If Steve Belcher hadn’t used ephedra, an ingredient in Metabolife and many other weight loss products, he might be a pitching star in the major leagues today. Certainly, Belcher wouldn’t have died if he hadn’t tried to lose weight by using dangerous diet pills. Ephedra is a powerful stimulant contained in Metabolife, and Metabolife is […]
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Duragesic Patches Cause Wrongful Deaths
On a December evening in 2003, a 28-year old man began to type his resume, but he never finished. Instead, he died at his desk from a lethal overdose of Fentanyl, a powerful narcotic. His wrongful death was the result of a defective Duragesic Fentanyl Transdermal Patch made by Johnson & Johnson. Seven years before […]
Botox® Personal Injuries and Wrongful Deaths
Doctors promise that Botox, which is a purified form of a nerve poison called botulinum toxin, will deliver the Fountain of Youth in a little vial. Many doctors’ websites show beautiful people who are too young to have developed wrinkles, but supposedly use Botox as a regular part of their beauty regimes. Botox works by […]
Salting Your Way to Personal Injury and Death
Dietary salt is killing Americans and people all over the world at a disgusting rate. The body can get all the sodium that it needs from foods, but the salt (sodium chloride – NaCl) that’s added to processed foods and restaurant meals is the key factor in high blood pressure (hypertension), the silent killer that […]
Reglan Personal Injuries and Wrongful Deaths: Tardive Dyskinesia
Metoclopramide is a damaging drug that many doctors use to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a chronic form of heartburn. Some doctors also prescribe Reglan for nausea and vomiting. Reglan was developed by Wyeth, the successor in interest to A. H. Robbins which first obtained FDA approval for the drug. Schwarz Pharma purchased from Wyeth the […]
