SAN DIEGO Imagine taking a drug to cure a nagging condition, only to discover that it has debilitating side effects. A growing number of men say thats the case with the hair loss drug Propecia. Many patients complain Propecia causes depression and a total loss of sexual function. And its not unusual for these problems to continue even after men stop taking the drug. When he turned 40, a man well call John Davis had a hair transplant. His surgeon suggested he take Propecia to fill in his bald spots. Davis did not want his real name used. Two months after he began taking the drug, Davis became extremely depressed. He couldnt figure it out. There was nothing that was lacking in my life at all, so I had absolutely no reason to be depressed," Davis recalled. "But yet, I was sliding down into probably the worst depression imaginable. It just didnt make any sense at all. He said he started suffering from sexual problems. His wife asked him what was wrong. Davis didnt know. He visited a number of therapists and medical specialists. Over the years, the North County resident took six different anti-depressants. Nothing helped. Then, Davis discovered … Continue reading →

(PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Tylenol (acetminophen) is an over-the-counter drug used to reduce pain, fever, and a variety of other symptoms related to allergies and illness. Tylenol was originally approved in 1951 and was first marketed in 1953 (i). It is manufactured by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, which is now a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. The FDA has issued warnings that the acetaminophen class of drugs may cause liver damage in some cases and the agency has even taken steps to limit the dosage of these drugs (ii). In January 2011, the FDA limited acetaminophen products to 325 milligrams per dosage unit. The agency also included a black box warning about the potential for severe liver failure (iii). Since its introduction to the market Tylenol has faced challenges in the form of lawsuits. According to The New York Times, McNeil has faced lawsuits for its failure to warn about mixing alcohol with the drug and failing to adequately warn about the risks of taking high dosages of Tylenol (iv). These lawsuits assert that Tylenol caused liver damage. Tylenol like all drugs is removed from the human body by the liver. When Tylenol is taken in high doses or combined with … Continue reading →

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 The prescription drug resource center DrugRisk.com is alerting patients taking the blood thinner Pradaxa of updated news on the site. A federal panel recently advised that the number of claims alleging internal bleeding has nearly tripled in the past few months*. 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 have disagreed over whether it presents dangerous 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 a study from the University of Illinois at Chicago suggesting the data used by the FDA may be flawed, and the risk … Continue reading →