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Fosamax Injuries and the FDA Part 2

As a Texas medical doctor and Fosamax femur fracture injury Attorney, I am fielding many calls from concerned plaintiffs regarding their side effects from using Fosamax and similar drugs. We are providing the following update and commentary. A FDA advisory committee wants the agency to limit the duration of bisphosphonate…

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Texas Medical Expert Report Ruled Constitutional

As a Texas medical doctor and Medical Malpractice attorney, I am providing this case law update and commentary. As part of Texas’s tort reform laws, enacted by the Texas legislature in 2003, one of the requirements in order to file a medical malpractice claim, was the furnishing of a medical…

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Ethicon Gynecare Prolift Mesh Linked to 11.6% Reoperation Rate

As a Texas medical doctor and Transvaginal Mesh Attorney I am providing this information and commentary. 11.6% of women who undergo surgery with transvaginal placement of Ethicon Gynecare Prolift Mesh for repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) have to undergo additional operations due to post operative complications. This complication rate…

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EPA Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Contamination

As a Texas medical doctor and Dallas Hydraulic Fracking Attorney I am providing this information and commentary. The EPA is prohibited from regulating hydraulic fracturing under the Safe Drinking Water Act. On July 28, 2011, the EPA proposed federal regulations to reduce smog-forming pollutants released by the hydraulic fracturing approach…

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Ethicon Gynecare Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits

As a Texas medical doctor and Ethicon Gynecare Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit attorney, I am providing this important update regarding the New Jersey litigation involving these products. Several hundred patients have filed a transvaginal mesh defective product lawsuit in New Jersey state court against Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson over…

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Chronic NSAID Usage Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke and Death

As a Dallas Dangerous Drug attorney, I am writing about this interesting medical study in the recent American Journal of Medicine. According to the findings of a new medical study, patients with hypertension and heart problems who regularly take common over-the-counter painkillers could be at a greater risk of heart…

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Miami VA Colonoscopy Hepatitis C Case Goes to Trial

As a Dallas Medical Malpractice attorney, and Texas medical doctor, I am providing this update regarding the medical malpractice cases in Miami VA hospital with improperly cleaned equipment. A Miami U.S. Air Force vet who says he contracted hepatitis C from a colonoscopy done at the Miami VA hospital with…

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Multaq Study Stopped: Linked to Other Heart Problems

As a Multaq Dangerous Drug attorney and Texas medical doctor, I am providing this information on a drug company sponsored trial of its drug Multaq, which was halted because of increased cardiovascular side effects and injuries. Sanofi, maker of dronedarone (Multaq), has stopped its phase 3b trial of its antiarrhythmic…

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Crestor Side Effects & Cardiomyopathy

As a Crestor Side Effect attorney and cardiologist, I am writing this blog article to highlight the side effects of cardiac for patients who are taking statins, particularly Crestor to manage their high cholesterol levels. According to new medical studies, the use of statins, especially Crestor, can be a major…

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Bisphosphonate Use and Atypical Femoral Fractures

According to a large European study published this week, Bisphosphonates, a class of drugs used to prevent and treat osteoporosis is associated with an unusual type of thigh fracture. According to orthopedic surgeons, they were seeing an increase in cases where are severe fractures in which the thighbone snaps in…

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