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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. was sued by the family of a woman who claims that the company's Serzone antidepressant caused her death. Cassie Jo Geisenhof, 19, was prescribed Serzone for depression in March 2000 when she was 115, according to her family's lawsuit filed today in state Supreme …




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The death of a teenager last week from liver failure is raising questions anew about an antidepressant that continues to be available in the U.S. despite having been removed from the market in other countries.




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An Alabama couple have sued Boca Raon, Florida-based Rexall Sundown, Inc. and Rexall's subsidiary, Richardson Labs, the manufacturers and sellers of the dietary supplement Metab-O-Lite, alleging negligence, manufacturing defects and fraud. Plaintifs Mary E. McAdams and her husband, Everett W. …




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The first trial in the country involving Bayer's cholesterol lowering medication, Baycol, began on February 18th in Corpus Christi, Texas. The plaintiff was given samples of Baycol in May 2001 and within weeks was hospitalized with rhaddomyolysis. Rhaddomyolysis is a very serious condition character…




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Gulfport – A Pass Christian woman has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of a popular over-the-counter allergy medicine and the drugstore that sold it after her husband suffered a stroke and died.