Jul 13

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Drug company pays millions to victims

Filled under: antidepressant, Avandia, birth defects, brain injury, child death, child safety, Claravis, cold therapy, Crohn's disease, defective drug, Defective Drugs, fentanyl pain patch, GSK, Heparin, IBD, inflammatory bowel disease, Lexapro, Meridia, Paxil, Raptiva, Reglan, seizure drugs, side effects, Sotret, Topamax, ulcerative colitis | Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 |


GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is paying a $41 million fine for selling contaminated drugs all over the United States.

A GSK plant in Puerto Rico made the drugs  between 2001 and 2004. They include the anti–nausea drug Kytril, the antibiotic ointment Bactroban, the anti-depressant Paxil CR and the diabetes drug Avandamet. The plant where the contaminated drugs were made was closed in 2009.

In some cases, pills of different strengths were put in the same bottle. In others, pills of different types were packaged together.  And in some cases, the medications were simply contaminated. (more…)

Mar 18

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Natasha Richardson’s brain injury shows TBI dangers

Filled under: brain injury, brain injury lawyer, head injury, TBI, traumatic brain injury | Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 |
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As actress Natasha Richardson fights for life after a Monday skiing accident, her brain injury is a tragic reminder of the human brain’s vulnerability and the horrible chance, even after a small blow to the head, for TBI, or traumatic brain injury.

Such a head injury, however minor as in Richardson’s case, can produce catastrophic results, especially if veins around the brain are damaged and begin bleeding. Unlike other bodily organs, the brain is in a rigidly confined space — the skull — and if bleeding and swelling occur, there’s no room for the brain to expand as would, say, a swollen arm.

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