Are Your Medications Safe?
Have you ever received a free sample of a drug from your doctor? Or picked up a prescription, read the instructions, and were puzzled because it is for a disease you don't have?
If so, read this important article from former AAJ President Todd Smith about "off-label use".
AAJ eNews: Best Way to Protect Americans from the Flu is to Produce Safe Vaccines
November 8— Ensuring that the American people are protected against pandemic flu with safe vaccines should be a top priority of the government. Instead, some in Congress have proposed to eliminate legal protections that hold drug companies accountable – even if their executives commit gross negligence and give people defective or deadly vaccines. Learn more.
AAJ eNews: What Does $1.6 Million Mean to Merck?
September 6— The punitive damage award decided on by a Texas jury in the nation's first Vioxx trial was not chosen at random, but represented the exact amount of money Merck made by delaying changes to the drug’s warning label after a study showed Vioxx caused five times as many heart attacks as a competitor. Learn more.
AAJ eNews: Trial Attorneys Win Cheaper Prescription Drugs for American Consumers
August 9— Mesothelioma death certificates show that hospital staff, school staff, construction workers, and housewives/family members are the four groups most devastated by asbestos poisoning. Learn more.
AAJ eNews: Drug Safety On Trial
July 26— On day 1 of the Vioxx trial in Texas, Merck's witness struggled to defend a training “game” for marketing executives titled “Vioxx Dodge Ball.” This cartoonish manual begins with a series of possible questions from doctors couched amid dodge balls. Learn more.
AAJ eNews: Lawsuits Hold Drug Companies Accountable
June 14— Current scandals prove that drug companies won't put safety first unless we make them. The case of Celebrex dangers is a perfect example. Learn more.
Safer Drugs Now
April 14— Former AAJ President Todd Smith talks about a new Web site dedicated to bringing consumers the "smoking gun" documents revealed in lawsuits. "A new web site, www.saferdrugsnow.org, outlines for consumers the series of company cover-ups and regulatory failures that took place well before the belated recalls of drugs like Vioxx, anti-depressants, PPA, and Fen-Phen." Full story
Diet Supplements: Another Failure of the FDA and Congress
January 31— Just because a product is said to be “natural” does not mean it is safe. And just because it isn’t safe, don’t think the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is going to do something about it. Take, for example, ephedra. Full story
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