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• Reglan and Phenergan: What They Have In Common with Wyeth v. Levine

  Peter Wetherall | August 09, 2008 2:46 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Diana Levine's arm was amputated after she developed gangrene from an injection of Wyeth's anti-nausea drug Phenergan.    This week a brief was filed on Ms. Levine's behalf with the United States...

• FDA Adds Black Box Warning to "Conventional" Antipsychotic Drugs

  Peter Wetherall | June 17, 2008 3:10 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  FDA adds black box warning to conventional antipsychotics under new found power of Food and Drug Amendments Act.

• 1 Killed, 2 Injured in Car Accident Involving Stolen Car

  Christina Cole | May 07, 2007 10:23 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  A woman was killed and two other drivers were injured in a car accident that sent two cars crashing into the wall of a house in Las Vegas.Police say the woman was a passenger in a stolen Toyota sedan that struck a Nissan, causing both vehicles to then crash into the unoccupied home.The driver of the Toyota, is in surgery and is expected to face charges that include vehicular manslaughter when he...

• Motorcyclist Killed In Downtown Las Vegas

  Chrissie Cole | May 19, 2009 11:24 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Interstate 15 traffic lanes in downtown Las Vegas have been reopened following a fatal motorcycle crash yesterday. The motorcyclist, which has not yet been identified, was killed when he crashed...

• Profits Over Patient Safety: Metoclopramide and Big Pharma

  Peter Wetherall | August 18, 2008 6:38 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  As readers know, Reglan (the name brand) is also dispensedas Metoclopramide.  Reglan wasWyeth and Schwarz Pharma’s product.  But these two giant pharmaceutical companies aren’t the only...

• Due to Caps On Damages, Choose Healthcare Providers Carefully

  Peter Wetherall | December 08, 2007 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Does it matter which hospital you choose when you're in need of medical care or surgery? YOU NEED TO KNOW, that if you're the victim of medical malpractice here in Las Vegas or elsewhere in Nevada, your ability to recover damages is dramatically impacted by the hospital involved. Here's why...Under Nevada law, governmental entities and their employees incur very limited financial...

• In Bed Together: The Potential Merger of Teva and Barr

  Peter Wetherall | August 22, 2008 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Las Vegas consumers of generic prescription medication andAmerican consumers have much to be worried about these days.   We have discussed theinefficiencies of the FDA (given its current structure...

• Rappers Family Pushing for Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | February 27, 2007 1:05 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  The family of rapper Biggie Smalls is continuing with a wrongful-death lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles, in spite of several setbacks, based on a theory that a "crooked" LAPD detective was involved in orchestrating the murder.With a trial date for this summer in federal court, new disclosed documents are shedding light on how the theory took shape from the start and how the police...

• Congress Demands Immediate Access to Clinical Data

  Peter Wetherall | August 26, 2008 10:35 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  An FDA MedWatch Alert released Thursday, August 21, informed healthcare professionals that the FDA is investigating a report from the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) trial of a...

• Dangerous Defective Digitek

  Peter Wetherall | August 05, 2008 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  In the last blog, I briefly discussed Digitek.    The active ingredient in Digitek is Digoxin.   Digoxin overdose and digitalis toxicity can cause serious and life-threatening personal injury and...