Drug, Device and Toxic Contamination News, Alerts and Recalls

Close your eyes and count to four.  This act would seem crazy to do if you were behind the wheel, yet millions of us do it every day. Four seconds is the amount of time it takes to write a quick text, scroll through your […]

On November 15th, 2017, Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group with more than 400,000 members filed a Benicar ban petition demanding that the FDA remove popular high blood pressure drugs Azor, Benicar, Benicar HCT and Trebenzor from the market because of their association with a […]

Before you jump into that new sports preparation, weight lifting or weight loss program that includes supplements, ask yourself, are risky stimulants putting your health at risk?   Recently, researchers decided to delve into this same question studying some popular dietary supplements in an effort to […]

Doctors and Patients have filed over 18,000 adverse event reports related to Essure to the FDA and Essure lawsuits are being filed and fought across the U.S. 

Over half of the FAERS incident reports were filed by women that were required to have invasive surgery […]

Bayer and J&J subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals decided to end the phase 3 NAVIGATE ESUS study of Xarelto after they got some bad news – the anticoagulant was no more effective than aspirin in preventing stroke and systemic embolism, and came with a much higher risk […]

On November 1, 2017, open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act began.  It is very important that individuals/families who are not covered by healthcare plans by their employers, consider purchasing a plan through HealthCare.gov.  Furthermore, action should be taken quickly, open enrollment for this year’s ACA will run for […]

Dr. Wael Agur, an expert who stepped down from a review group exploring the safety of mesh implants in Scotland said that he believes mesh implant devices put patients at risk and that non-mesh surgical procedures are safer.   Dr. Wael Agur is speaking up after leaving the independent review group that was appointed by the Scottish Health Secretary who […]

Individuals working in pet food manufacturing express concerns about vomiting, seizures and breathing difficulties which led the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate in 2012.  After a year of on-site visits and follow up questionnaires with employees and their physicians, the Health […]

The second bellwether case in the AndroGel multidistrict litigation came to an end when an Illinois federal jury ordered AbbVie Inc. to pay $140 million to Jeffrey Konrad, an AndroGel user, who suffered a heart attack two months after his doctor prescribed the testosterone replacement drug.  […]

A new Center for Disease Control study uncovers the danger of exposure to diacetyl by various workers at coffee processing plants.  Studies reveal that diacetyl occurs naturally in coffee roasting even without flavoring and dangerous fumes from diacetyl coffee are released in greater quantities during […]

On September 22, Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Novelion Therapeutics, agreed to plead guilty to two counts of violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act related to the company’s introduction of misbranded Juxtapid (lomitapide). Along with the guilty pleas, Aegerion agreed to […]

Certain FDA actions are taken to keep the consumer safe.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves a drug for the market after it has received an initial analysis of the drug’s risks and benefits.  But, often times drug risks are not known until after […]