| Jul 13 |
Archive for the 'Reglan' CategoryDrug company pays millions to victimsGlaxoSmithKline (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…) |
| Jul 05 |
Archive for the 'Reglan' CategoryU.S. Supreme Court makes it tough to trust generic drugs
That could be one result of a recent United States Supreme Court ruling against two women harmed by a generic drug. The ruling says victims do not have the right to sue a generic pill’s manufacturer if warning labels on the drug are inadequate. It also says the manufacturers are protected from legal liability if they don’t strengthen the warning labels as new risks associated with the drugs develop. (more…) |
Sales of generic drugs could take an abrupt nose dive when frightened consumers start insisting on name brand pills when they get prescriptions filled.| Jun 22 |
Archive for the 'Reglan' CategoryHeparin overdose of Quaid twins spurs $500,000 hospital settlement
The Associated Press reports that Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has offered a $500,000 settlement in the case, which the Quaids have accepted. Half of that money will go to each of the twins: Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone. Also, Cedars-Sinai will pay for any additional medical care the Quaid twins ever need related to their injury, though they seem to have recovered. |
A year and a half ago, the heparin overdose of actor Dennis Quaid’s twins was big news. The legal settlement just announced in the case isn’t as big of a news story to most media, but it’s also very significant.| May 19 |
Archive for the 'Reglan' CategoryWhen drug giants err, as with Reglan, an Adler defective drugs lawyer can help
One such risky remedy is Reglan, the brand name often given to digestive-aid drugs featuring metoclopramide. Other brands with the drug include Maxolon and Octamide. |
Americans don’t like being at anyone’s mercy, but that’s clearly the case with the pharmaceutical giants which create and sell drugs to millions of us, making billions of dollars in the process. Such drugs aren’t always fully vetted by such corporations or by government watchdog the Food and Drug Administration. As a result, many innocent victims can suffer injury and even death — all because they took a prescribed medication.