Barbara is a senior content writer. She has worked with Drugwatcher for over five years. Her expertise is writing about complicated issues for a large audience. From a wide range of sources Barbara selects the latest and most important information and presents it in a clear manner. She focuses on various topics, but women’s health issues dominate her work.
Before the vast dispute about Essure’s purported dangers broke out in 2014, Bayer always portrayed its device as a uniquely effective form of permanent birth control. However, later studies found that was not necessarily the case as all the clinical trials that examined its safety and effectiveness never followed up patients after five years. But […]
Hernias have been repaired with mesh for decades but, in recent years, defective design and poor choice of materials caused the number of failures to increase exponentially. Defective or low-quality devices are prone to erosion, breakage, detachment, and migration which may cause even serious organ damage. A mesh could cause a foreign body reaction as […]
It is vital (literally) to know how long does Taxotere stay in the system of a cancer patient at all times to keep its toxicity under control. Fighting against cancer is an uphill battle. As if the condition itself wasn’t enough already, even the drugs administered to give patients a chance to survive come with […]
The main ingredient of Monsanto’s world-famous weed killer Roundup is an allegedly dangerous chemical known as glyphosate which has been associated with many types of cancer. After the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) warned the public about the potential carcinogenic effects of this substance in 2015, a huge controversy exploded. The agency that […]
For the past ten years, an army of lobbyists stopped any attempt at overhauling safety regulations for the countless medical implants sold in Europe. Health authorities across the world have been misled by fraudulent claims from medical device industry lobby groups, and millions of patients have been harmed by these defective products. The International Consortium […]
Despite what the manufacturer kept claiming for years, recent post-marketing data found that there’s a risk of pregnancy while using Essure. When it hit the market back in 2002, Bayer did portray the contraception device as a completely safe and effective sterilization method that boasted a whopping 99.83 percent effectiveness at preventing pregnancy. That percentage […]
The legalization of medical marijuana for clinical purposes is a serious threat to the entrenched interests of many pharmaceutical companies. Their attempt at stopping it from reaching the market comes to no surprise then. But aren’t they supposed to protect our health by providing humanity with new ways to treat our conditions at a fair […]
It happens often that a new product comes into the market and marketers build all kinds of narratives and stories to make the product sell. But when it comes to medications, these narratives need to be vetted strongly or it could be a matter of life and death. A medicine named Invokana (canagliflozin) has recently […]
You bought a medicine over the counter that didn’t sit well with you. It caused not just mild nausea but severe side effects the pharmaceutical company had failed to mention. The best way, after your recovery, of course, is to take legal recourse. You find an attorney that understands you and is willing to take […]
Aren’t we all curious about the biggest wins of America’s best lawyers? For this article we’ve asked 11 of America’s Top Trial Lawyers to share their biggest win in Mass Tort. Read on to learn more about the famous Essure case of Erin Brokovich or the 20 million verdict against a dietary supplement manufacturer, to […]