All Articles Tagged With: "Colonoscopy Prep"
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Fleet Phospho-Soda Settlement Being Negotiated
Plaintiffs in more than 1,200 Fleet Phospho-Soda lawsuits have until next week to submit information about their claim to lawyers who are negotiating a global settlement for the cases, which involve allegations that the over-the-counter colonoscopy prep caused consumers to suffer kidney damage and other injuries.
OsmoPrep Lawsuits Filed Over Kidney Damage From Colonoscopy Drug
Four users of OsmoPrep, a prescription drug used to clear out the bowels before colonoscopy examinations, have filed acute phosphate nephropathy lawsuits against Salix Pharmaceuticals. The complaints come approximately one year after the FDA added a black box warning about the risk of kidney damage from side effects of the oral sodium phosphate drug. [...]
Fleet Phospho Soda Lawsuits in MDL to be Trial Ready by Oct. 2010
The first Fleet Phospho-soda trials in the federal MDL, involving claims of kidney damage caused by use of the recalled laxative during colonoscopy prep, could start as early as October 2010.
Following Fleet Phospho-soda Recall Researchers Look at Alternatives
Researchers are examining a number of colonoscopy prep alternatives following reports of serious and potentially life-threatening kidney problems that resulted in a Fleet Phosphosoda recall almost a year ago.
Fleet Phospho-Soda Lawyers Appointed to Leadership Roles in MDL
U.S. District Judge Ann Aldrich has appointed three lawyers in the Fleet Phospho-Soda litigation to serve in leadership roles, and perform certain actions on behalf of all plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits against C.B. Fleet Co. alleging that use of the over-the-counter laxative as a bowel cleanser during colonoscopy prep resulted in a form of [...]
OTC Oral Sodium Phosphates Remove Bowel Cleansing Indication in Canada
Health Canada announced Wednesday that over-the-counter oral sodium phosphate products in Canada are no longer indicated for bowel cleansing before a colonoscopy or other medical procedures, as such use has been linked to potentially life-threatening kidney damage.
Fleet Phospho-Soda Kidney Damage Lawsuits Filed in Georgia
Three new lawsuits were filed last week against C.B. Fleet Company, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of plaintiffs who allegedly suffered severe kidney damage from Fleet Phospho-soda laxatives used to cleanse their bowels before a colonoscopy.
Fleet Requests Centralization of Phospho-soda Kidney Injury Lawsuits
C.B. Fleet Company, Inc. has filed a motion with the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation requesting that all Fleet Phospho-soda lawsuits filed in various federal courts throughout the country be consolidated and centralized for pretrial litigation in the Northern District of Ohio as part of an MDL, or multidistrict litigation.
Colonoscopy Prep Kidney Failure Lawsuits Filed Over Fleet Phospho-soda
Four new Fleet Phospho soda lawsuits were filed last week against C.B. Fleet Co. alleging that they promoted their over-the-counter laxative at double doses for use during colonoscopy prep, which caused the plaintiffs to develop severe and potentially life-threatening kidney failure.
Colonoscopy Prep Warning: Oral Sodium Phosphate Risk of Kidney Injury
The FDA has asked that a black box warning about a possible risk of acute kidney injury will be added to Visicol and OsmoPrep, two oral sodium phosphate products used for bowel cleansing during colonoscopy prep. In addition, the agency indicates that over-the-counter oral laxative sodium phosphate products, such as Fleet Phospho-soda, should not be [...]
