InjuryBoard Dallas Archives

• RECALL: Complete MoisturePlus Contact Lens Solution Risk of Infection

  RLF Staff | May 29, 2007 4:23 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Advanced Medical Optics and FDA informed healthcare professionals and consumers who wear soft contact lenses of a recall of Complete MoisturePlus Multi-Purpose Solution. The recall was based on reports of a rare, but serious, eye infection, Acanthamoeba keratitis, caused by a parasite. The link between the solution and the infection was identified as a result of an investigation by the Centers...

• Avandia Heart Risks Known Years Ago

  RLF Staff | May 25, 2007 8:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Accoring to a report by the New York Post, a leading diabetes doctor sent the Food and Drug Administration a letter to the FDA warning of the heart risks of the drug Avandia seven years ago. According to documents from 2000 and 2001 the FDA reprimanded the drug's maker for playing down safety concerns. The documents, found in a reporter's search of the FDA's database, indicated that the...

• Avandia Poses risk of Heart Attack and Other Heart Disease

  RLF Staff | May 21, 2007 4:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  FDA informed healthcare professionals of a potential safety issue related to Avandia (rosiglitazone). An on-going analysis of safety data for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus using Avandia showed differing rates of ischemic cardiovascular events including heart attack or heart-related adverse events, some fatal, relative to other drugs used to treat diabetes. The clinical studies...

• FDA Recommends Suicidal Warnings Added to Anti-Depressants

  RLF Staff | May 17, 2007 10:33 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  FDA notified healthcare professionals that the Agency proposed that makers of all antidepressant medications update the existing black box warning on the prescribing information for their products to include warnings about the increased risks of suicidal thinking and behavior in young adults ages 18 to 24 years old during the first one to two months of treatment. The proposed labeling changes...

• ED Products True Man and Energy Max Dangers

  RLF Staff | May 15, 2007 7:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  FDA informed consumers and healthcare professionals regarding the dangers associated with the purchase or use of True Man or Energy Max products promoted and sold as dietary supplements throughout the United States. Both products, promoted as sexual enhancement products and as treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED), are illegal drug products that contain potentially harmful, undeclared...

• Botox Injection Could Help Cerebral Palsy Patients

  RLF Staff | May 11, 2007 6:55 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  New research suggests that injections of botulinum toxin A (Botox) enhanced benefits from occupational therapy for children with cerebral palsy affecting one limb.In the study, Dr Remo N Russo, from Flinders University in Daw Park, South Australia, and colleagues randomly assigned 43 children with hemiplegic (one-sided) cerebral palsy to receive four sessions of occupational therapy (over 4...

• Undeclared Sulfites in Gurley's Golden Recipe Cranberry Trail Mix

  RLF Staff | May 10, 2007 12:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Gurley's Foods, Inc., of Willmar, Minnesota is recalling their Golden Recipe Cranberry Trial Mix, packaged in 7.25 ounce packages (UPC77449 49872) in printed bags, sold primarily through various convenience stores nationwide, due to the presence of undeclared sulfites. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to sulfites run the risk of serious or life threatening allergic reaction...

• Only 2% of malpractice cases are attempted

  RLF Staff | May 08, 2007 11:22 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Accoring to NewsWireToday.com, medical malpractice causes about 80,000 deaths and injures many more, each year. Shockingly, they report only two percent of malpractice victims seek compensation. Why such a low percentage of suits? I believe there are a few reasons victims or their family do not sue when they suspect malpractice:1. The doctor and hospital convince them they did everything...

• Nursing Home Laws Not Sufficiently Enforced

  RLF Staff | May 03, 2007 9:06 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  In a new report released by Congress's investigative branch, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) the U.S. government is criticized for its oversight of nursing homes across the nation. According to the report published in The New York Times, nursing homes and long-term care facilities that are continuously cited for mistreating patients often only face minimal penalties.Because the...

• FDA Warning: Counterfeit Internet Drugs

  RLF Staff | May 02, 2007 6:51 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The FDA received information showing that 24 apparently related websites operated outside the US may be involved in the distribution of counterfeit prescription drugs. On three occasions during recent months, consumers obtained counterfeit versions of Xenical 120mg Capsules, a drug used to help obese individuals who meet certain weight and height requirements to lose weight and maintain weight...

• 2-Year-Old Locked In Hot Car by Mother and Aunt

  RLF Staff | May 01, 2007 4:33 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A 2-year-old girl in Miami was left sweltering in a car on the hottest day of the year so far, while her guardians shopped at a Miami plaza.Police received a call from witnesses that said they had spotted the 2-year-old girl sweating profusely and hysterically going back and forth between the seats of a car parked at a shopping center.Police say the child's 22-year-old aunt and 49-year-old...