A Virginia jury awarded Annette Ritzmann over $12 million for a brain injury she sustained after falling outside of a gas station, possible the largest slip and fall award ever granted in Virginia. Stephen M. Smtih, Brain Injury Attorney and founder of the Brain Injury Law Center, won the largest mild traumatic brain injury verdict […]
Bowel Cleansing Solution Associated with Renal Insufficiency
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning that the use of oral sodium phosphate (OSP) products for bowel cleansing has, in some patients, caused a rare but serious and potentially fatal form of kidney failure (renal insufficiency) referred to as acute phosphate nephropathy. Three over-the-counter OSP products used for bowel cleansing prior […]
Benzene in the Workplace
On April 28, 2007, World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for several measures to help prevent work-related cancer. Among these measures was to “introduce benzene-free organic solvents and technologies that convert the carcinogenic chromium into a non-carcinogenic form.” Benzene is a known carcinogen which causes many health […]
Makers of OxyContin Plead Guilty to Misleading the Public
On Thursday, May 10, 2007, U.S. Attorney John Brownlee announced that Purdue Pharma L.P. executives and former executives pleaded guilty to a “felony charge of illegally misbranding OxyContin in an effort to mislead and defraud physicians and consumers.” Commonly referred to as “hillbilly heroin,” OxyContin contains a high dose of oxycodone – a synthetic opiate […]
FDA Takes Permax Off the Shelves
On March 29, 2007 the FDA officially withdrew the dopamine Permax (uncommonly known as pergolide) due to recent studies that indicate the increase of risk for valvular heart disease in Permax patients. In January, 2007 two new studies were released from the New England Journal of Medicine that linked Permax and a similar drug, Dostinex, […]
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