Love and Other Drugs already expostulated with definitive, exhaustive authority on the small-scale effects of maintenance pills on long-time Parkinsons sufferers and its potential for comedy, relationship drama, and the medical rep trade. Good thing director Steven Soderbergh takes a completely different, serious tack with Side Effects. Revealing any of the twists (at least the two major ones) would completely ruin the experience of this whodunit of a thriller for you, so well keep this review to the bare bones. This movie gleefully dives into the ramifications of pharmaceutical treatment for psychological ills, specifically on anti-depressant drugs. We begin with Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara), who is one truly depressed woman. Her husband, Martin (Channing Tatum), has just been released from prison after serving four years for insider trading. He would have gotten away clean but, like many financial guys on the up and up, he got greedy and he got sloppy. So, he got caught. While Emily and Martins mom are amped that hes out of the big house, the family is still at ground zero when it comes to money. While she claims theres no connection to their financial woes, Emily shortly afterwards drives her car right smack into … Continue reading →

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 10, 2013 The prescription drug safety advocates at DrugRisk.com are alerting patients taking the blood thinner Pradaxa of updated information on the site. As the number of injury claims grows*****, a new study warns that patients may not be taking the drug correctly and there may be an added risk when switching from other blood thinners*. DrugRisk was created to improve the safety of patients taking popular prescription drugs by providing the latest warnings, recalls, studies and legal news. Visitors can see if others are experiencing similar side effects and decide if they need legal advice. Pradaxa was launched in 2010 to prevent strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation. Experts disagree, however, about whether it carries higher risks for internal bleeding. The FDA recently advised that Pradaxa is no more dangerous than traditional blood thinner warfarin**. However, DrugRisk contains information from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, who warned that patients suffering Pradaxa bleeding are nearly 5 times as likely to die than those with bleeding from Coumadin or warfarin. They also named anticoagulants like Pradaxa among the most dangerous drugs available***. The resource center also contains research from the University of Illinois at Chicago suggesting … Continue reading →