FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Grandmother Blames Gardasil In Granddaughter's Death

  Eddie Farah | September 20, 2009 11:30 PM | 29 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Jessie Ericzon was 17-years-old and about to graduate from high school. Like many girls her age, she was given the first of the three-shot series of Gardasil, the Merck drug that is supposed...

• Number of Yaz and Yasmin Lawsuits Growing

  Eddie Farah | November 13, 2009 7:10 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  In 2007, Susan Galinis of San Francisco was the happy mother of 3-year-old twins, until doctors put her on the Yaz birth control pill. Four weeks and one day later she suffered a...

• Foster Kids Put On Drugs At Alarming Rates

  Eddie Farah | May 31, 2009 10:26 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A new report by the state finds that hundreds of kids in foster care have been placed on psychiatric drugs by their caregivers in Northeast Florida. What’s especially shocking is that no one...

• Patients Need To Be Aware of Medtronic Infuse Use In The Neck

  Eddie Farah | January 17, 2009 11:49 PM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Medtronic is facing more trouble over its Infuse Bone Graft. A Texas woman is reportedly preparing a lawsuit blaming off-label use of Infuse for injuries she suffered after cervical spine surgery....

• Florida Laid Off Workers Can't Afford Cobra

  Eddie Farah | January 09, 2009 12:31 PM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  You lose your job and your medical benefits. At least there is COBRA to get you through. That’s the health insurance you can obtain up to 18 months after you lose your job. You must pay for,...

• "Sicko" Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You

  Eddie Farah | May 22, 2007 6:02 PM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  More than 2,000 movie goers at the Cannes Film Festival applauded loudly at the first showing of Michal Moore's newest film, "Sicko," all about the perils of our country's modern healthcare system.Expect it in theatres in June.So far the reviews are mixed between hilarious and very sad. The latter is a good summary of our healthcare system which is likely responsible for more deaths than we...

• Georgia Lures Industry With Promises Of Curtailing Civil Rights

  Eddie Farah | February 13, 2009 1:32 AM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  This is reminiscent of what’s put Michigan on the map as the friendliest state for drug and device makers. In Michigan, drug companies enjoy immunity from prosecution. Imagine if you or I...

• Private Medical Records Found In Garbage Sent To TV Station

  Eddie Farah | January 01, 2009 12:38 AM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  We might never have known this happened, except some decided to send the medical records they found in the garbage to First Coast News, the NBC/ABC affiliate in Jacksonville. What they found were...

• JAMA Favors Consumers In Upcoming Levine Pre-emption Case

  Eddie Farah | October 27, 2008 11:22 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Coming up next week before the U.S. Supreme Court is an issue that affects all Americans who take any kind of prescription drug from time to time – that would be virtually all of us. The case...

• Compulsive Gambling and Mirapex Verdict $8.2 Million

  Eddie Farah | August 02, 2008 1:33 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  A drug given to treat Parkinson’s disease and restless leg syndrome is the focus of a number of trials underway in the District Court of Minneapolis. More than 200 plaintiffs are taking their case...