Category: Dangerous Drugs

A state jury in Pennsylvania has ordered Takeda Pharmaceuticals to pay a woman more than $2 million who claimed the company’s diabetes drug, Actos, gave her bladder cancer. The plaintiff is a 79-year-old retired accountant. She is the seventh Actos patient to bring her case to trial. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved the […]

Lawsuits have been filed in state and federal court by plaintiffs who suffered serious internal bleeding after taking Xarelto. The anti-clotting drug is manufactured by the German drug giant Bayer. Xarelto is distributed in the U.S. by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Xarelto is a blood thinner. The anti-clotting drug is one of Bayer’s […]

Last Spring, a federal jury found that the makers of the diabetes drug Actos knew about and concealed the drug’s cancer risks. The plaintiff in that case was a New York man who claims his bladder cancer was caused by Actos. The jury awarded the plaintiff $1.5 million in compensatory damages and, additionally, a $9 […]

Bloomberg News reports a significant number of cases against the makers of testosterone replacement therapy are now being consolidated. Up to 45 lawsuits in four different districts around the country will be centralized and handled by one federal judge in Chicago, with the potential of many more to come. Abbott and AbbVie, a spin-off from […]

The package for the weight-loss pill Dexaprine leads users to believe it is fueled by natural ingredients. To the contrary, researchers have found the supplement contains a variety of stimulants. A samples of the natural ingredients listed on the label include: Acacia rigidula Citrus aurantium Green tea extract A Dutch lab studied packages of the […]

Risperdal is a commonly prescribed atypical antipsychotic drug, used in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug for use in adults in 1993 and then for children in 2007. Lawsuits have been filed over the issue of side effects caused by the drug when used […]

A few weeks after lawsuits were filed against Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc., the makers of Androgel, a lawsuit was brought against Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, which makes the product Testim. A second suit against Auxilium was filed in March. Both drugs are used as topical testosterone therapy treatments. Testim is a gel typically applied to the […]

The first lawsuits are being filed against drug companies who marketed testosterone therapy. Lawyers for five men who took Androgel are suing its maker, Abbott Laboratories, in Chicago federal court. The suit also names AbbVie, Inc., a company that Abbott spun off last year. The plaintiffs are men who are from 50 to 63 years […]

A study has found a possible link between prenatal exposure to the pain reliever acetaminophen and children who later develop Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Acetaminophen is the active ingredient in Tylenol and other pain and fever medications. Findings Show Only a Link Researchers stress that the study, published in the American Medical Association’s JAMA […]

Actos is the brand name of the prescription drug pioglitazone, which is taken to treat Type 2 diabetes. At least 3,000 lawsuits have been filed in the US by consumers who developed bladder cancer after taking Actos, which is manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceuticals, based in Japan. FDA Issues Warning The U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]

Too-good-to-believe weight-loss promises are an old trick that, sadly, is still gaining traction with consumers. This time around, it’s creams to slim your thighs, a powder to sprinkle on your food, hormones, and herbs. In early January, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged four companies with using deceptive marketing practices with their weight loss products. […]

Does the growth in diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) mean we’re amidst a true epidemic? Parents may want to know that a leading physician behind the original recognition of ADHD as a legitimate disorder is now appalled at how pharmaceutical companies are pushing their drugs onto parents to cure what in many cases […]

In an earlier blog, I reviewed how the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) hit Johnson & Johnson with major allegations relating to the prescription drugs Risperdal, Invega, and Natrecor. The company agreed to a settlement resolution, which includes criminal fines and forfeiture totaling $485 million and civil settlements totaling $1.72 billion. This was the largest […]

Scientists from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tested 21 supplements claiming to be “natural” and determined that nine of the 21 contained a non-natural amphetamine-like compound. The testing has been reported by USA Today, but the FDA is not yet divulging which supplements contained the compound. The FDA also has not issued any […]

The dietary supplement OxyElite Pro has been linked to cases of acute hepatitis and liver failure. In early October, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory cautioning people to stop using any supplement labeled OxyElite Pro. The supplement, distributed by USPlabs in Texas, is a diet pill marketed to target body fat. […]