Study Finds Increased Risk Between PPI Drugs and COVID-19 Infection
A study in The American Journal of Gastroenterology finds that people who take proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medication once or twice daily may be at a higher ris...
Common Type 2 Diabetes Medication may Contain Unsafe NDMA Levels
On May 28, 2020, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert to patients and healthcare providers that unsafe levels of N-Nitrosodimeth...
Prolonged Use of Elmiron may Cause Vision Problems
New findings suggest that Elmiron, also referred to as pentosan polysulfate sodium (PPS), can negatively affect an individual’s vision. This may occur when El...
The Dangers of Ranitidine and NDMA
Since the end of 2019, Ranitidine, commonly marketed as Zantac, has been subject to recall. It was revealed that Ranitidine contains trace amounts of NDMA, a po...
Drug Manufacturers Fail to Understand the Dangerousness of Zantac
At the end of last year the popular heartburn medication Zantac, or ranitidine, was recalled due to unsafe levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) found in it. ...
FDA Recalls Zantac Tablets Over Probable Carcinogen Found in Drug
Earlier this month the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall statement on Ranitidine tablets after unacceptable levels of N-Nitrosodi...
Weight Loss Drug Pulled From Market After Being Linked to Cancer
The FDA recently issued a request for the manufacturer of the weight loss drug Belviq and Belviq XR (Lorcaserin) to be voluntarily pulled from the market after ...
Judge Decides on $6.8 Million in Punitive Damages for Risperdal Victim
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, has come under fire for the deceptive marketing of their antipsychotic drug Risperdal. Maryland res...
Lawsuits Filed Over Possible Link Between Zantac Antacid and Cancer
Notable drugstores such as CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens across the country are suspending the sale of Zantac due to health concerns related to contamination. Rec...
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed After Zostavax Injection
On April 28th, 2015, Darlene Howard was given the Zostavax shingles vaccine at a Walgreens Pharmacy. One month later, she was infected and covered head-to-toe w...
