Incorrectly Mixed Medication May Have Caused Blindness

Incorrectly Mixed Medication May Have Caused Blindness

A growing number of alleged victims have hired attorneys claiming they most likely have permanent eyesight loss due to an incorrectly mixed medication used during routine cataract surgery.  The surgeries happened between January 31, 2017 and February 21, 2017.  The medication was mixed at a local compounding pharmacy.  There are…

Pharmacy Related Errors

Pharmacy Related Errors

The number of pharmacy and medication related errors in the United States are frightening. Estimates are as high as 30 million a year because billions of prescriptions are filled every year. Prescriptions are obtained through doctors, over the internet or even through the mail. Although most of the errors are…

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What Do You Need to Know About Pradaxa?

Personal injury attorneys Springer & Lyle are investigating claims on behalf of users who have suffered severe bleeding while taking the blood thinner, Pradaxa. Personal injury attorneys Springer & Lyle are investigating claims on behalf of users who have suffered severe bleeding while taking the blood thinner, Pradaxa. It is alleged that the manufacturer of Pradaxa failed to appropriately warn patients and…

Xarelto Linked to Serious and Sometimes Deadly Uncontrollable Bleeding

Xarelto Linked to Serious and Sometimes Deadly Uncontrollable Bleeding

Personal injury lawsuits have been filed against Janssen Pharmaceutical (Xarelto manufacturer) and Bayer Healthcare (co-marketer) for claims that the drug Xarelto, has been linked to serious & sometimes deadly uncontrollable bleeding. If you or someone you care about has suffered from injuries due to the side-effects of Xarelto, you may…

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Physicians Observations Preceed Generic Drug Recall

Cleveland Clinic’s cardiologist, Dr. Harry Lever, noticed repeat occurrences patients reporting chest pain when switched off of brand name Toprol and onto generic equivalents of this beta blocker used to treat high blood pressure. Once returned to Toprol brand version of the drug, the chest pains disappear. Dr. Lever reported…

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Internal Stir Between Marketing and Safety for Blood Thinning Drug

The generic blood thinning agent used for decades stands to be replaced as new drugs emerge that claim to need less focus on monitoring blood levels in users. As these competing new drugs hit the market, one known as Pradaxa, has experienced a stir amongst its internal factions, those whose…

Meningitis Death Toll at 15 – Company Under Intense Scrutiny

Meningitis Death Toll at 15 – Company Under Intense Scrutiny

Federal Agents from the Food and Drug Administration raided the NECC (New England Compounding Center) which is linked to the recent outbreak of meningitis in several states. Fifteen are dead and hundreds sickened. Read the following article from Reuters’ Greg McCune as news floods the media about this serious health…

Regulation Advised for Compounding of Drugs

Regulation Advised for Compounding of Drugs

Some local pharmacies offer compounding services to meet special needs of patients. However, some pharmacies are acting as miniature drug companies replicating products already available on the market to compete with large pharmaceutical companies. This has created an element of risk that is talked about in this Editorial from the…