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	<description>Cappolino Dodd Krebs LLP Defective Drugs Law Blog</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>FDA corrupted safety process</title>
		<link>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/19/fda-corrupted-safety-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a report published on Bloomberg.com, scientists and physicians at the Food &#38; Drug Administration (FDA) have charged that the agency has corrupted the process by which new medical devices are approved.
The names of scientists who made the charges, as well as the devices to which they refer, have been redacted in the copy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zyprexa warnings not sufficient</title>
		<link>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/19/zyprexa-warnings-not-sufficient/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/19/zyprexa-warnings-not-sufficient/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Defective Drugs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Zyprexa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labels on the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa don&#8217;t warn patients of all its potential side effects.
That&#8217;s according to the FDA which says it is looking into requiring the drugs&#8217;s manufacturer, Eli Lilly,  to include information about some of the drug’s more recently publicized risks and adverse effects such as weight gain, in children, hyperglycemia, and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study shows Fen-Phen Damage Long-Lasting</title>
		<link>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/11/study-shows-fen-phen-damage-long-lasting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/11/study-shows-fen-phen-damage-long-lasting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dangerous diet drug fenfluramine, an ingredient in Fen-Phen, may continue to damage the heart years after a patient stops taking it, according to a study published in BMC Medicine.  The study has shown  that people who stopped using Fen-Phen 11 years ago had damaged heart valves up to seven years later.
The study, conducted by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Regulators Report 10 Chantix Suicides</title>
		<link>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/11/british-regulators-report-10-chantix-suicides/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/11/british-regulators-report-10-chantix-suicides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chantix]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[suicide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chantix has been linked to 10 suicides in the United Kingdom, according to that country’s health regulators.
This is the first time officials at the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have revealed the link between Chantix and suicide in that country.  Earlier this year, the U.S. Food &#38; Drug Administration (FDA) said it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zyprexa draws lawsuit from State of Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/06/zyprexa-draws-lawsuit-from-state-of-minnesota/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/06/zyprexa-draws-lawsuit-from-state-of-minnesota/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[off-label uses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Zyprexa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that Minnesota has joined many states seeking compensation from Lilly over the way it has marketed its popular anti-psychotic drug, Zyprexa.
Minnesota has joined several other states insurers, pension funds and unions accusing Lilly of concealing Zyprexa’s tendency to cause weight gain and diabetes and of marketing the drug for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIBE manufacturers told to recall machine</title>
		<link>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/06/vibe-manufacturers-told-to-recall-machine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/06/vibe-manufacturers-told-to-recall-machine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Device]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recall]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[VIBE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The people who manufacture a machine touted as a way to increase &#8220;inner-connectively to your DNA,&#8221; has been ordered to recall the device because it doesn&#8217;t do anything it claims to.
The Food &#38; Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Class I recall for the Vibrational Integrated Bio-photonic Energizer (VIBE) Machine Multi-Frequency Electromagnetic Field Generator sold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-emption argument seems headed for narrow drug company victory</title>
		<link>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/04/pre-emption-argument-seems-headed-for-narrow-drug-company-victory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/04/pre-emption-argument-seems-headed-for-narrow-drug-company-victory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Defective Drugs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pain Reflief]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[federal pre-emption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Watchers of the U.S. Supreme Court seem to agree that the high court will likely rule in favor of a drug manufacturer in a case that saw a Vermont woman loose her arm to gangrene.
However, consumer advocates appeared relieved that the case will affect only situations where there were no allegations that drug companies tried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chantix users could suffer seizures</title>
		<link>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/04/chantix-users-could-suffer-seizures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/11/04/chantix-users-could-suffer-seizures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RStone</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[black out]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chantix attorney]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[seizures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re driving and you black out or have a seizure, you&#8217;ll likely have a car wreck.
That makes sense, of course, but you might not be aware that one of the side effects of the smoking cessation drug Chantix is patients could unexpectedly have a seizure and black out.
Since the drug was approved for use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What your doctor left behind could kill you</title>
		<link>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/10/31/what-your-doctor-left-behind-could-kill-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/10/31/what-your-doctor-left-behind-could-kill-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Balloon Catheters]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Medical Device]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/?p=111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors — and the public — about an growing but largely unrecognized problem plaguing surgery patients: UFDs.
Unretrieved device fragments, medical devices that break and leave behind potentially deadly debris after surgery, is responsible for at least 72 deaths and 4,675 injuries since 2003, an FDA database reports.
This is on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More problems with Avandia</title>
		<link>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/10/31/more-problems-with-avandia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.defectivedrugblog.com/2008/10/31/more-problems-with-avandia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[congestive heart failure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dangerous drugs attorney]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[heart attack]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[liver faliure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A consumer watchdog group has filed a new petition with the FDA to have GlaxoSmithKline&#8217;s diabetes drug Avandia recalled because, in addition to its other side effects, it contributes to liver failure.
Public Citizen&#8217;s Health Research Group (HRG) release a study of 14 cases of liver toxicity after taking the drug. Twelve of the cases were [...]]]></description>
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