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 […]
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Avandia False Promises: Resulting Personal Injuries and Wrongful Deaths
Diabetes is an injurious disease that requires constant vigilance from its sufferers. In people with Type 1 diabetes, the body produces no insulin, a hormone which allows the body to utilize a simple sugar called glucose for energy and many other vital functions. Until the early part of the 20th century, Type I diabetes was […]
Suing Drug Manufacturers for Personal Injuries and Wrongful Deaths
It is now legal to sue drug manufacturers for personal injuries or wrongful death caused by a dangerous drug or the failure of a pharmaceutical manufacturer to give a proper warning about the use of a product. That is what the Supreme Court decided in a 6-3 vote in a rare pro-consumer decision by upholding […]
Prime the Economy Now
A new president should bring hope for a better economic future, but the Dow Jones average has been dropping steadily since the day after Barack Obama‘s election in November. On November 5, a day when the excitement of a new administration coming to Washington should have given the market a big boost, the average fell […]
Drug Manufacturers Causing Personal Injuries and Wrongful Deaths
Lucia Paccione’s conscience earned her a much greater financial reward than her sales skills possibly could have, even in her best selling years. Paccione was a pharmaceutical sales representative for Cephalon of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and unlike many of her bosses, she wasn’t willing to check her ethics at the door every morning to help […]
