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• Antidepressants: The Untold Story

  Scott Kappes | January 22, 2008 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Last week the New England Journal of Medicine published an article claiming that the positive effect of antidepressants have been skewed way out of proportion by the lack of published reports that detail negative findings. After reviewing studies submitted to the FDA for 12 different antidepressants a report concluded that 88 per cent of studies that showed negative results were never published...

• Chantix To Carry Warning For Suicidal Thoughts In Australia

  Scott Kappes | December 11, 2007 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Over the past few months there has been plenty of attention paid to Pfizer's smoking cessation drug, Chantix. Reports of serious side effects have been pouring into the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System. Reports of suicide and suicidal ideation have been all too common among these reports. The FDA says they are also investigating over 100 cases of psychotic behavior associated with the drug....

• Over 5,000 Chantix Complaints Filed in One Week

  Scott Kappes | December 05, 2007 2:02 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  It has been a couple of weeks now since the FDA launched their investigation into the safety of Pfizer's smoking cessasation drug Chantix. The FDA says that they were planning to review the drug based on reports from the UK where the same drug has been sold since 2006 under the name Champix; however, the shooting death of musician Carter Albercht served as a catalyst to put safety concerns about...

• Doctor Performs Brain Surgery on Wrong Side of Brain

  Scott Kappes | November 27, 2007 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  A Rhode Island hospital has been fined $50,000 and reprimanded by the Department of Health after a doctor performed brain surgery on the wrong side of a patient's brain. While this sounds terrible it gets even worse. This is the third time this has happened this year at this hospital alone. Last Friday marks the most recent occurrence when the chief resident began operating on the wrong side of...

• Adverse Events Continue with Chantix

  Scott Kappes | November 14, 2007 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Just over a year ago pharmaceutical giant Pfizer introduced a revolutionary smoking cessasation drug to the market. This drug, called Chantix, work differently than stop smoking aids in the past. Chantix actually blocks nicotine receptors in the brain, eliminating the satisfaction induced by nicotine consumption therefore eliminating the urge to smoke. Over 4 million people have tried Chantix...

• Lawsuit Filed by the Family of Man Shot by Deputy

  Scott Kappes | September 24, 2007 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  The family of Miguel Angel Ramirez has filed a wrongful death case against Nueces County Sheriff's Department and the deputy that shot and killed Ramirez. Ramirez, 32, was shot 10 times by Deputy Burl Smith on June 7th of this year. Ramirez was along the side of Interstate 37 with an 18-inch machete. The sheriffs department says that Ramirez would not heed the warnings of the officers and...

• Purdue Settles Wrongful Death Case

  Scott Kappes | August 29, 2007 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Purdue University and the parents of a 19-year-old freshman have agreed to a settlement in the fatal accident that occurred last January. The student wandered into an unlocked utility room where he was electrocuted on January 13th. The boys body was not discovered until two months later. The family of the victim was paid a lump sum settlement of $500,000, the maximum amount that can be claimed...

• Mounting Problems with Paxil

  Dian Rosier | February 23, 2007 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Since 1992, when the FDA first gave its approval for the release of Paxil in the U.S. market, it has been one long rollercoaster ride for the drug manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK. Generating annual sales of up to 2 billion dollars, Paxil has been prescribed for the treatment of depression, and a large variety of other "disorders", many of which the American public had never heard of before...

• Accutane Scare

  Ashley Davis | May 22, 2009 10:19 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Do you know all of the risks associated with Accutane? Accutane, a popular severe acne medicine has been recalled due to its link to IBD (irritable bowel disease) and Crohn’s disease....

• Do You Have IBD?

  Ashley Davis | April 20, 2009 3:42 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Do you have IBD? IBD stands for Inflammatory bowel disease, and it is a group of inflammatory conditions of the large intestine and small intestine. The two major types of IBD are Crohn’s...