A New York woman and her husband recently filed a new Belviq lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. She claims that after she took Belviq (lorcaserin), a weight-loss drug, she suffered from serious injuries. She seeks compensation from…
A Tennessee woman has filed a new Elmiron lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. All federally filed Elmiron lawsuits were consolidated in that court in December 2020. The woman claims that after she used Elmiron (pentosan polysulfate sodium or…
A Nebraska woman recently filed a new Beovu lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. She claims that after taking Beovu (brolucizumab), she suffered from serious injuries. She is seeking damages from manufacturer Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Patient Prescribed Beovu but Later Suffers…
In September 2019, questions about how Zantac (ranitidine) breaks down to N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a cancer-causing agent, first surfaced. Online pharmacy Valisure, which first detected the chemical in samples of the drug in June 2019, argued in a citizen’s petition submitted three months later that the…
On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested the recall of all Zantac (ranitidine) products from the market because of potential N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) levels found. NDMA is a potent cancer-causing agent. The question is, where did this NDMA come from? While…
A new study published in the scientific journal Retina suggests that long-term exposure to Elmiron (pentosan polysulfate sodium or PPS)—a drug used to treat interstitial cystitis (IC)—could increase the risk for vision problems. This is only the latest in a series of studies finding a…
In June 2020, Janssen Pharmaceuticals changed the warnings on the product label for the U.S. versions of interstitial cystitis (IC) drug Elmiron (pentosan polysulfate sodium or PPS). The new warnings alerted doctors and patients to the potential risk of vision damage. Many American consumers, however,…
Retinal vasculitis is an inflammatory condition affecting the blood vessels in the retina of the eye. It usually occurs in association with another disease like lupus or Behcet’s syndrome, but recent studies suggest it may also be associated with the prescription drug Beovu (brolucizumab), which…
In June 2019, online pharmacy Valisure detected a cancer-causing agent (NDMA) in the popular heartburn drug Zantac (ranitidine). Since then, thousands of consumers have been concerned that if they took the drug—particularly if they took it for long periods—they may now be at an increased…
When Bayer announced in July 2018 that it would stop selling the permanent birth control device Essure, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required the company to continue to evaluate long-term safety information in women who received the device. According to the latest analysis…
