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• Message Boards Show Chantix Effects are Real

  Scott Kappes | October 08, 2007 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Every day I am finding more and more people who have experience drastic side effects while using the drug Chantix, side effects which are not listed in the Chantix warning label. Chantix is a new drug, manufactured by Pfizer, to purportedly help people quit smoking. The results experienced by many of the people who have taken this drug range from severe depression, psychotic episodes and...

• J & J Fighting Levaquin Bellwether Consolidation

  Scott Kappes | November 19, 2009 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Levaquin maker Johnson & Johnson is fighting attempts by plaintiffs to consolidate the first three bellwether levaquin lawsuits in to one trial. The company is facing hundreds of levaquin...

• “Black Box” Warning Issued for Levaquin and Cipro

  Scott Kappes | July 14, 2008 5:11 PM | 5 CommentsHouston, TX

  Last week the FDA announced that fluoroquinolone antimicrobial drugs, like Levaquin and Cipro, would now carry the agency’s strictest warning. Antimicrobial drugs are used to treat or prevent...

• Fatal SUV Accident On I-45 South

  Robert Binstock | September 13, 2006 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Shortly before 8:00 am this morning, my cell phone rang and a friend alerted me to what I already suspected based on the brake lights I was seeing in all five lanes of I-45 North near Spring-Stuebner Road. Yet another major automobile accident on this well-traveled interstate highway was delaying commuters from Montgomery County and adding at least an hour to the daily trip to downtown Houston....

• Toddler’s Death Prompts Bed Recall

  Scott Kappes | July 07, 2008 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a voluntary recall of two beds following the strangulation death of 22-month-old California toddler. The beds were made in China and...

• Arthritis Drugs Increase Cancer Risk in Children

  Scott Kappes | August 04, 2009 6:07 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  The list of warnings associated with the class of medications commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other ailments continue to increase. Today the FDA announced that the labels for the...

• Additional Infant Deaths Prompt Re-Announcement of Simplicity Bassinet Recall

  Scott Kappes | August 21, 2009 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Yesterday the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission issued a press release to reiterate last year’s recall of Simplicity’s Close-Sleeper and Bedside Sleeper bassinets. In the August...

• Chinese Drywall Showing Up in Foreclosed Homes for Sale

  Scott Kappes | August 04, 2009 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Over the past several months the news of homes infected with Chinese drywall has swept across the nation. The Consumer Products Safety Commission has received complaints of Chinese drywall in at...

• Company Claims to Have Effective Chinese Drywall Remedy

  Scott Kappes | August 17, 2009 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  According to a report from the news-press a New York-based company claims that they have found a quick, permanent and cheap way to rid affected homes of defective Chinese drywall. Sabre Technical...

• Mover Sues Former Employer Over Neck Injury

  Scott Kappes | October 12, 2009 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  A former employee of Burris Transfer and Storage Co. has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, claiming that he severely injured his neck while working for the company. Gary Crissman claims...