STANDING UP FOR YOU WITH SKILLED ADVOCACY

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to Dollar Tree stores notifying the company that certain over-the-counter medications sourced from Shanghai and other international cities may be defective. The FDA detected flaws at several facilities between 2017 and 2019 and notified both the manufacturers and Dollar Tree that these products may

For decades, one way doctors have treated organ prolapse is by surgically installing mesh implants into the pelvis to keep the prolapsing organ in the position where it is naturally supposed to be. Unfortunately, many women who have had pelvic mesh implants have experienced bleeding, chronic pain and severe pain during intercourse, and many have

In September, a judge in Oklahoma ruled that Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, caused a public nuisance with its two opioid medications, Duragesic and Nucynta. He also ruled that the company had marketed these drugs deceptively. The Judge ordered J&J and Janssen to pay $572 million in damages to the State. Since the Oklahoma

Thousands of lawsuits involving the drug Risperdal have been filed against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The main complaint by most of the young men suing is that taking Risperdal caused gynecomastia, or the abnormal development of breasts. Many plaintiffs were prescribed Risperdal as minors and none were told they might

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ohio had the second-highest rate of fatal opioid overdoses in the country in 2017. West Virginia led the nation in per capita opioid deaths. That’s part of the reason why Ohio is central to the National Prescription Opiate Litigation, where thousands of cases against opioid manufacturers

**NO LONGER ACCEPTING NEW CASES   The heartburn medication ranitidine, brand-name Zantac, may contain low levels of a carcinogenic substance, according to recent information from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency has not ordered a recall, but it suggests people who take ranitidine contact their doctors about an alternative. Over-the-counter users should consider switching

Recently, a judge in Oklahoma ruled that Johnson & Johnson created a public nuisance when it deceptively marketed its opioid painkillers Duragesic and Nucynta. He specifically stated that J&J had “caused an opioid crisis that is evidenced by increased rates of addiction, overdose deaths and neonatal abstinence syndrome in Oklahoma.” Attorneys for Oklahoma asked for

Though marijuana and hemp both come from cannabis plants, they have important differences in their effects and legal status. In December 2018, as part of the Farm Bill, Congress quietly changed federal law to generally allow the cultivation, transport and possession of hemp -as long as it does not contain more than 0.3 percent THC

Pharmaceutical companies that produce opioid medications are being sued by governments around the country for their roles in the opioid crisis. Opioid painkillers used to be reserved for cancer pain or situations where the patient was near the end of his or her life. Doctors had been trained that the risk of addiction was too

The risk of suffering a stroke is widespread in the United States. Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke – and every 40 minutes someone dies of one. Not all of the risk factors for stroke are within a person’s control. But it’s still important to know the potential consequences and what