Taxotere (generic name: docetaxel) is a cancer medication that works by interfering with the growth and spread of cancer cells in the body. It is used to treat a variety of different types of cancer, including: • Breast cancer • Lung cancer • Prostate cancer • Stomach cancer • Head/neck cancer Taxotere is not appropriate […]
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Patients receive medications every day that are safe and useful for treating their medical ailments. Unfortunately, there are also instances in which patients are given prescriptions that cause more harm than good, as is the case when drugs are given for unapproved uses. And in many of these “off-label” prescription cases, the drug’s manufacturer knows […]
The average consumer assumes if a drug is on the market, and especially if it is prescribed by his or her physician, that drug is safe. Unfortunately, all too often the user realizes there are side effects, often severe ones, and the drug was indeed not safe at all. How does this happen and why […]
Most people are aware the FDA recalls medications and medical devices that pose a risk to users, but what does that really mean? When a drug or device recall is requested by the FDA, the product must be pulled from the market. The FDA is also involved when manufacturers make voluntary recalls of a product. […]
All major drug manufacturers have been accused of wrongdoing at one time or another, and Johnson & Johnson is no exception. Most recently, five users of the Johnson & Johnson drug Levaquin accused it and the company’s Janssen unit of deliberately downplaying the drug’s side effects to avoid a decrease in sales of the medication. […]
Many familiar with transvaginal mesh have been aware of the risks for some time, but until recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had limited the classification of the devices. On January 4, 2016, that changed when the FDA announced two major updates to its position on transvaginal mesh. The first was the reclassification of […]
Women across the country who underwent gynecological surgeries utilizing power morcellators are taking legal action against the manufacturers of these devices, and further legal action against hospitals and doctors could be on the horizon. There is rapidly growing concern use of these devices can lead to the spread of aggressive forms of cancer in women […]
IVC filters are put in place to reduce a person’s risk for pulmonary embolism, something that can trigger deadly consequences. It occurs when a blood clot forms and travels toward the lungs, blocking blood flow in that area. Though IVC filters are effective for some, other users have found their filters do more harm than […]
Power morcellators are surgical devices used during hysterectomies and uterine fibroid removal procedures. Morcellators crush tissue, making it easier to extract from the patient’s body. When they originally hit the market, morcellators were lauded for increasing efficiency and reducing risk during surgical procedures, but there is evidence the latter is false. Several women who underwent […]
“They’re here.” Tina’s voice arrived in my office from behind her desk, located parallel to my door and thus out of my direct line of sight. I paused, thinking that I enjoyed the very casual communication rules at our shop. Outside of the presence of clients, there were no “Sirs” or “Misters,” for we were […]
