Botox is the commercial name for Botulinum toxin, the most toxic protein on earth. Botox achieves its results by paralyzing muscles, just like snake venom. It is manufactured and sold by Allergan. In the early 1800s, Justinus Kerner, a German physician, described botulinium toxin as “sausage poison” and “fatty poison” because the bacterium often grows […]
Firm News
Hold Medical Device Makers Responsible for Personal Injuries and Wrongful Deaths
The Medical Device Safety Act of 2009 will have a major impact on the health and safety of millions of Americans. This is a vital piece of legislation, and its passage is necessary to protect American citizens from defective medical devices such as pacemakers, defibrillator cables, catheters, and infusion pump. These devices are widely used […]
Adoption Fraud Fractures Families
Adopting a child should be a rewarding challenge, and for Mamie and Mark Johnson, that’s exactly what they enjoyed as they adopted 5 children and created a happy and cohesive family. But when Mamie and Mark agreed to adopt their sixth, their rewards quickly changed to frustration and anger as their new child proved to […]
Botox® Personal Injury Update
The FDA must be looking to our website for guidance. On April 24, I posted a blog that describes the personal injuries caused by Botox injections and the serious dangers of long-term injuries posed by irresponsible doctors who stage Botox parties in homes and hotels, far from the medical facilities that a patient who suffers […]
Hydroxycuts Health Supplements: Personal Injuries and Wrongful Deaths
After many reports of personal injury and one of wrongful death, the FDA finally has taken the unusual step of advising consumers not to buy and use a popular dietary supplement. In all candor, this is no srprise. This long over-due action came only after the FDA received numerous adverse event reports about Hydroxycut. The […]
