A North Carolina company has issued a nationwide recall of heparin and saline pre-filled syringes because people in several states have become seriously ill due to a bacterial infection found in the syringes. The syringes are used for a variety of home medical uses, such as cleaning out catheter tubes.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently updated the label on the Ortho Evra birth control patch, warning users that a new study shows users of the Ortho Evra birth control patch are at an elevated risk of developing serious blood clots, which can result in a serious Texas drug injury.
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On February 29, 2008, roughly 45,000 plaintiffs who suffered heart attack or stroke that qualify for the Vioxx settlement must enroll if they wish to be receive part of the massive $4.85 billion fund set aside by lawyers and the pharmaceutical company Merck for those injured by the painkiller drug Vioxx.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken action against seven different pharmacies for their false and misleading claims over the safety and effectiveness of their “bio-identical hormone replacement therapy” drugs (BHRTs). The BRHTs were being promoted by these pharmaceutical companies as being better than FDA-approved menopausal hormone therapy drugs.
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Erica Smith was left laying on the road for over an hour after she was assumed dead in a severe Texas auto accident. She suffered a severe head trauma and was thought dead, but paramedics failed to check for a pulse, despite the fact that San Antonio officials said the official policy is for paramedics to check for a pulse regardless of their initial assessment of injury victims’ health.
The 23-year-old Texas State University student died from her injuries the next day, and it is unknown whether or not this serious oversight was a contributing factor to her death following the Texas auto accident.
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The Food and Drug Administration has just informed healthcare professionals of new, important warnings that will be added to the type II diabetes medication Avandia. Diabetes affects 20.8 million people in the United States, many of whom are potential Texas drug injury victims.
The Avandia boxed warning will now warn that Avandia may be associated with an increased risk of myocardial ischemic events (such as angina) or myocardial infarction (heart attack occurring because of a lack of blood supplied to the heart).
Texas drug injuries are all too common in this day and age and can have life-altering consequences. The FDA has advised healthcare professionals to closely monitor patients who take Avandia for cardiovascular risks and Texas drug injuries.
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A man was arrested Saturday for driving while intoxicated, after he rear-ended a pickup truck that contained an infant. He ignored a stop sign and crashed into the pickup stopped at the intersection, causing a severe Texas auto accident.
The officer on the scene reported a half-empty beer bottle “that was still cold to the touch and had condensation on the outside of the bottle” inside the truck. There was also a case of beer on the passenger side and beer in the center console of his vehicle.
The man refused to take a sobriety test and later refused to take a breathalyzer in jail. At this time, the status of the people in the other truck he hit is unknown.
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A drunken man rear-ended a 36-year-old mother of two less than a block from her home on Saturday morning at 3:30am. The woman had to be cut from her car and rushed to the hospital, where she later died.
The man who caused the Texas auto accident smelled of alcohol and slurred his speech, according to court documents. He was seen at the accident climbing out of his truck and pouring a plastic flask on the ground nearby. He was charged the day of the accident with intoxication assault, a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
The charges may be upgraded to a more serious charge because the mother died because of the man’s reckless actions.
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In 2003, insurance companies and medical interest groups spent millions upon millions of dollars strongly urging voters to pass Proposition 12, a constitutional amendment that limits the money patients or their survivors get in medical malpractice lawsuits.
These groups claimed that “frivolous” lawsuits were the cause of insurance rates skyrocketing, which resulting in many Texas doctors fleeing the state. The tort reform campaigned claimed that passing Proposition 12 would bring doctors in to Texas, as they would no longer have to fear high premiums for Texas medical malpractice insurance.
It turns out, the campaign didn’t deliver on its promise.
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A car crashed into a van in Starr County, causing a tragic and fatal Texas auto accident. The van was carrying seven people from an adult day care center.
The driver of the car did not yield, and now faces seven counts of negligent homicide. The driver was not hurt.
The adult day care center, La Fuente Home Health Services, had nine people in it at the time of the crash; several were thrown from the vehicle during the collision. These Texas auto accident deaths may have been prevented if the other driver was paying more attention to the road.
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