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FDA Faces Lawsuit Over Thalidomide Documents
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been sued for allegedly failing to turn over documents pertaining to the use and distribution of the morning sickness drug thalidomide. Attorneys filing a birth injury lawsuit against the companies involved with the drug claim they repeatedly requested the documents, but have not received them. The lawsuit the records pertain to claims the defendants withheld evidence proving that the morning sickness drug caused birth defects. The complaint also claims that Smith Kline & French (the predecessor to GlaxoSmithKline) distributed thalidomide to more than 20,000 people even though the drug never received FDA approval. We discussed in a previous blog how it is sometimes difficult to know the full range of side effects for each new drug that is introduced to the market. As unfortunate as it may seem, it can sometimes take a wave of birth defects to indicate a dangerous drug. Sometimes…
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FDA Warns Johnson and Johnson of Topamax Side Effects
According to the Food and Drug Administration, Topamax should be closely monitored for increases in depression and potential mood changes that may result in an increase of suicidal thoughts. Topamax is a migraine and anticonvulsant medication linked to an increased risk of birth defects, specifically oral. Oral birth defects include cleft lip and cleft palate and occur in the first trimester of pregnancy when the lip or palate fails to fuse properly during development. A pregnant woman taking Topamax during the first trimester is 20 times likely to risk their child developing an oral birth defect than a woman not taking the medication, says Reuters. The FDA warns pregnant women that they are at risk of having a baby develop the facial anomalies when exposed to dangerous drugs such as Topamax. While Topamax has an FDA-approved seal to treat seizures and migraine headaches, it is being used off-label by doctors…
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Baxter Recall of Heparin
.!. Mystery Men trailer April Fool’s Day download Torment move The Business divx In February Baxter recalled thousands of bottles of the blood thinner drug heparin. The recall was issued after some of the drugs were linked to four deaths and countless allergic reactions. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is inspecting the Baxter facility in New Jersey, a Scientific Protein Laboratories facility in Wisconsin, and a factory in Changzhou, China for signs of contamination. There is a lot of suspicion focused on the Chinese factory, which is being inspected both independently and jointly with the United States by the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA). Apparently, the factory in Changzhou was not inspected by the FDA because of a mix-up with names and was not inspected by the SFDA because it is currently classified as a chemical manufacturer, not pharmaceutical. Pokemon: The Movie 2000 ipod The Quest ipod Dellamorte…
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