InjuryBoard Houston Archives

• Families of Heparin Victims Tell Their Stories

  Scott Kappes | April 30, 2008 2:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Yesterday the families of some of those who lost lives after being treated with a contaminated blood thinner, Heparin, told their stories to a House committee. The congressional panel listened...

• Class I Recall Issued for Digitek Tablets

  Scott Kappes | April 28, 2008 6:36 PM | 12 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Today the Actavis Totowa LLC in conjunction with the FDA issued a Class I recall of all Digitek tablets. Digitek is used to treat abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure;...

• Claritin-Singulair Combo Pill Rejected by FDA

  Scott Kappes | April 28, 2008 1:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Late Friday the makers of Claritin and Singulair announced that the FDA has rejected an application for a pill combining the two drugs. Singulair, sold by Merck, is a popular medication used to...

• Chantix: Most Commonly Searched Prescription

  Scott Kappes | April 25, 2008 2:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The data is out and Pfizer’s prescription stop smoking aid Chantix was the most commonly searched medication on the Internet in the month of February. According to comScore, an Internet...

• Lawsuit Filed Over Nalgene BPA Containing Bottles

  Scott Kappes | April 24, 2008 1:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  On Tuesday the first consumer class action litigation was filed against Nalge Nunc International Corp, alleging that the company knew about the dangers of Bisphenol A or BPA but continued to...

• FDA Criticized for Foreign Inspection Problems

  Scott Kappes | April 23, 2008 1:42 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Yesterday a House panel reprimanded the FDA for their poor performance when inspecting foreign-made medications, in the aftermath of the recall of contaminated batches of the blood thinner...

• Heart Screening Encouraged for Children with ADHD

  Scott Kappes | April 21, 2008 6:35 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common disorders among children. Physicians often prescribe medications to treat the symptoms of ADHD with very limited proof...

• Concerns Grow Over BPA Bottles

  Scott Kappes | April 17, 2008 12:48 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Both U.S. and Canadian health authorities have shown an increased concern this week over a popular chemical used in many different plastic products. The chemical, Bisphenol A or BPA, has been...

• Woman Killed in Dallas Cement Truck Accident

  Scott Kappes | April 16, 2008 6:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Last Friday a 41-year-old woman was killed, and 5-year-old child was injured when a cement truck flipped over into their SUV. Maria Angelica Gamez was killed instantly, while the child in her...

• Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Pre-Teen Murder Case

  Scott Kappes | April 16, 2008 10:53 AM | 3 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeals case of a South Carolina adolescent that was sentenced to 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole, at the age of 12,...

• Recalled Cereal Linked to Salmonella Risk

  Scott Kappes | April 14, 2008 8:37 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  At least 23 people in 14 different states have been made ill by the salmonella virus found in two breakfast cereals manufactured by Malt-O-Meal. The cereals were recalled on April 5 after the...

• Houston Toy Company Recalls Fake Teeth For Lead Risk

  Scott Kappes | April 14, 2008 2:13 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Houston based Funtastic has issued a recall of about 26,000 sets of fake teeth after discovering that surface paint on the teeth violates lead paint standards. The fake teeth,...

• Researcher Claims Bayer Hid Data on Trasylol

  Scott Kappes | April 07, 2008 5:08 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Last fall an FDA panel unanimously voted in favor of keeping Bayer’s Trasylol on the market. The panel was convened after a New England Journal of Medicine article suggested that the drug put...

• Watch Dog Group Calls For Black-Box Warning For Chantix

  Scott Kappes | April 03, 2008 7:56 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Over the past year the reports of adverse reactions to Pfizer’s smoking cessation drug Chantix have been mounting at a furious pace. After an analysis of the adverse events associated with Chantix,...

• Should TV Drug Ads Carry FDA Contact Info?

  Scott Kappes | April 03, 2008 12:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The Consumer Union advocacy group has petitioned the FDA to require television prescription drug advertisements to include a toll free number and a website address where consumers can report adverse...