February 2nd, 2016
Specialty pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics is facing questions from federal and state attorneys general about the company’s marketing of the …
Tags: FDA, fentanyl, Insys, opioids, pain patch, painkillers, Subsys
Posted in Fentanyl, HO&P Legal Blog |
April 21st, 2015
Health officials in Australia are warning patients about the risks of a potentially fatal overdose that can be caused by …
Tags: fentanyl, opioids, overdose, pain patch, painkillers
Posted in Fentanyl, HO&P Legal Blog |
March 12th, 2015
Ohio Governor John Kasich is spearheading a movement with the backing of the state’s legislature to curb prescription drug abuse …
Tags: Dilaudid, Duragesic, fentanyl, Hydrocodone, hydromorphone, methadone, opioids, oxycodone, OxyContin, pain patch, painkillers, prescription drug abuse, Start Talking!, Vicodin
Posted in HO&P Legal Blog, Opioid Painkillers |
January 8th, 2015
Patients who are prescribed opioid painkillers to treat chronic or severe pain may be at risk of poisoning or overdose …
Tags: Dilaudid, Duragesic, fentanyl, Hydrocodone, hydromorphone, methadone, overdose, oxycodone, OxyContin, pain patch, painkillers, Vicodin
Posted in HO&P Legal Blog, Medical Malpractice, Opioid Painkillers |
July 14th, 2014
The Supreme Court of New Jersey has ruled that Judy Komlodi is entitled to a new trial of the medical …
Tags: Duragesic, fentanyl, malpractice, med mal, pain patch, substance abuse
Posted in Fentanyl, HO&P Legal Blog, Medical Malpractice |
July 30th, 2012
In June of 2010, a Mississippi woman’s doctor wrote her a prescription for four 25 mcg fentanyl patches. She had …
Tags: CVS, fentanyl, Heygood Orr & Pearson, overdose, pain patch, Sandoz, wrongful deaths
Posted in Fentanyl, HO&P Cases, HO&P Legal Blog, HO&P News |