FDA issues new warning against homeopathic teething tablets The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning against the use of homeopathic teething tablets after lab analysis found inconsistent amounts of belladonna, a toxic substance that could post a risk to infants and children who consume it. Standard Homeopathic Company, the manufacturer behind Hyland’s homeopathic teething products, has not agreed …
The Wall Street Journal reported that Medtronic has announced a recall of specified lots of four neurovascular products because they can cause an increased risk of blood clots. Specifically, the recall includes the company’s Pipeline embolization device, Alligator retrieval device, X-Celerator hydrophilic guidewire, in addition to the stylet containing UltraFlow flow directed micro catheters and Marathon flow directed micro catheters. …
Last year a one year old in Austin, Texas accessed a coin shaped “button” battery from a Vizio stereo bar remote control and ingested it. The battery lodged in his esophagus and the electric current created a caustic agent that burned his throat tissue. This serious condition put him in the hospital for what is now months of operations, treatment …
FDA Alert – Specialty Compounding Products Friday, August 9th the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent out an alert informing health care professionals not to use any sterile products supplied by Specialty Compounding, Cedar Park, TX. Bacterial infections had been potentially associated with contaminated calcium gluconate infusions produced by the company. FDA had received reports of 15 adverse events …
St. Jude Medical has recalled certain models of Eon and Eon Mini implantable pulse generators (IPGs). IPGs are battery powered devices that are implanted into a patient’s spinal area and provide stimulation in order to reduce chronic pain. IPGs require the implanted internal battery to be recharged. However, these devices suffer from significant problems. In certain models, the battery fails …
The Meyerson Law Firm, P.C. is currently investigating victims of a counterfeit version of the chemotherapy drug Avastin. A fly-by-the-night distributor going by the names Quality Specialty Products and Montana Health Care Solutions sold and distributed the counterfeit drug—which was nothing more than saline solution—to cancer patients across Texas. Our client subsequently died after his lung cancer returned following the …
Austin law firm Meyerson Cagle, P.C. has begun investigating an eye surgery device manufactured by Alcon Medical Devices, LLC. The Alcon CONSTELLATION Vision System is an ophthalmic microsurgical system used by eye surgeons to perform various types of eye surgery. Alcon initiated a recall in the Spring of 2010 after it identified both software and hardware problems which have been …
On August 30, 2008, Shine Philip suffered a heart attack and was admitted to the emergency room at St. David’s hospital. No one would have guessed that he would end up completely blind from the experience. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have heart attacks each year in the United States, but most never suffer complete bilateral blindness. “I wanted to …
