The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that using more than one dose in a 24 hour period of over-the-counter (OTC) sodium phosphate drugs to treat constipation can cause rare, but serious harm to the kidneys and heart and can even...
FDA Warns: Acetaminophen Linked to Liver Damage
Acetaminophen is often used in prescription pain medications with opioids such as oxycodone (Percocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin) and codeine (Tylenol with Codeine). These are known as combination drugs and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Federal Judge Rules That Failure-To-Warn Claims Are Not Preempted In Actos Case
On January 7, 2014, a Louisiana federal judge denied Takeda Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s summary judgment on failure-to-warn claims in their Actos lawsuit. The judge found that these failure-to-warn claims were not preempted because Takeda was not...