Taking antidepressants during pregnancy can increase the risk of psychiatric disorders in children, according to a study put out by the National Center for Register-based Research at Aarhus University in Denmark. The study included 905,383 children born between 1998 and 2012, all of which were observed by researchers for a maximum of 16 years. … [Read more...]
Doctors May Not Communicate Risk of Side-Effects
Doctors – good doctors – have been known to prescribe medications to patients without sufficiently warning them of side-effects, leading, sometimes, to disastrous circumstances. In a Washington Post report last month, Janice Neumann outlined some of the various concerns and contexts surrounding this issue of poor doctor-patient communication. In … [Read more...]
Actemra
Since Actemra (tocilizumab) hit the market in 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received at least 13,500 adverse event reports link to the drug, including 1,128 reports of death, according to a recent investigation by STAT. Actemra was approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 2010. In May 2017, the FDA approved Actemra for … [Read more...]
Benicar Victims Must Act by August 23 to be Included in $300 Million Settlement
If you have been harmed by Benicar (olmesartan medoxomil), you may be eligible to receive part of the $300 million that Daiichi Sankyo Inc. and Forest Laboratories Inc. have already agreed to pay to settle claims, but you must act quickly. According to the terms of the settlement, you must have a retainer agreement with a Benicar attorney by … [Read more...]
Endo Pharmaceuticals Forced to Take “Extended-Release” Medication Off the Market
Opioid manufacturers have suffered a number of setbacks over the last several weeks. The FDA asked Endo Pharmaceuticals, in June, to stop the sale of Opana ER, an “extended-release” opioid pain reliever (OPR). If not, the agency promised it would no longer approve the drug. Endo indicated it would fully consider the request before acting. Then on … [Read more...]
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