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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.

Massive Medical Implant Industry Tech Not Tested by FDA

Massive Medical Implant Industry Tech Not Tested by FDA

The FDA is the government agency responsible for making sure that the food and drugs sold to us and that ultimately go into our bodies are safe. They conduct their own independent testing on thousands of new food and drug products everywhere. What the FDA does not test, however, is the tech that goes into our bodies. Specifically, the FDA does not test the medical device implant technology that is becoming more and more a part of our lives — and our bodies.

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Zimmer M/L Taper Hip Implant with Kinectiv Subject of New Litigation

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Zimmer M/L Taper Hip Implant with Kinectiv Subject of New Litigation

Recently, Zimmer’s M/L taper hip with Kinectiv and Versys head has been the subject of product liability and personal injury litigation. Like similar hip implant systems from Wright, Johnson & Johnson, and Stryker, the Zimmer system has allegedly caused metallosis in some patients. So far, more than twenty lawsuits have been filed against the manufacturer.

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.

Your Hip Implant Can Kill You

Your Hip Implant Can Kill You

While obviously a hip replacement can’t “kill” the way a heart-attack can, a defective device can set off a sequence of events and conditions that can lead to serious harm or even death. And it happens far more often than we think, particularly because the manufacturers of these devices do not want anyone to know how often it happens.

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