $70,000, in Rancho Dominguez, CA. The products were inside unlabeled shipping drums that did not indicate they contained ephedrine...
Texas Homeopathic Weight Loss Remedy HCG Lawsuit
December 20, 2011 -- The FDA is demanding that companies stop selling homeopathic weight loss products that contain human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), a protein found in the human placenta that is excreted in a pregnant woman’s urine. Although the FDA...
Texas Intrauterine Growth Restriction Lawsuit
Intrauterine Growth Restriction occurs when a fetus developing in the mother’s womb grows significantly slower than is expected for fetuses of the same gestational age. It may be uniform, or disproportionately affect the head and body. Do I Have an...
Texas Developmental Delay Lawyer
Developmental Delays occur when a child fails to meet certain developmental milestones before age three. Often, these children need early intervention educational services to prepare him or her to be "caught up" to children of a similar age in time...
Texas Dandy-Walker Syndrome Lawyer
Dandy-Walker Syndrome is a serious, life-threatening birth defect that has been linked to the maternal use of Clomid and SSRI antidepressants taken during pregnancy. Babies born with this birth defect have too much fluid in their brain and an abnormally...
Texas Cloacal Exstrophy Lawsuit
Cloacal Exstrophy is a serious birth defect that may be caused by women taking the medication Clomid before pregnancy, or SSRI antidepressants during pregnancy. Babies born with this condition often have internal organs protruding outside the body and serious malformation...
Texas Undescended Testicle Lawsuit
SSRI antidepressant medications taken by women during pregnancy have been linked to a variety of severe birth defects, such as undescended testicles, where a boy's testicles do not emerge from the abdomen into the scrotum. Though most undescended testicles resolve...
Texas Hydronephrosis Lawsuit
Hydronephrosis, also known as “antenatal hydronephrosis,” is diagnosed in 1-5% of all pregnancies. It is a congenital birth defect affecting the kidneys, in which urine overfills the kidneys. It is usually caused by an obstruction that prevents urine from flowing...
Texas Down Syndrome Lawsuit
Down Syndrome is a birth defect that occurs when a child has more chromosomes than normal, and it affects the child's appearance and mental abilities. There is no cure for Down Syndrome. Recent evidence has linked the maternal use of...