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Limbrel Medical Food Product for Osteoarthritis Removed from the Market

January 12, 2018 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Background Limbrel (flavocoxid) is an anti-inflammatory agent comprised mostly of flavonoids such as baicalin and catechin that is prescribed to manage the metabolic processes associated with osteoarthritis. This supplement has traditionally been classified and marketed as a "medical food," which is defined by the Orphan Drug Act as: "a food … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Unsafe Drugs Tagged With: DILI, drug-induced liver injury, FDA, flavocoxid, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, limbrel, medical food, Pancreatitis, recall, side effects

Viberzi Side Effects Like Pancreatitis Are Causing Injury And Deaths

October 20, 2017 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Viberzi (eluxadoline) is approved for use in adults for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D). Viberzi works by activating opioid receptors in the gut to decrease bowel contractions, which leads to less diarrhea. It can also help to ease stomach-area or abdomen pain and improve stool consistency. In March 2017 this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Unsafe Drugs Tagged With: Pancreatitis, viberzi, viberzi side effects

No Warning Added By FDA To Drug Label For Actemra About Pancreatitis

July 12, 2017 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

An insightful article by reported Charles Piller, “Failure to warn: Hundreds died while taking an arthritis drug, but nobody alerted patients”, published June 5, 2017 online by STAT, put the spotlight on some serious but little-known side effects associated with this medicine from Genentech, Inc. From that recent article we get this rather … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Unsafe Drugs Tagged With: Actemra, drug injury, drug side effects, Pancreatitis

FDA Warns of Serious Pancreatitis Risk in Some Patients Taking Viberzi

June 6, 2017 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

In March of this year, the FDA released a Drug Safety Communication concerning the increased risk of serious pancreatitis in patients without a gallbladder who use the irritable bowel syndrome drug, Viberzi (eluxadoline). Viberzi is a relatively new drug manufactured by Allergan used to treat irritable bowel syndrome in adults when the main … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Unsafe Drugs Tagged With: drug label change, drug safety communication, drug side effects, eluxadoline, FDA, gallbladder removal, Pancreatitis, pancreatitis causes, sphincter of Oddi spasm, sphincter of Oddi spasm causes, viberzi, viberzi side effects

Leukemia Drug Iclusig Had More Safety Warnings Added In November 2016

January 26, 2017 By Law Offices of Thomas J. Lamb, P.A.

Here is overview of this rather significant and substantial November 2016 Iclusig Prescribing Information revision which was mandated by the FDA. In the Boxed Warning section of the Iclusig drug label there was some additional safety information put in the pre-existing parts about (1) various types of arterial occlusions and (2) heart failure. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Unsafe Drugs Tagged With: Arterial Occlusion, Heart Failure, Hemorrhages, Hepatotoxicity, Iclusig, Neuropathy, Ocular Toxicity, Pancreatitis, venous thromboembolism

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