FDA & Prescription Drugs

• The FDA and the IRS

  Peter Wetherall | August 10, 2008 9:17 PM | 1 CommentLas Vegas, NV

  Clark County residents, as well as every other American consumer of prescription drug products, should consider whether the FDA is too cozy with the industry it regulates particularly in light of...

• 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...

• Prevalence of Tardive Dyskinesia Found to be 100x Greater Than Stated in the Warning Label

  Peter Wetherall | August 06, 2008 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  In this blog, I continue our series on Tardive Dyskinsia, Tardive Dystonia and Akathasia,   Physicians are familiar with Tardive Dyskinesia through their experiences with drugs such as Thorazine and...

• 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...

• Retirees at Risk from Side Effects from Gastrointestinal Prescription Medicince

  Peter Wetherall | August 01, 2008 11:01 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Our last blog entry discussed a severe neurological condition a person can get when ingesting Reglan (or its generic metoclopramide). If you read our other blog entries, you know this condition is...

• Jury Awards 3 Breast Cancer Survivors $134 Million.

  Peter Wetherall | July 31, 2008 10:26 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Recently, our firm achieved the largest personal injury verdict in the history of the state ($134M) against drug-maker Wyeth for three women who proved to a jury that their breast cancer was caused...

• 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.

• Sentinel Initiative--The "Underfunded" FDA will Monitor Drug and Device Safety?

  Peter Wetherall | June 17, 2008 2:17 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Who is monitoring drug and medical device safety? If the FDA is understaffed and underfunded will the Sentinel Initiative work?

• Advice on Avoiding Bad Prescription Drugs

  Stewart White | February 16, 2008 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  After a few years in this business of representing patients/clients who have been injured by defective drugs, it appears that:1. The FDA doesn't protect consumers, though it might try2. All should know that the FDA doesn't test drugs3. The drug companies are in it for profit first, helping people second (no surprise)4. You shouldn't take any new drug until it has been out on the market...

• FDA Not Too Underfunded to Screw Consumers

  Peter Wetherall | December 04, 2007 5:05 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Yesterday, I commented on the FDA's difficulties in meeting its mandate as described in the FDA Report on Science and Technology published on December 3, 2007, by the FDA Science Board Advisory Committee. Despite the severe limitations on the FDA's abilities set forth in that report, the FDA is forging ahead with proposed "Guidance for Industry" which would allow drug companies to distribute...