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More Generic Zantac Recalls Over Possible ...

Recalls of generic Zantac believed to be contaminated by a carcinogen continue to flood in. Two other firms have declared recalls of ranitidine heartburn meds in 150 mg and 300 mg doses. The news arrived even as the degree of the drug returns increased with Mylan’s impromptu recall of three lots of nizatidine capsules last week because the API in them also held dangerous levels of NDMA.

More Generic Zantac Recalls Over Possible Contamination
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Why Companies Recalled Heartburn Medications

Shortly after the Federal officials announced the voluntary recalls of some pharmacies over NDMA, a drug filled with a potential human carcinogen, many other pharmacies have recalled the common variety of heartburn drug Zantac, called ranitidine, from shelves.

Why Companies Recalled Heartburn Medications
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Zantac Generics Recall Grows Due to Cancer Risk

Additional generic editions of Zantac are being taken down from pharmacy shelves after officials detected low levels of a possible carcinogens in the heartburn medication.

Zantac Generics Recall Grows Due to Cancer Risk
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Stryker Hip Implant Failures

The Stryker Tritanium Acetabular Shell, which restores the human hip socket, is built from a titanium alloy covered with a unique kind of porous foam. The foam enables bone cells to bind with it and grow, thereby increasing joint stability. However, a 2018 report in the journal Arthroplasty Today by doctors at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospitals described five hip implant failures related to Stryker’s Tritanium cups between 2011 and 2016.

Stryker Hip Implant Failures
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Stryker Recalls Femoral Head Implants

Medical technology giant, Stryker Corporation, has issued an urgent voluntary recall of its femoral head implants due to evidence that they may cause serious medical issues.

Stryker Recalls Femoral Head Implants

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FDA Issues Statement About Unsafe Medical Device Materials

FDA Issues Statement About Unsafe Medical Device Materials

The FDA announced that in the future it would be looking more closely at a range of medical devices and products — along with the materials they’re made from — that have caused the most trouble for consumers in recent years. The agency singled out breast implants, metal-on-metal hip replacement systems, and the components of birth control implant system Essure. Most strikingly, the announcement targeted not just the final products manufactured by medical device companies, but the materials they used to make the products.

Defective Hip Implant Crisis Goes International

Defective Hip Implant Crisis Goes International

While lawsuits by Americans continue to be filed and resolved over hip implant systems made by Johnson & Johnson and other huge corporations, in countries like the UK and India, where the implant systems are quite common, it has been much harder to obtain justice and compensation for victims.

Is Your Hip Replacement Poisoning You?

Is Your Hip Replacement Poisoning You?

Numerous lawsuit continued to be filed on behalf of patients who have suffered appalling injuries and medical conditions as a result of defective metal-on-metal hip implants. One of the most disturbing conditions that can arise from a faulty hip implant system is heavy metal poisoning.

Defective Hip Implants & Your Legal Rights

Defective Hip Implants & Your Legal Rights

Getting hip implant surgery these days is easy enough. Unfortunately the problems tend to start after the procedure, when many patients notice symptoms and side-effects related to defective hip implant technology. In some cases, the technology is so dangerous - and causes so much pain - that hip implant revision surgery becomes necessary. In such cases, you may need to explore your legal rights.

Green, Schafle & Gibbs Represents Couple in Stryker Hip Implant Suit

Green, Schafle & Gibbs Represents Couple in Stryker Hip Implant Suit

Green, Schafle & Gibbs represents a Pittsburgh couple who are suing Howmedica Osteonics Corporation d/b/a Stryker Orthopaedics for a defective hip implant. Attorneys Michael Schafle and Jon Acklen filed a complaint on behalf of their clients last month in US District Court alleging that Stryker’s hip implant had a design defect and failed.

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