Such is the case in the broadening discovery of NDMA in a variety of pharmaceutical drugs, that hasn’t near received the attention it deserves.
NDMA is an industrial chemical known as n-nitrosidomethylamin (NDMA). It’s presence should not be detected in any pharmaceutical drugs as the chemical is classified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as
The Mesothelioma frontier continues to build against Johnson & Johnson and their talculm-powder based products.
Late last week a New York State Jury awarded a woman diagnosed with mesothelioma, who contended that her disease was related to her years of use of Johnson & Johnson’s talculm baby powder, millions. The jury found that J&J’s talculm
The US Food and Drug Administration on April 30, 2019 required revised warnings on a host of popular and often used sleep aides warning of a whole host of dangerous risks that have been linked to the drugs.
The drugs, such as Lunesta and Ambien, have been linked to 66 examples of patients who took
The US Food and Drug Administration recently issues their strongest warning, known as the “black box” warning, to Takeda Pharmaceuticals, who manufactures the popular gout medicine, Uloric.
The FDA warning states in part:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded there is an increased risk of death with Uloric (febuxostat) compared to another
In July 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall of a number pharmaceutical drugs containing valsartan used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and heart failure due to the increased risk of certain cancers associated with NDMA. Not all drugs containing valsartan were named in the recall.
Pride Mobility, the maker of electric wheelchairs, has come under strict scrutiny as a result of reports of their wheelchairs causing fires.
The fires, in at least one case, was alleged to have burned to death the man occupying the wheelchair in a lawsuit brought by his wife after his death.
The cause of the
In July of this past year, Minnesota-based 3M Company resolved a whistle blower lawsuit brought against them by a former employee that alleged 3M had contracted with the US Military selling the military ear plugs, of which they knew were defective but chose not to disclose to the military.
3M agreed to a $9 million
The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), concluded its 18-month investigation into opioid distributors and wholesalers in West Virginia just before Christmas, 2018. The committee’s bipartisan report, to say the least, is shocking. (Read it [HERE].)
WV is the state struck hardest by the opioid crisis that has
The vaping, or e-cigarette, trends has grown at a rapid pace over the last several years. This was mainly brought on by the brand Juul, which looks like a small USB stick and dominates a whopping 75% of vaping’s market share. And how could it have not? Toted as the healthier alternative to traditional smoking,