Articles in Women’s Health
Long Term Use Of Fosamax and Boniva Causes Thigh Bone Fractures, Tennessee Patient Charges in Lawsuit
Reba Inez Patton of Tennessee spoke about her atypical femur fracture, which may have been caused by Fosamax and Boniva osteoprosis drugs: “When I walk, it is scary because I do not want to fall …
FDA Advisory Panel to Discuss Safety of Transvaginal Mesh
Bloomberg reports that transvaginal mesh lawsuits are on the rise, and that a two-day hearing on their safety and effectiveness will begin tomorrow. An advisory panel “won’t take any formal votes,” but the “FDA will poll the panel of researchers and physicians on whether to reclassify the devices and gather thoughts on how to conduct clinical studies.”
Bayer Healthcare To Launch New Birth Control Pill Amid Controversy Over Yaz Oral Contraceptive
Bayer to release new birth control drug called Natazia.
Paxil, Pregnancy and Birth Defects: Litigation Update
Bloomberg News has reported that GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of the antidepressant prescription drug Paxil, has entered into settlements with nearly 200 families for a total of $1 billion. The families charged in lawsuits that Paxil caused birth defects.
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. to Update Yaz & Yasmin Warning Label
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals has agreed to change its warning labels on their oral contraceptive drugs Yaz and Yasmin to alert users to the risks of developing blood clots while using the oral contraceptives.
Mother Charges Yaz Birth Control Pill Killed Her College Student Daughter
In January 2010, Leah Mayfield was rushed to the hospital after passing out in the shower. Less than an hour later she was dead. The official cause of death was pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lungs. The emergency room physician informed Leah’s mother that that Yaz, a birth control pill prescribed to Leah, could have caused the blood clot.
Side Effects of Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella Birth Control Pills Explained
Lieff Cabraser attorney Wendy Fleishman answers a series of frequently asked questions concerning the birth control drugs Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella and their side effects.
Breast Cancer and Link to Hormone-Replacement Therapy Drugs: Trial Updates
A Philadelphia jury returned a $28 million punitive damages verdict Monday against two drugmakers over the drugmakers’ hormone-replacement therapy drugs that the jury found caused a plaintiff’s breast cancer
Yaz Lawsuit: Mother Alleges Yaz Birth Control Drug Almost Killed Her Daughter
Personal injury lawsuit filed against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceutical Corporation for severe and lasting injuries caused by Bayer’s prescription drug Yaz
Yaz Side Effects: Nurse Charges Yaz Birth Control Drug “Altered My Life”
Plaintiff attorneys at Lieff Cabraser today filed a personal injury lawsuit against Bayer Corporation and Bayer Healthcare Pharmacuticals, Inc., for severe side effects from the prescription birth control drug Yaz, manufactured and marketed by Bayer.
Plastic bisphenol A linked to female aggression
A new study that adds to the growing concern that prenatal exposure to the chemical bisphenol A could harm children’s development.
Health Concerns Over Popular Contraceptives Yaz and Yasmine
According to the New York Times the Yaz line’s image has been clouded by concerns from some researchers, health advocates and plaintiffs’ lawyers. They say that the drugs put women at higher risk for blood clots, strokes and other health problems than some other birth control pills do.
Yaz Birth Control Dangers: Patient Death Probed By Swiss Agency
Bloomberg News reports that Bayer AG’s Yaz contraceptive is part of an investigation by a Swiss health regulator into the death of a young woman who took the pill.
Jury Decides Wyeth’s Prempro Caused Woman’s Cancer
Bloomberg news reports that a jury has found Wyeth’s hormone-replacement therapy drug Prempro caused an Illinois woman’s invasive breast cancer and she deserves $3.7 million.
Allergan eyelash drug promotion misleading; FDA says company downplayed safety risks
As reported by Reuters, an Allergan Inc website for a drug to lengthen eyelashes downplayed potential side effects such as redness and changes in eye color, U.S. health officials said in a letter released on September 16.
