05/09/2008- She was just 18 when the Ortho Evra patch claimed her life. A student, studying for a career in fashion. After she collapsed in a Manhattan subway in April 2005 and subsequently died, an autopsy revealed that a blood clot had formed and moved into the young lady's lung. More ::
05/09/2008- Loretta M. says she is sure she was given Trasylol during her open heart surgeries because her doctor spoke about using blood-regulating drugs during surgery. More ::
05/08/2008- It’s a situation all parents hope they’ll never have to contemplate - which kid to save from death first. Christi Ault’s eyes fill with tears as she thinks about how close she came to that situation last Sunday, when her Ford F-150 truck spontaneously exploded into flames only an hour and a half before her three children would have been strapped into their car seats. More ::
05/08/2008- In the latest development of the long drawn out heparin saga, Jin Shaohong, China's Deputy Director of the National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, maintains that contamination, in the form of over-sulphated chondroitin sulphate (OSCS), cannot be irrefutably linked to up to 81 deaths and numerous cases of severe allergic reactions in the US. More ::
05/08/2008- A U.S. advocacy group is urging the Food and Drug Administration to pull Johnson & Johnson's birth control patch from the market after studies found an increased risk of dangerous blood clots.
05/07/2008- Pfizer yanked ads for its smoking cessation drug Chantix earlier this year because of safety concerns -- specifically, reports that taking the drug could lead to behavioral changes, depression and even suicidal thoughts in some patients. More ::
05/06/2008- A woman has suffered blood clots caused by NuvaRing, a transparent vaginal ring that provides month long birth control. The ring releases a continuous, low dose of estrogen and progestin for 21 days. Since NuvaRing hit the market seven years ago, it has been the subject of hundreds of lawsuits related to blood clots. Twelve deaths across the nation have been attributed to NuvaRing. More ::
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