FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Some Good Follow Up On The Peanut Crises

  Mike Bryant | April 25, 2009 9:58 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  With every tragedy, there is hope that we learn and fix what it was that caused the problem to begin with. One of the main goals of the civil justice system is to deal with problems unlike the gun...

• 5,000 Americans Die Of Food Poisoning Each Year

  Mike Bryant | April 24, 2009 9:55 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control released these startling numbers. They also found that each year, 325,000 require hospitalization. The numbers show that over the last couple of years, our...

• Pistachio Recall: Kraft Gives A look At How It Happened

  Mike Bryant | April 11, 2009 9:32 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  With peanuts being the issue for a couple of months ago, many people were surprised with the sudden inclusion of Pistachio's as another nut to worry about. Unlike the congressional action that was...

• Senator Grassley Is Looking At Doctor Yes For Big Pharma

  Mike Bryant | April 07, 2009 9:21 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Iowa Senator Grassley is leading the investigation into Dr. Joseph Biederman. The doctor that was cooking the books on the trial testing of pharmaceuticals. The testing as to if drugs are safe for...

• Doctor Admits Pain Studies Were Made Up

  Mike Bryant | April 06, 2009 9:18 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Dr. Scott S. Reuben, an anesthesiologist at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., falsified clinical trials that he wrote about in 21 journals. Going back to 1996 he was providing support...

• Seroquel Clinical Trial Documents Should Be Releases .

  Mike Bryant | March 29, 2009 9:35 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The drug AstraZeneca has been approved by the FDA to be used for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. But, AstraZeneca has been marketing the drug to patients suffering from depression and anxiety....

• MRI's And Transdermal Drug Patches Don't Mix

  Mike Bryant | March 20, 2009 9:52 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The FDA issued a warning this week that covering the risk of skin burns in patients wearing transdermal drug patches who are undergoing MRI scans. Most of the patches are sold by prescription except...

• U S Supreme Courts Decision In Wyeth v. Levine Is A Victory For All Consumers

  Mike Bryant | March 16, 2009 8:40 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  This past week, the United States Supreme Court decided Wyeth v. Levine. The Court upheld a $6.7 million jury award to a musician who lost her arm because of a botched injection of an anti-nausea...

• Are Pharmaceutical Companies Buying Med Students?

  Mike Bryant | March 15, 2009 12:17 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The Injuryboard blogs have spent a lot of time on the many issues involving pharmaceutical companies. How they were controlling FDA actions, writing their own bills in congress and most recently...

• Budget Enemies May Make It Look Even Better

  Mike Bryant | March 13, 2009 9:27 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Usually, I find a lot of the rhetoric about what affect each government budget will have to be just talk. We need to balance a number of items and not everyone is going to be happy. Personally, I...