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Nexium and Prilosec – Kidney Damage Concerns
One of the most popular types of medication in history is coming under scrutiny because recent studies have shown a significant increase in the risk of kidney damage related to their use. Nexium and Prilosec are now even available over-the-counter and many people have gotten…
Another Medical Device Is Causing The Harm It Was Meant To Prevent
IVC filters are inserted into a patient who may be at risk of having a blood clot travel to the lungs, which can result in an often deadly pulmonary embolism. The filters made by a couple of manufacturers are now being found to be defective…
Does a Patient Deserve the Full Truth About Chemo-Therapy Agents
The cancer fighting compound know as Taxotere has been driving a lot of debate about a client’s right to choose their own medications. Fighting cancer with chemo often involves a cocktail of drugs that may have a array of side-effects, about which the patient is…
Essure: FDA Fails Patients On This Birth Control Device
A Bayer Corporation subsidiary has been having a lot problems with the medical device known as “Essure,” used for birth control or sterilization. Pieces of the device can migrate within the body, causing sometimes serious damage. See the full article here. In October of 2013,…
Why the FDA Can’t Protect You
Unless we have people in charge of the FDA who really care about consumer health and safety, you can’t rely on this government agency to protect you. Obama’s appointment to head the FDA has been the subject of fierce criticism for his ties to industry.…
Stacking the Deck in Medical Malpractice Cases
Apparently having a Republican legislature pass a whole series of laws to gut any claims made by patients injured by medical negligence is not enough. If your going to pay politicians to pass such horrible laws, you might as well get a few personal favors,…
IVC Filter – Medical Device Maker Charged with Breaking the Law
As reported here (see article), a federal judge in Arizona has been appointed to oversee numerous lawsuits filed against C.R. Bar, Inc. arising from injuries related to its blood clot filter device known as an IVC (inferior vena cava) filter. According to the FDA, Bard illegally…
Why C8 Is Inside Your Body – DuPont Owns the EPA
If you want to know how large corporations rig the system and buy influence with the very regulatory agencies that are supposed to be protecting you, see the recent article posted here. Murphy was investigating whether C8 was dangerous. The EPA had already classified the…
The Human Cost of Teflon – And the Cover-Up
Large corporations employ a lot of people, so invariably there will be a few employees who will sound the alarm if one of the company’s products start killing people. Unfortunately, these employees are all too often fired for speaking up. In a compelling recent article [Click…