Archive for November, 2009

Lawsuit filed against Bayer Pharmaceuticals

A West Virginia man filed a federal lawsuit against Bayer in which he alleges he was not warned of the potential side effects of Trasylol prior to his coronary artery bypass surgery. As a result, the plaintiff suffers from acute renal failure.
Trasylol is commonly used to control bleeding in heart surgeries. [...]

November 30, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Trasylol  No Comments

South Carolina woman suffered life-threatening side effects from Yaz birth control pill

Candice Atkinson, a South Carolina woman, filed a personal injury
lawsuit against Bayer Corporation and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
for severe side effects from the prescription birth control drug Yaz,
manufactured and marketed by Bayer. The complaint was filed in the Superior
Court of New Jersey, where Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is located.
Atkinson, age 33, states that Yaz [...]

November 30, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Yasmin/YAZ  One Comment

Birth control linked to heart attacks

When you think of someone who is at risk of a heart attack, do you picture someone in their late 60s or 70s who is overweight, a smoker and generally takes poor care of themselves? That is what comes to my mind. I don’t often think of a young woman that is the [...]

November 30, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Yasmin/YAZ  No Comments

Trasylol linked to 1,000 deaths per month

Trasylol, a drug used in one third of all cardiac bypass operations to control bleeding, was on the market for 14 years, possibly contributing to thousands of deaths. Why did it take Bayer Pharmaceuticals and the FDA 2 years to take the drug off the market? At the height of the drug’s use, [...]

November 30, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Trasylol  4 Comments

Study links ReNu infections to improper storage practices

On May 15, 2006, Bausch & Lomb issued a worldwide recall for its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution. ReNu had been one of Bausch & Lomb’s biggest moneymakers on the market.
Doctors in the U.S. began to see a trend of patients suffering from fungal keratitis, an eye fungus caused by the Fusarium [...]

November 30, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Contact Lens Solution  No Comments

Tennessean man files wrongful death suit against DuPont over Asbestos Exposure

Roger Neely filed a wrongful death lawsuit again DuPont chemical plant and 20 other companies for the death of his mother, Ruby Neely, who died from mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer.
Roger Neely filed the lawsuit on behalf of his mother, Ruby, alleging that her cancer was caused by asbestos fibers being carried home on his father’s [...]

November 25, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Asbestos  No Comments

Avandia

Avandia is an oral diabetes medication used to help control blood sugar levels in people with type-2 diabetes. Despite its effectiveness at regulating type-2 diabetes, studies have shown that Avandia can put patients at an increased risk of the following side effects:

November 24, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Avandia  3 Comments

KTLA reports serious side effects of birth control pills

KTLA TV in Los Angeles recently conducted a report on Yasmin/Yaz birth control pills and the dangerous side effects of these drugs.
Check out KTLA TV website for the video or the full news article.
Contact Drug Alert Updates if you or a loved one have been affected by this drug.

November 24, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Yasmin/YAZ  No Comments

New case of improper asbestos removal

In Middletown, NY the owner of the former Classy Leather Goods warehouse will be penalized for improper removal of asbestos. The city building inspector received a tip that workers were leaving the premises to dump bags of asbestos-containing materials.
The Labor Department’s Asbestos Control Bureau inspected the building, discovering that it was filled with asbestos. [...]

November 23, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Asbestos  One Comment

Understanding Mesothelioma

What is Mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that occurs in the thin layer of cells lining the body’s lung, chest, abdomen and heart. In the most common form of mesothelioma, malignant tumors grow on the sac that lines the chest cavity and protects the lungs—the pleura. This is known as pleural [...]

November 23, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Asbestos  No Comments