By Mike Papantonio, Trial Attorney and Legal Expert. Prevacid lawsuits stem from patients experiencing a high risk of serious side effects like kidney disease and bone fractures. Patients claim the manufacturer failed to warn them… Read More
By Jackie Fortier, Brian Mann. NPR. An Oklahoma judge has ruled that drugmaker Johnson & Johnson helped ignite the state’s opioid crisis by deceptively marketing painkillers and must pay $572 million to the state. Oklahoma… Read More
From the Patient Safety Network, Jan 2019. Adverse Drug Event (ADE) is an injury that occurs as a result of medication error. Medication errors need to be addressed for improving patient safety, as there is… Read More
By Nicholas Bakalar, The New York Times. Infants are sometimes treated for gastroesophageal reflux with acid-suppressing medicines, but a new study suggests that they may increase the risk for bone fracture later in childhood. Researchers studied… Read More
By Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News. Ketamine is a darling of combat medics and clubgoers, an anesthetic that can quiet your pain without suppressing breathing and a hallucinogenic that can get you high with little… Read More
Since 2000, the FDA has issued more than 25 warnings and safety communications regarding biologic drugs. By John Fauber and Kevin Crowe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. With her kidneys and liver failing and a 106-degree temperature… Read More
By Peter Pitts, OBSERVER Media. Quality can be stipulated, but it cannot be assumed. Quality occurs by design; it cannot be tested into a product. Nowhere is this truer or more urgent than when it comes… Read More
Because the ear is very sensitive to changes in overall health, smokers and those with high blood pressure are more likely to develop hearing loss due to the impact on their cardiovascular health, while those...
Below is a list of 10 top prescribing errors that cause death or severe harm to patients. Data from observational research, patient safety incident reports, yellow card reports and medical indemnity claims was used to determine the top 10 errors. ...
From The Atlantic. In 2016, an estimated 595,690 patients passed away from cancer. That same year, there were over 15.5 million Americans with a history of this terrible illness for whom it was not fatal. This is because the… Read More