- Joe Saunders | April 28, 2006 10:20 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsAccording to an article published in the Wall St. Journal, the maker of ReNu contact lens solution, was notified of eye infections in November 2005. The number of those infected with the fungus fusarium keratitits has now risen from 176 last week to 186 cases in 29 states. The product distributed in Singapore and Hong Kong is manufactured at the same South Carolina plant as product sold in the...
- Joe Saunders | April 27, 2006 9:26 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThis afternoon I'll be filing a civil lawsuit against Bausch & Lomb, the manufacturer of ReNu contact lens solution. I'll be filing in US District Court for the Middle District of Florida on behalf of a woman who has lost nearly 80% of her vision in her left eye. Unfortunately, she is not a surgical candidate.
- Joe Saunders | April 26, 2006 9:19 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsAs a governmental oversight agency, it should be appalling that the FDA uses experts who have financial interests in the drugs and products about which they provide expert testimony. Yet, in a study conducted by the consumer group Public Citizen, that is exactly what is happening. How can any expert provide unbiased testimony about a product in which they've bought stock or have some financial...
- Joe Saunders | April 24, 2006 8:26 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed that there are 24 new cases of fusarium keratitis. This brings the total to 54, up from 30 just two weeks ago. In the midst of new cases, Bausch & Lomb, the manufacturer of ReNu remains slow to react to the mounting crisis.
- Joe Saunders | April 24, 2006 8:14 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThere's an insightful article in the online version of the Wall St. Journalregarding what jurors think when it comes to the pharmaceutical giant Merck and their drug Vioxx. The article states that three things are important when it comes to prevailing in a lawsuit against the maker of Vioxx: 1)show the victim used Vioxx; 2)a believable plaintiff witness, and 3)risk factors galore. Now, in my...
- Joe Saunders | April 24, 2006 6:40 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsDocuments have surfaced in litigation that show Ortho-McNeil has been analyzing the FDA's death and injury reports on women using the Ortho Evra birth-control patch, and has charts that show a higher rate of blood clots and deaths in women on the patch when compared to women who take birth-control pills. In addition, according to a November 11, 2005, article by the Associated Press, an internal...
- Joe Saunders | April 24, 2006 6:35 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe Government Accountability Office has published a report sharply critical of the Food and Drug Administration. The report states that the organization is sometimes too slow in recognizing safety problems once drugs have gone to market. The GAO report also says the FDA does not have clear policies for addressing drug safety issues and that it sometimes excludes its best safety experts from...
- Joe Saunders | April 22, 2006 8:31 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsBausch & Lomb, the maker of contact lens solution ReNu with MoistureLoc may have acted hesitantly when it failed to voluntarily pull its product off store shelves but not so for the FDA. Yesterday, the FDA issued a statement that consumers should immediately stop using the product and discard any remaining product they have in their posession. The FDA announcement comes on the heels of the...
- Joe Saunders | April 21, 2006 6:28 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe US FDA and the Centers for Disease Control are still looking for the source and cause of the fusarium keratitis fungus that forced Bausch & Lomb to halt shipments of its once popular contact lens solution ReNu with MoistureLoc. Bausch & Lomb's chief medical officer, Brian Levy, stated that "I think there's more than one factor for sure." The comments were part of the company's thoughts...
- Joe Saunders | April 20, 2006 3:53 PM |
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MiscellaneousInfección ocular por hongos puede causar vision borrosa, dolor en los ojos, e irritación. El hongo fusarium se encuentra comúnamente en las plantas y la tierra de regiones tropicales (como Florida). Sin el tratatamiento de gotas oftálmicas que puede durar de dos a tres meses la infección puede dejar cicatrices en la cornea y cegar a sus victimas. La mayoria de las victimas de esta...
- Staff Writer | April 20, 2006 11:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsFellow InjuryBoard blogger attorney Bob Carroll has an excellent post on the latest news on the Bausch & Lomb ReNu contact lens solution problem.
- Joe Saunders | April 18, 2006 8:02 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWhile the investigation is ongoing, we know thus far that of 30 cases in the US studied by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, 28 patients wore soft contact lenses and 26 had used the Bausch & Lomb ReNu brand contact lens solution in the month before the onset of the infection. Eight patients required corneal transplantation.In Singapore, of those 39 reported cases of fungal corneal...
- Joe Saunders | April 17, 2006 2:44 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn an effort to locate the source of the fungal infection in suspected cases of Fusarium keratitis, the FDA is continuing its investigation of Bausch & Lomb plants. Of the 30 cases that have been reviewed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 26 people reported using a Bausch & Lomb ReNu brand contact lens solution or a generic made by the same company. ReNu with MoistureLoc is...
- Joe Saunders | April 17, 2006 6:29 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsLast week, Bausch & Lomb told consumers not to use their eye contact solution ReNu with MoistureLoc after serious eye infections resulted. A fungus called Fusarium has been identified as the cause of the reported infections. As of April 9, there were 109 cases of suspected Fusarium keratitis under investigation by the CDC and health authorities in 17 states. The risk of contracting contact...
- Joe Saunders | April 15, 2006 7:55 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsAs the Bausch & Lomb contact solution is being removed from store shelves all across the country, users of the ReNu with MoistureLoc can do several things: 1) they need to monitor the health of their eyes ie. beware of symptoms including blurry vision, pain or redness, excessive discharge and increased sensitivity to light, 2)obtain legal & medical advice promptly.Bausch & Lomb stopped...
- Joe Saunders | April 15, 2006 7:43 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsWhen I discovered that Fosamax belonged to the same family of drugs as those employed in chemotherapy treatments and that these class of drugs were thought to cause osteonecrosis, I wanted to know why Merck hadn't come forward with that knowledge. Well, as Merck has shown in its defense of Vioxx, the company is more concerned with profits than people. In the midst of the news reports about...
- Joe Saunders | April 14, 2006 12:49 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsIt appears the manufacturer of Fosamax, the osteoporosis drug, knew about potential serious problems with the drug back in 2004. Fosamax belongs to a family of drugs called bisphosphonates which are believed to cause a severe osteonecrosis. Merck has made $3million from Fosamax and didn't want to change its labeling for fear of declining sales. Sound familiar?
- Joe Saunders | April 14, 2006 8:11 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAfter intense public pressure, Bausch & Lomb finally asked retailers to remove the ReNu contact lens solution from their shelves while an investigation into the product's safety is completed. The question remains as to why the company has not pulled the product from the marketplace altogether. The potential damage as a result of using the product is great-blindness. A lawsuit seeking class...
- Joe Saunders | April 13, 2006 2:28 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsFor Merck & Co. the bad news doesn't seem to end. On the heels of being hit with $9 million in punitive damages from its drug Vioxx, Merck is now facing lawsuits from its osteoporosis drug Fosamax. Fosamax is a defective product because it can cause osteonecrosis of the jaw, or a rotting of the jaw bone. The suit in question was filed in Ft. Myers, Florida and seeks class action status. The...
- Joe Saunders | April 12, 2006 9:04 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsOne of the country's leading manufacturers of eye contact solution has stopped shipments of its popular ReNu and MoistureLoc solutions after investigations have shown the products can cause a potentially dangerous eye infection. However, the company stopped short of pulling the products from store shelves. The fungal infection known as Fusarium can cause blindness. Symptoms can include blurry...
- Joe Saunders | April 11, 2006 11:40 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsMerck, the manufacturer of the pain killer Vioxx, has been ordered to pay $9 million in punitive and compensatory damages by a New Jersey jury. The verdict came after a jury concluded that the drug maker knowingly misled regulators about its troubled painkiller. Merck has stated that it will appeal the unexpected verdict.
- Joe Saunders | April 11, 2006 7:15 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn an investigation made public yesterday, officials at Tampa's James A. Haley VA Medical Center disclosed that two cranial implants were not properly sterilized prior to surgery. This is a very serious failure on the part of the hospital and calls into question the basic care patients at the facility are likely to receive. When a patient enters a hospital, especially when facing the...
- Joe Saunders | April 11, 2006 6:54 AM |
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MiscellaneousA newly discovered Food and Drug Administration report shows the agency had data at least three years ago that some soft drinks had unsafe levels of cancer-causing benzene. Known as the Total Diet Study, the report shows that between 1995 and 2001, nearly 80 percent of the diet cola that the FDA sampled had benzene levels higher than the limit allowable in drinking water. Among 24 diet cola...
- Joe Saunders | April 11, 2006 6:52 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe first Guidant defective defibrillator trial has been postponed because one of the witnesses is unavailable due to the Passover holiday. The judge has said that the case will most likely resume in July.
- Joe Saunders | April 11, 2006 6:45 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA federal judge has overturned a $100,000 verdict against an Orlando police officer who a jury found had violated the civil rights of a motorist he stopped and shot with a Taser in 2003. The crux of the judge's argument hinged upon the fact that the cop stopped the driver for a non-arrestable offense. However, the real story may be that Orlando police have deployed the Taser stun gun more than...
- Joe Saunders | April 10, 2006 3:13 PM |
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MiscellaneousLithotripsy, a medical procedure used to pulverize painful kidney stones, is now believed to increased the risk of diabetes as well as raise blood pressure at some later stage in life. Interestingly, the study published by the Mayo Clinic, found that the diabetes risk was related in part to the number of shocks given during lithotripsy while the rise in high blood pressure was related to...
- Joe Saunders | April 06, 2006 8:30 PM |
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MiscellaneousSà usted es victima de un accidente automovilistico o en su trabajo puede ser recompensado por sus daños cualquiera que sea su estado legal. Es muy importante contactar un abogado para proteger sus derechos bajo la ley. Estoy dispuesto a prestar ayuda a los hispanos que son vicitmas de daños a causa de accidentes. No dude en llamar a nuestra oficina para una consulta gratis.
- Joe Saunders | April 06, 2006 8:56 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsYesterday was a busy day for police officers deploying the Taser stun gun. A 92 year old Pasco County man living in an assisted living facility was tasered by police after he assaulted another resident. On Clearwater beach, an unidentified man lost his life after being tasered by police. The police were responding to a complaint of "erratic behavior" before tasering the decedent. While I...
- Joe Saunders | April 05, 2006 7:05 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Florida Senate Transportation Committee unanimously approved a bill prohibit cell phone use by teens holding a user permit to drive. It's not a bad idea given the fact that these young drivers are learning how to drive and don't need added distractions. However, why focus on this one group of drivers? We've all had the frustrating, sometimes scary experience of driving alongside someone...
- Joe Saunders | April 04, 2006 12:17 PM |
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MiscellaneousUsted acaba de tener un accidente de trafico. Usted esta tratando de salir de su vehiculo y al mismo tiempo se percata que ninguna persona parece estar seriamente herida en el otro vehiculo. Que debe hacer ahora?Llamar a la unidad de emergencia. Si es posible tome notas del lugar exacto y la posición de los vehiculos involucrados en el accidente. Intercambie numeros de polizas de seguro asi...
- Joe Saunders | April 04, 2006 11:04 AM |
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MiscellaneousConducir en estado de ineptitud afectará a uno de cada tres estadounidenses en algún momento de su vida (NHTSA 2003a). Incidencia y consecuencias Los accidentes automovilÃsticos relacionados con el alcohol provocan la muerte de una persona cada 30 minutos y lesiones no mortales en una persona cada dos minutos (NHTS 2003a). En 2002 fueron 17,419 las personas que perdieron la vida en Estados...
- Joe Saunders | April 04, 2006 11:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousNo cargue manualmente si su tarea la puede hacer con una grúa, un montecargas u otro equipo mecánico. Si usted necesariamente tiene que cargar algo con las manos, pÃdale ayuda a otros empleados, si es posible. Consejos para cargar manualmente adecuadamente: Verifique la ruta para asegurarse que no tenga obstrucciones, agua ni algún otro elemento con el que se pueda resbalar y caer. Coloque...
- Joe Saunders | April 01, 2006 8:39 AM |
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MiscellaneousSadly, the sexual abuse scandal that has so plagued the Catholic Church in the United States shows no real signs of abating. According to statistics compiled by a commission sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, there were 783 credible charges against Catholic clergy last year. Of the 783, 9 of those charges concerned abuse that occurred last year. The remainder of...
- Joe Saunders | April 01, 2006 8:34 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA New Jersey appellate court upheld the national class action status of the Vioxx lawsuits. This is significant for plaintiffs who've brought suit against Merck, the manufacturer of the once popular arthritis drug. The lawsuit, which seeks reimbursement for as much as $9.6 billion of Vioxx purchases, could significantly complicate Merck's defense efforts as it battles thousands of cases...