The medical journal Annals of Pharmacotherapy has published an article, “Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Risk: A Meta-analysis”, which concludes that dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors increase the risk of Crohn’s disease (CD). It goes on to point out that these DPP-4 inhibitor diabetes drugs, such as … [Read more...]
Current Number Of Lawsuits Filed In The Four Diabetes Drugs Federal Court MDL Cases
From the February 15, 2018 version of this document, “MDL Statistics Report – Distribution of Pending MDL Dockets by Actions Pending” (accessed 2/21/18), published by the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML), we get the current number of cases filed in each of the four federal court Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) cases … [Read more...]
Diabetes Drugs Kombiglyze And Onglyza MDL: Focus Is On Heart Failure
A Kombiglyze and Onglyza MDL for federal court lawsuits filed against AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb will focus on heart failure cases among other side effects associated with these diabetes drugs. As background, in April 2016 the FDA took regulatory action by mandating label changes with new warnings about an increased risk of heart … [Read more...]
Rhabdomyolysis May Be Linked To A New Class Of Oral Diabetes Medicines
A class of diabetes drugs referred to as dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors may be associated with rhabdomyolysis, a side effect which involves severe muscle damage. In more detail, rhabdomyolysis is the breakdown of muscle tissue that leads to the release of muscle fiber contents into the blood. These substances are harmful to the kidney and … [Read more...]