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In RunUp to Darvocet Lawsuits Physicians Express Concerns About Drug

Propoxyphene, an opoid painkiller that is the active ingredient in Darvon and is combined with another pain reliever, acetaminophen, in Darvocet, was recalled by the FDA in November due to its risk of cardiac side effects. The ability of the drug to cause fatal arrhythmias was confirmed in a study conducted by Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals (maker of [...]

Even Recipients From Outside the Country Are Affected By the DePuy Hip Recall

The United States Food and Drugs Administration received hundreds of reports complaining about the the effects of DePuy Orthopaedics’ hip replacement devices. Data from a British joint registry reveals that the ASR XL Acetabular System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System both fail unusally early than what is typical. Only within five years of implantation, [...]

Years Before Current Wave of Darvon/Darvocet Lawsuits Some Pharmacies Stopped Carrying the Drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which last November requested a market-wide recall of all products containing the pain reliever propoxyphene, has been criticized in the wake of its decision for taking action much too late. And a recent article from the News-Leader of Springfield, Missouri about pharmacies that preemptively stopped supplying Darvon and [...]

Product Liability Claims Why You May Need A Personal Injury Lawyer

Every day consumers are seriously injured by a product which they’ve assumed to be safe. Product liability claims make up almost 10% of all personal injury lawsuits in the U.S. These claims stem from products including drugs, toys, automobiles, and everyday household items. If the product does have a defect which caused the injury, contacting [...]

Trasylol Lawyers Protect yourself From Trasylol

Now being defended by Trasylol lawyers throughout the country in 78 lawsuits since pulling Trasylol blood thinner from the shelves in November, Bayer is in a world of trouble. Research in Canada found links between Trasylol and uncalled for deaths when using it for blood thinning, the FDA relented and agreed in September 2007 that [...]

Trasylol Lawyers to Gain Justice for Trasylol Victims

When someone goes into surgery, they put their trust and life in the hands of medical professionals. These medical professionals are trained to know the ins and outs of the medicine. However, what happens when critical information is into provided to them. Whose fault does it become, the doctor’s due to ignorance or the manufacturers [...]

The Cochran Firm What To Do If I Have Suffered An Injury Due To A Recalled Product

From tomatoes and pet food to children’s toys and automobile parts, consumer products are constantly being recalled after they have been manufactured and sold to millions. Sometimes a product is recalled before it can injure the masses. Other times, a product recall is too late and many consumers suffer injuries before learning that a product [...]

Food and Drug Administration Bans Darvon and Darvocet

On 11/19/2010 Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc. that manufacturers Darvon and Darvocet, the brand name version of the prescription pain medicine propoxyphene, has agreed to withdraw the medication from the United States market at the request of the United States Food and Drug Administration. The Food and Drug Administration has also advised the generic producers of propoxyphene-containing [...]

Heart Bypass and Kidney Failure Directly Affected by Bayer’s Former Allstar Drug Trasylol

Heart bypass and kidney failure have one very significant and important thing in common, the drug Trasylol. Trasylol was Bayer Pharmaceuticals former all-star drug that was once one of its top performers. It was released onto the market in 1993 and for almost 16 years it was the most common drug used in open-heart surgeries. [...]

Trasylol Lawyers Can Help Determine If You Have A Trasylol Lawsuit

Many patients don’t know that they received the dangerous drug Trayslol during their heart bypass surgery, and the circumstances surrounding their kidney failure still seems very unclear in many of these cases. This is because during heart bypass surgery when Trasylol was administered it was unclear to doctors that the deaths, often the result of [...]

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