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For many years, Vitamin K Anticoagulants were the go to drug for people looking to lower the risk of stroke and heart attack. These blood-thinners, including Coumadin, were often effective at thinning the blood sufficiently to prevent many blood clots from forming. Unfortunately these medications also carried significant side effect

Xarelto is an oral anticoagulant, commonly called a blood thinner. Various types of blood thinners have been prescribed for decades, but Xarelto is one of a newer line of drugs developed with an eye towards minimizing the significant risk profile of older drugs such as Coumadin. Unfortunately, the pharmaceutical companies

The Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implant was supposed to be a game-changer, offering significantly improved longevity. Longevity is among the most important factors when choosing a hip implant, as the more times a revision is done, the greater risk of scar tissue build-up, complications from the surgery, and damage to the

It is a terrible thing to develop and release a dangerous product, such as the defectively designed Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implants released by DePuy. These products broke down quickly due to defective design, with metal shavings from the faulty implants being released into the body, putting patients at risk for

Zostavax is a live virus vaccine targeting shingles, a recurrent form of the same virus that causes chickenpox. Shingles can cause significant quality of life issues for people who develop it regularly, including requiring missing work due to concerns about spreading it, as well as pain and discomfort associated with

A February 2019 jury decision to award a plaintiff 3 million dollars in damages due to defective design of a Cook IVC filter was based on the concept of proximate cause. Proximate cause is a legal standard to establish fault that does not require establishing that the event was the

Roundup weed killer has been on the market since 1976, and hundreds of thousands of Americans have used the product in the intervening years. Marketed heavily on television through the 80s and 90s, consumers were assured it was a safe method of dealing with pesky plants on their properties. Roundup

Bard has been designing IVC blood filters for years, going through a number of product lines with names such as Recovery, Eclipse, and Meridian. The two most recent models are the Denali and the Simon Nitinol. Whenever a developer chooses to constantly rename iterations of their products instead of attempting

Stopping at a gas station is not like it used to be. Twenty or thirty years ago, truck stops offered snacks, drinks, and gas, with perhaps a restaurant and a place to shower. Reasonably nice bathrooms were almost a luxury, and places to buy music tapes or other comforts of

The opiate epidemic continues to make news all over the country, as more and more people are waking up the realization that the drug companies likely put profits ahead of safety by pushing drugs known to be highly addicting. The fallout of the epidemic is stressing local and national healthcare,