Alycia Brown, a 14 year old eighth grader in La Crosse, Wisconsin died of blood clots in her lower pelvis on May 7 of this year. The girl had been using the Ortho Evra patch on request of her parents, who feared the girl’s signs of being sexually active. Their other preferred option was a […]
Ortho Evra Warning
The only approved birth control patch, Ortho Evra, has been giving patients a few problems with blood clots. However, blood clotting is a normal risk for most contraception methods that include estrogen. Most patients aren’t switching their birth control patch for a less convenient pill, and Ortho Evra has re-issued a new label instead of […]
Danish study suggests dangers of Vioxx…
In a study performed in Copenhagen, Vioxx and Celebrex were found to increase the chances of death to a patient who had survived a heart attack. The findings were released at an American Heart Association on Sunday. Dr. Gunnar Gislason of the Bispebjerg University Hospital stated that patients taking 25 milligrams of rofecoxib, the content […]
Vioxx Trials
Interesting to note that Judge Higbee – the New Jersey judge who presided over the most recent Vioxx trial – is now asking the lawyers on both sides to try ten new Vioxx cases involving victims who took the drug for at least 18 months. Merck has admitted that 18 months of usage is dangerous […]
I-330 and I-336: An Overall Victory
Voters turned down Initiatives 330 and 336, ending what has been the biggest campaign in Washington state history. In the past two years, $8 million was spent on the I-330 campaign alone-perhaps to the chagrin of the campaigners, the voters appeared to be nearly apathetic. Results were fairly close, with only 52.31% of candidates voting […]
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