A medical study published in the British medical journal, Lancet, has identified that all-metal on metal artificial hips fail more often than other designs. This confirmation has increased concerns about the implants and the researchers are calling for a ban. British experts at the world’s biggest artificial joint registry said…
Federal lawsuits against Wright Medical Technology, a manufacturer of metal-on-metal hip-replacement is now being consolidated in Multi district Litigation (MDL). Wright Medical Technology’s Conserve Plus implants are under assault for causing injuries similar to those produced by the DePuy ASR and Pinnacle metal on metal hip system. This is one…
Bleeding side effects in patients treated with Pradaxa have led a group of New Zealand hematologists to sound the alarm and call for better doctor education. The hematologists wrote of their concerns in a letter published in the March 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. In a…
According to Cleveland Clinic researchers, Pradaxa patients taking the new anti-clotting drug Pradaxa have a 33% higher risk of heart attack or severe symptoms of heart disease than do patients taking warfarin. This finding, from Ken Uchino, MD, and Adrian V. Hernandez, MD, PhD, is based on data from seven…
U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, has dismissed generic Darvon and Darvocet lawsuits. A recent US Supreme Court decision shields generic drug makers from responsibility to warn patients and doctors about the dangers of associated with generic copies of brand name medications they manufacture and sell. The dismissals were based on…
Taking Pradaxa, are you playing Russian Roulette with a potentially lethal drug? Is it the case of Head you lose, Tails you lose? Taking your life into your hands should not come down to a flip of the coin. There is no antidote or treatment to reverse the bleeding side…
The family of a Tennessee woman who died, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit over Pradaxa against Boehringer Ingelheim, alleging that the drug maker failed to adequately warn about the risks associated with the blood thinner. The lawsuit was brought this week by Bertha Bivens, the daughter of Nancy Brummett,…
According to a British health agency, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), millions of people worldwide who have received metal-on-metal hip replacement may need to get blood tests for the rest of their lives. Many metal hip replacement systems contain chromium and cobalt in the ball-and-socket device, which…
Bayer Healthcare reports that it has reached agreements to settle Yaz and Yasmin deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism lawsuits brought by at least 70 women. Earlier in the week, the judge ordered that the bellwether trials been postponed for another 60 days. The bell-wether trial were scheduled for April…
A panel of federal judges will hear arguments in March on the centralization all Zoloft lawsuits filed in U.S. District Courts. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has set a hearing for March 29. The lawyers will argument whether federal complaints filed against Pfizer by parents of children…