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• Kugel Mesh

  Allison Snoddy | July 02, 2007 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Kugel Mesh was developed to treat ventral hernias, which are caused by a stretching or thinning of scar tissue that forms after abdominal surgery. Due to numerous complaints of uncomfortable side effects such as persistent abdominal pain, tenderness near the implant site, fever, nausea and vomiting, the bard composite Kugel mesh patch products have been pulled from the market since...

• Paxil and Pregnancy

  Allison Snoddy | June 27, 2007 12:41 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  New studies show that women who are pregnant or who might become pregnant should not take the antidepressant Paxil due to birth defects. Nearly a year ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and GlaxoSmithKline -- which make Paxil -- changed the warnings on the drug to include the results of the studies. The FDA now advises pregnant women to merely switch from Paxil to another SSRI...

• Avandia Reminder

  Robert Binstock | June 22, 2007 10:07 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Prescribers of rosiglitazone (marketed by Avandia) were reminded by the Ministry of Health to not disregard the restrictions for use of the drug in patients with cardiovascular disease.Patients were advised to not stop taking rosiglitazone. Concerns over increased risk of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death in patients with Type Two diabetes treated with Avandia is more imminent more...

• Medicine is extending lives, but not for diabetic women

  Robert Binstock | June 19, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Advances in medical care over the last three decades have reduced heart disease and extended lives, but not for women with diabetes. For men and non-diabetic women, death rates from 1971 to 2000 dropped significantly, but no decline was seen for women with diabetes, a new analysis of federal data finds.It was found that heart disease for everyone but for women with diabetes, steadily declined. ...

• Paxil Refunds

  Robert Binstock | June 18, 2007 2:10 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  A $64 million class action settlement recently approved by an Illinois judge means parents who bought their kids the antidepressant drug Paxil could be eligible to recoup their out-of-pocket expenses.Paxil is said to have misled people about the medication's safety. Parents of children who have taken the drug are trying to get reimbursements under a $64 million class-action deal. Although the...

• Nothing new about controversy over medications

  Robert Binstock | June 18, 2007 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  The current controversy swirling around the diabetes drug Avandia is reminiscent of a similar controversy that arose more than 30 years ago. Then, as now, a study showed that a popular diabetes drug might be causing heart problems instead of preventing them.Back then, many doctors found it hard to believe that a prescribed drug used to lower blood sugar could cause cardiac problems. Scientists...

• Bard Composix Kugel

  Robert Binstock | June 15, 2007 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  On January 10, 2007, Davol, Inc. sent letters to health care professionals and distributors telling them to stop using the recalled product, specific lots of Bard Composix Kugel Large Oval and Large Circle Mesh Patches, and return unused units to the company.The "memory recoil ring" that opens the Bard Composix Kugel Mesh Patch can break under the stress of placement of the large sized products...

• CPSC Issues Recall of Over 2 Million Cribs Over Suffocation Risk

  Scott Kappes | December 03, 2009 5:35 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Last week the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission in cooperation with Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc. issued a voluntary recall of over 2 million Stork Craft drop-side cribs due to an entrapment...