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A popular drug used to treat interstitial cystitis is causing millions of Americans to have damaging vision problems, and even blindness. The drug’s name is Elmiron, and since March lawsuits have been filed against the makers for failure to warn consumers about potential injuries. Here’s everything you need to know about Elmiron. What is Elmiron…

A common weight management drug has made recent headlines as researchers are linking the appetite-suppressant pill to an increased risk of cancer. Belviq, the brand name for generic lorcaserin, is a serotonin receptor agonist that is primarily used for weight loss, targeting chemicals in the brain to influence a person’s hunger and/or appetite. Manufactured by…

The popular heartburn relief medication, Zantac, is being pulled off drugstore shelves nationwide. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered that the over-the-counter medication and its generic form, ranitidine, be recalled due to unacceptable levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a nitrosamine impurity and probable human carcinogen found in the medicines. Luckily, the Charleston-based law firm,…

While medications are vital for our children’s health, the fact remains that they can seriously poison them as well. Medication poisoning is a leading cause of children’s injuries in the United States. Each year, around 60,000 kids are rushed to emergency rooms after getting into medications. America’s poison control centers manage around 500,000 pharmaceutical exposures…

With warm temperatures gradually making its way into the area, gardeners, farmers, and landscapers are gearing up for the upcoming planting season. However, a common tool that helps keep gardens and land pristine presents a potential danger. What is Roundup & Glyphosate? Monsanto’s Roundup is a popular spot-treatment herbicide used to eliminate weeds in gardens,…

As automotive technology evolves, personal vehicles are growing more complex. With this added complexity comes a higher chance of serious errors going unnoticed until well after the vehicles are on the road. When a car manufacturer notices a serious design flaw that puts vehicle owners at risk, they issue recalls to have the defective cars…

Product liability lawsuits are often rather straightforward – due to strict liability laws, an injured person can sue a manufacturer for a defective product without proving the manufacturer was negligent. It is enough for the victim and his or her West Virginia products liability lawyer to prove the defective product caused the injury for courts…

There are few illnesses more physically disabling and unpleasant than food poisoning. If you have what you think is food poisoning, the symptoms usually subside in a few days. To avoid dehydration, your best course of action is to drink a tablespoon of water after your stomach has settled for a bit. If you keep…

We trust our physicians to know what’s best for our bodies. When they prescribe medicine, we take it on faith that it will make us better and not worse. If a drug you have been prescribed has been recalled, don’t panic or become unduly alarmed. Sometimes companies issue recalls because of the likelihood of an…

We trust schools to protect our kids, and teachers and administrators are held to incredibly high standards to create secure learning environments. That means these institutions are safe places, right? Unfortunately, there are hundreds of things that could go wrong on school grounds, and tens of thousands of injuries occur every year on these properties. This…