by The Eichholz Law Firm | Oct 16, 2018 | Class Action, Dangerous Drugs, Personal Injury
Synthroid (levothyroxine) is a replacement for a hormone that is normally produced by the thyroid gland to regulate the body’s energy and metabolism. Doctors prescribe Synthroid to patients whose thyroids do not produce enough of the hormone on its own....
by The Eichholz Law Firm | Oct 4, 2018 | Defective Medical Devices, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability
Earlier this year, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two warning letters to Medtronic. During an inspection of Medtronic’s Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF) business, from April 23 through May 14, 2018, the FDA found manufacturing...
by The Eichholz Law Firm | Sep 8, 2018 | Dangerous Drugs, Personal Injury, Product Liability
Diclofenac, a common painkiller and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) can increase the risk of heart attacks and stroke by 50%. Diclofenac is known as the brand-name drugs Voltaren, (known as Voltarol in the UK) Cambia, Cataflam, Dyloject and Zipsor. It is...
by The Eichholz Law Firm | Aug 23, 2018 | Accidents & Injuries, Class Action, Consumer Alerts, Defective Devices, Personal Injury, Product Liability
On Friday, August 17th, a Texas jury in the state court of Dallas awarded a Dallas family with $242 million after finding that defects in the front seats of a 2002 Lexus ES300 caused severe injuries to the family’s two young children during a rear-end collision...
by The Eichholz Law Firm | Aug 20, 2018 | Class Action, Dangerous Drugs, Personal Injury
The Food and Drug Administration has recalled hypothyroid medication manufactured by Westminster Pharmaceuticals. The tablets containing levothyroxine and liothyronine were recalled after the FDA found they were being manufactured in a Chinese plant that did not meet...
