A recent article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (Read Article) found that patients using Avandia have a 43% greater risk of suffering a heart attack and a 64% greater risk of dying from a cardiovascular event while taking Avandia than those not using Avandia. These findings were based upon 42 studies involving 15,560 patients who took Avandia and 12,283 who took other drugs or were given placebo. The study, conducted by doctors at the renowned Cleveland Clinic, presents important concern, as diabetics are already prone to heart disease.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert in May 2007 warning of the increased risk of heart attack and cardiac events leading to death. Since the alert, the FDA has asked Avandia?s manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, to place the most serious warning a drug label can bear, a ?black box? warning, on the drug (Read the FDA news release.).
Category: Legal News
$3 Million Judgment Affirmed for Welder With Lung Injury
A unanimous Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a $3 million judgment for a plaintiff against E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. on March 30 after concluding that the plaintiff provided sufficient medical evidence to support his theory of permanent injuries from on-the-job exposure to methyl benzoate, methyl p-toluate and orthoxylene (Murray Lawrence v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., No. 05-6895, 6th Cir.; 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 8133).
Read More$3 Million Bail Set in Fatal Car Crash
In the fatal crash that led to an arrest yesterday as reported in this blog, the judge in the case has set a $3 million dollar bail on the defendant. The defendant is charged with second-degree manslaughter, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, operating while under suspension, failure to keep right and failure to wear a seat belt. Incredibly, this defendant has 3 previous DUI convictions and had served prison time for the convictions. He was also driving with a suspended license. The man he killed was a father of five.
Read MoreHospital Ignores Dying Woman’s Pleas for Help
A woman lies on the ground dying from a perforated bowel. She is in pain, vomitting up blood and asking for help. Incredibly, this was happening in an emergency room. At the King-Harbor hospital in Los Angeles, this woman, her boyfriend and an unidentified person pleaded with the hospital for help. Their pleas for help were ignored. Calls were made to 911 requesting that an ambulance take the woman to another hospital. No help arrived. This is one of the worst case of medical malpractice that I ever read about it. Based on the facts set forth in the LA Times article, there should be an immediate criminal investigation opened into this woman’s tragic death.
Read MoreConnecticut State Police Arrest Drunk Driver
Connecticut state police arrested a man in a fatal collision in Mansfield on New Year’s Day.
Police have charged Michael Knybel Jr., 39, of Stafford Springs, with manslaughter with a motor vehicle while intoxicated, operating under suspension and drunken driving. Darren Fegan, 32, of Mansfield, was killed when his sport utility vehicle was hit head-on by the pick-up truck that Michael Knybel was driving intoxicated.