Author: Anne Harvester

Since the Essure contraceptive device first received FDA approval in 2002, the federal regulatory agency has received 10,000 complaints about the device. Over the same period, the manufacturer, Bayer, has gotten an additional 30,000 reports of adverse events related to Essure. These events include cramping, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, perforation of the organs, fluid build-up in the blood (hypervolemia), osteoporosis and chronic pain that lasts a lifetime. In many cases, the device cannot be retrieved, so a complete hysterectomy must be performed. These symptoms have affected 1 in every five women who have had the device implanted – yet...

Ablify (aripiprazole) is what is known as an “atypical anti-psychotic” medication. It recently has been associated with causing compulsive behavior, such as gambling, binge eating, shopping and hypersexuality. Abilify is called a “second generation anti-psychotic” (SGA). It is prescribed for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and autism. In addition, they are used as a supplement in the treatment of clinical depression. Of course, every pharmaceutical company claims its product is the most effective in treating whatever it is that ails you. In the case of Ablify, however, the evidence for the medication’s effects on general mental function in...

Most of us have heard the old saying about how in some cases, “the cure is worse than the disease.” It was true about the old “patent medicines” of centuries past, and it is especially true of modern Big Pharma. It seems that new stories about patients being injured or killed by a pharmaceutical product are popping up on a daily basis – and these stories show no signs of slowing. The most dangerous prescription drugs fall into one of nine categories: diabetes medications, antidepressants and mood stabilizers, hormone replacements, contraceptives, acne medications, anticoagulants (blood thinners), osteoporosis treatments, dialysis...