Archive for the ‘ Drug Injuries ’ Category

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Jun

Houston Police Investigate Motorcyclist’s Death

June 20, 2011

The Houston Police Department is investigating a fatality that occurred Thursday night when a car and a motorcycle collided on Lockwood Drive in northeast Houston, Texas.

The accident occurred Thursday, June 16, around 6:35 p.m. when the driver of a blue Kawasaki 750 motorcycle was reportedly speeding northbound on Lockwood. The motorcyclist lost control of his bike after a silver Kia Rio made a left turn onto Lockwood from Bunte into the motorcycle’s path.

The Houston Chronicle reports that the motorcyclist left a long skid mark on the road before striking the Kia’s driver’s side door.

The 38-year-old motorcyclist was pronounced dead at Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital. His identity has not yet been released to the public.

The female driver of the Kia was transported to Ben Taub General Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

A Houston Independent School District police officer, who was parked nearby in a marked patrol car, witnessed the motorcyclist speeding just prior to the accident, according to a statement from the HPD.

The Houston Chronicle also has witnesses on record who saw the Kawasaki travelling at a high rate of speed down Lockwood.

The HPD has made no charges in connection with the accident.

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Darvon, Darvocet recall due to risk for Houston drug injuries

December 2, 2010

After drugs have been on the market for a long time, consumers assume they are safe. However, a 50-year-old drug is being recalled by its manufacturer.

According to the Houston Chronicle, Darvon and Darvocet, drugs that are more than 50 years old, are being recalled due to their potential for Houston drug injuries including unsafe heart rhythms.

Darvon and Darvocet, which have been used to treat pain, are being pulled off the market by Xanodyne after a recommendation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Europe banned the drugs already, but the U.S. now finds them unsafe due to the potentially fatal Houston drug injuries they could cause.

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Sep

Meridia: “Another Flawed Diet Pill” Or Successful Weight Loss Drug?

The executive editor of The New England Journal of Medicine has taken a strong position by calling Abbott Laboratories weight loss drug Meridia “another flawed diet pill.” The pill has come under significant scrutiny and will be reviewed by an FDA panel on
September 15th.

According to a company-sponsored study people who take Meridia have a slightly higher risk of a nonfatal heart attack or stroke. However, this increased risk has only been seen in patients that have some form of heart disease. Therefore, the company is intent on keeping the drug on the market but restricting it to patients that do not have any known heart problems.

The strategy was not accepted in Europe and the diet pill has been banned there. If the editors at The New England Journal of Medicine have their way, it will also be banned in the US. They contend that the risk far outweighs any benefit. Furthermore, they question if there is any real benefit at all by noting that in most instances the weight loss evidenced by patients on the drug, is generally no more than 9 pounds, or less than 5% of the body weight.

Why would a company accept such a risk by keeping the drug on the market? We don’t purport to know that, however we do know that in the pharmaceutical industry, obesity is known as the “trillion dollar disease” and that is the estimated amount of profit that could be made by a manufacturer that is able to produce a drug that is both safe and effective in treating obesity.

So far, no company has successfully done so. Currently the only other FDA approved drug for long term treatment of obesity is Xenical. However, there are two other drugs currently awaiting FDA approval. They are Contrave from Orexigen Therapeutics Inc and Lorcaserin from Arena Pharmaceuticals.

Considering the financial potential for a successful obesity drug, it is no surprise that Abbott, a big pharma company, is fighting for the right to keep Meridia on the market. As defective drug attorneys it is also no surprise to us that a big pharma company is willing to accept a very significant level of risk when the financial potential is so strong.

References:

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1003114

http://www.realdietmeds.com/blog/

http://www.healthnews.com/nutrition-diet/weight-loss/weight-loss-drug-meridia-comes-under-fireagain-4442.html

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20100901/weight-loss-pill-meridia-ups-heart-attack-stroke

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Jan

Abilene fire accident damages home

January 8, 2009

The Reporter News reported that an Abilene fire accident that began as a vehicle blaze damaged a home early Tuesday morning.

The Texas fire accident occurred on Questa Drive and began in the engine of a pickup truck. However, the blaze spread to a nearby residence, damaging the home.

The Abilene fire accident damage to the home was limited to the exterior, and all occupants escaped the blaze without Abilene fire or burn injuries.

The Abilene fire accident is still under investigation.

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Jul

Family of Texas drug injury victim speaks out

July 17, 2008

The family of a Texas drug injury victim who died after a night of fraternity hazing is speaking out three years later to prevent future hazing-related injuries and deaths, ABC13 reported.

The Texas drug injury occurred in 2005 when the victim was forced to drink a large amount of alcohol at a fraternity party, causing the alcohol poisoning that killed him.

The Texas drug injury victim drank the alcohol and passed out. Fraternity members then drew on his face with permanent markers and left him in bed in a garage apartment where he later died.

The family was awarded a settlement and they are now speaking out to prevent other Texas drug injuries.

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