The Firm is currently investigating Pradaxa lawsuits on behalf of individuals who suffered life-threatening internal bleeding, allegedly due to Pradaxa side effects. New York, New York (PRWEB) April 24, 2013 We continue to hear from Pradaxa users who have allegedly suffered serious and life-threatening episodes of internal bleeding. In light of the allegations put forth in Pradaxa lawsuits, news of the drugs blockbuster status is concerning. It is important that patients being considered for Pradaxa therapy be fully apprised of the risks associated with its use, says Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing victims of defective drugs and medical devices. The Firm is currently offering free legal evaluations to victims of alleged Pradaxa side effects. Pradaxa Side Effects Pradaxa was approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in October 2010 to prevent strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation. While Pradaxa was touted as an improvement over decades-old warfarin, Bloomberg.com recently reported that regulators in several countries have issued Pradaxa side effect alerts since the drug was first brought to market. Most concerning is the fact that there exists no readily-available antidote for the internal bleeding that can sometimes occur in patients treated with Pradaxa. In 2011 … Continue reading →

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 25, 2013 The drug safety advocates at DrugRisk.com are alerting patients taking the blood thinner Pradaxa of updated legal news on the site. A federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits alleging Pradaxa internal bleeding has asked lawyers to prepare a small number of cases for evidence gathering and early test trials. The goal of DrugRisk is to improve patient safety by sharing the latest warnings, recalls, studies and legal news related to prescription drugs. Visitors can see if others are experiencing similar side effects and if legal action is under way. Pradaxa was launched in 2010 to prevent strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation. Experts, however, 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*. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, however, warned that patients suffering Pradaxa bleeding are nearly 5 times as likely to die than those with bleeding from warfarin. They also named anticoagulants like Pradaxa among the most dangerous drugs**. With over 260 patients so far having filed a Pradaxa lawsuit alleging internal bleeding, cases have been consolidated to a special federal court in Illinois. The … Continue reading →

| credits: A new treatment for difficult-to-treat hepatitis C has higher cure rates, takes less time and causes fewer side effects than the current therapy, new research finds. When the new drug, sofosbuvir, is combined with the medication ribavirin, cure rates are as high as traditional therapy, which pairs ribavirin and pegylated interferon, the researchers say. But patients taking sofosbuvir a once-a-day pill are spared the severe side effects associated with interferon. This is an exciting time in which we are witnessing a fundamental paradigm shift in the way we treat hepatitis C, said researcher Dr. Ira Jacobson, chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. Many people with hepatitis C cant or wont use interferon, Jacobson said. Its side effects can include sleep problems, anxiety, irritability and depression as well as fatigue, headaches, fever and muscle aches. Hepatitis C is a virus spread by infected blood during transfusions, injection drug use or sexual contact. Untreated hepatitis C can cause progressive liver disease, such as cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure. In one of two new studies involving sofosbuvir, researchers treated patients who hadnt responded to interferon treatment or couldnt … Continue reading →

Antiretroviral drugs are vital for those trying to keep HIV and AIDS at bay, but the psychedelic side effects of one common drug might take some users by surprise. Efavirenz, a drug that is usually used in conjunction with other drugs as a cocktail to fight type one HIV (HIV-1), has a range of side effects that includes feelings of terror, severedepression, paranoia, psychosis and delusional hallucinations. Much to the surprise of researchers investigating these side effects, it turns out that efevirenz has a similar effect on the brain as lysergic acid diethylamide -- known to most as LSD. The recreational side effects of efavirenz are not something new -- for years in South Africa people have been smoking crushed efavirenz pills(sometimes with marijuana or other drugs) for an easy high in a mixture known as "wunga". A terrible side effect of this is that, in a country where 17.8 percent of adults are carrying the HIV virus (the fourth-highest rate in the world), people are training their bodies to be immune to antiretroviral drugs. The psychedelic side effects of efavirenz are also seen in people who take it as medically prescribed, however, with some people developing adverse psychiatric conditions … Continue reading →