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Should The FDA Be The Final Word On Drug Safety?

Post Date: Aug 15, 2008 8:24 a.m.
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LEARN MORE Levine Brief to U.S. Supreme Court   Wyeth brief, May 2008 Vermont Sen. Leahy petition Pharmalot  - briefs in the case Injuryboard on preemption   Federal Preemption Constitutional discussion   Injuryboard on  medical mistakes      IMAGE SOURCE: Diana Levine on her birthday, 2003/ Courtesy: Diana Levine & Charles Ellers Studios   In April 2000, musician Diana Levine of Marshfield Vermont was rushed to an emergency room with a severe migraine. It had happened before. She was given a painkiller then another medication to stop the nausea brought on by the drug. The nausea medication, called Phenergan, was  inadvertently injected  into an artery which led to gangrene and eventually caused Levine to lose her right arm below the elbow.   Ed Silverman of Pharmalot interviewed Levine in February. Levine filed a lawsuit against drug maker, Wyeth. The drug’s labeling w...

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