Roanoke Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

You know better than your doctor does. No, maybe not about how the liver metabolizes certain substances and other complicated medical issues, but you know better about your own body, and what...

This week a consumer advocacy group petitioned Washington to take birth control patch off the market. Why? Studies show that users have an increased chance of blood clots. a 60% higher chance....

The reports are begining to be circulated that another member of "Big Pharma", Pfizer, Inc., has settled a group of cases with plaintiffs who allege the painkillers, Celebrex and Bextra, caused...

Breaking news in our local paper - Roanoke Times: Purdue Pharma seeks FDA approval for new form of OxyContin "In a document posted today to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Web site, Purdue...

If you watched the news yesterday or listened on the radio, you heard about the families that traveled to Washington to tell their stories about recent bad batches of Heparin. Heparin is used as...

Isn't' this just great news! The National Toxicology Program says the plastics which surround our foods and medicines contain a chemical, Bisphenol A (also called BPA) which may be linked to common...

Check out today's Washington Post where Staff Write reports that the manufacturer of VIOXX (MERCK) is being accused of deception. What? A drug company being accused of less than ethical conduct in...

Sneezes... Sniffles... Carrying a tissue everywhere - an annoyance. I have seasonal allergies, but have never taken anything but over the counter meds, because I don't trust most pharmaceutical...