If you take blood pressure medication, or any necessary medication, you need a backup plan in case yours is recalled. It’s not safe to just suddenly stop taking a drug used to control your high blood pressure, so talk to your doctor about the alternatives now. New medications keep getting added to the recall list. There were two just last week. The … [Read more...]
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Cyberonics Vagus Nerve Stimulator Recalls
So far, there have been at least six recalls of model 106 generators used to power Cyberonics vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) therapy systems. The VNS therapy systems are implanted devices used to treat seizures and epilepsy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received more than 10,000 reports of injuries and death in people who have … [Read more...]
MRI: Gadolinium Deposition Disease
Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) are used in some MRI’s. In 2006, it was discovered that GBCAs could cause a horrifying, and sometimes fatal, condition called Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) in people with impaired kidney function, although the first cases were seen as early as 1997. Over time it became clear that GBCAs can cause a very … [Read more...]
Stryker Settles LFIT Hip Replacement Lawsuits
On November 2, 2018, Stryker Corporation announced a settlement resolving lawsuits in New Jersey state court and Massachusetts federal court involving recalled and unrecalled components of its LFIT Cobalt Chromium V40 Femoral Heads used in hip replacement. The settlement amounts are confidential but will be based on the level of harm suffered by … [Read more...]
Hyundai and Kia Vehicles Catching Fire
https://youtu.be/jGzphg-S8BQ?rel=0 The Center for Auto Safety wants Hyundai and its subsidiary, Kia, to recall nearly 3 million cars and SUVs, because they can catch on fire while being driven. According to the non-profit auto safety group, there has been about one complaint each day for four months, of a Hyundai or Kia catching fire. And that … [Read more...]
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