The United States Food and Drug Administration recently announced it was investigating whether codeine was safe for post-surgery use in children. The investigation began after the agency was notified of at least three deaths and one life-threatening adverse event in children between the ages of two and five who were…
According to the nation’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 200 people in at least 13 states including Texas have contracted fungal meningitis likely as a result of receiving tainted steroid injections in their neck or spine. The rare outbreak has claimed at least 15 lives. CDC investigators…
One of the country’s largest dialysis operators, German-based Fresenius Medical Care, was recently investigated by the nation’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to a number of patient deaths. Following the investigation, the FDA issued a Class I recall for the company’s Naturalyte GranuFlo Acid Concentrate and Naturalyte Liquid…
New research published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine this month found that unwanted sexual side effects related to the anti-baldness drug Propecia may continue even after patients stop taking the drug. The study, conducted by researchers from George Washington University, asked 54 men who claimed they experienced side effects…
Recently released emails and other internal documents suggest the Pfizer Corporation intentionally withheld key safety information related to the company’s pain relief drug Celebrex. With annual worldwide sales in excess of $2.5 billion, the drug is one of Pfizer’s best selling products. Last year, Celebrex was prescribed to about 2.4…
The first scheduled trial over the purported health risks to women from Bayer AG’s Yasmin family of birth control pills was delayed after a federal judge ordered the parties to mediation. On December 31, 2011, Illinois District Court Judge David Herndon postponed a trial scheduled to begin in January and…