Can You Die From Januvia Pancreatic Cancer? The short answer is; it depends. Some 25 to 30 million people in the United States have diabetes, and 80 million folks have medical condition known as pre diabetes. And the numbers are increasing slowly but surely. And Type 2 or adult onset…
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Tylenol Lawsuits Heading to Pennsylvania MDL
All federal Tylenol liver failure lawsuits are going to be centralized in federal multidistrict litigation (MDL). The MDL has been established for lawsuits filed in U.S. District Courts before Judge Stengel in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued a Transfer Order on…
FDA Investigates Pancreatic Cancer Link to Newer Diabetes Drugs
As a Texas medical doctor and Dallas Januvia/Byetta/Victoza dangerous drug Pancreatic Cancer attorney I am providing this latest information and investigation from the FDA. According to the FDA notice, posted on March 14, the agency is: “Evaluating unpublished new findings by a group of academic researchers that suggest an increased…
Januvia, Byetta and Victoza Diabetes Drugs Risk For Pancreatic Cancers
According to a recent medical study, patients taking the newer diabetes drugs were affected by pancreatic cell growth and damage that may turn cancerous. The study, by UCLA Medical Center, provides evidence of increased pre-cancerous changes in diabetic patients using incretin mimetics drugs such as Januvia, Byetta and Victoza. FDA…
California Jury Hits J&J and DePuy: Must Pay $8.3 M on Defective Hip Lawsuit
The jury finally rendered a verdict today, in a hotly contested Johnson & Johnson defective hip lawsuit, being tried in California state court, Los Angeles. Johnson & Johnson (J&J)’s DePuy subsidiary unit was found liable for defectively designed metal-on-metal hip implant, in the first of 10,750 lawsuits over the device…
DaVinci Robosurgery Implicated in Injuries and Death
According to plaintiff, Michelle Zarick, she complained of excessive vaginal bleeding and her doctor recommended hysterectomy. One option: robot surgery, described by her gynecologist as “the latest, greatest” technique available. Zarick was told that with robotic surgery there would be less pain and bleeding. Five weeks later, Zarick felt something…
Texas Attorney Warns About Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Implants
As a Dallas, Texas Defective Metal on Metal Hip attorney, I have written extensively about the problems and the lawsuits filed against the manufacturers of metal on metal hips. It appears that the problems associated with the metal on metal hips is neither unique or limited to one manufacturer. Johnson…
Trial: Takeda Didn’t Warn of Actos Cancer Risk
The first Actos bladder cancer trial is currently underway in Los Angeles, California state court and the trial started February 19th. The plaintiff, Jack Cooper, was diagnosed with bladder cancer after using Actos for more than two years. The case was given a fast track trial date because of Cooper’s…
J&J Put Profit Over People in DePuy ASR Defective Hip
I have written extensively about the current trial underway in Los Angeles state court involving the DePuy ASR hip and now I am providing this trial update. According to the plaintiff at the first of 10,750 lawsuits over the recalled hip implant to go to trial, it was Johnson &…
Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuit Trial
As a Dallas Bladder Cancer Attorney and Texas product liability lawyer, I am providing this trial update for folks injured by the use of Actos. The first Actos bladder cancer trial began this week in the Superior Court of California for Los Angeles County. Thousands of Actos product liability lawsuits…