Here's a depressing exchange in the litigation on Pfizer's anti-seizure med, Neurontin. It's between the doctor of Susan Bulger, who killed herself after taking the pill. Her family claims Pfizer knew ...
Wanna hear something sickening? Neurontin, a drug developed for epilepsy and used off-label for neuropathic pain, had its sales grow 250% between 2004 and 2019. Why? We don't have 250% more epileptics ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pfizer logo is seen at their world headquarters in New York April 28, 2014.REUTERS/Andrew Kelly By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) ...
The mad rush to rid this country of demonic prescription analgesic drugs (mainly Vicodin and Percocet) has put pain patients and their doctors in an unprecedented dilemma. What can they do for pain ...
After it paid $430 million to settle a 2004 lawsuit over illegal promotion of its anti-seizure drug Neurontin, Pfizer, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, may have thought its legal troubles ...
A division of Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drugmaker, has agreed to plead guilty to two felonies and pay $430 million in penalties to settle charges that it fraudulently promoted the drug ...
Pfizer (PFE)'s marketing team created a PowerPoint slide which depicted its anti-seizure drug Neurontin as a witch's brew (pictured) and its marketing unit as a magic cauldron -- an apparent ...
A medication commonly used to control nerve pain and seizures is now classified as a controlled substance in Michigan. The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs announced on Wednesday the ...
The maker of Neurontin disguised an effort to promote the anti-seizure drug to physicians as a clinical trial and failed to inform involved physicians and patients, according to a new analysis ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of the safety and effectiveness of an anti-epilepsy drug mislead doctors and patients about the point of the research, suggests a new report. Investigators writing ...
300mg once on day 1, twice daily on day 2, and 3 times daily on day 3; may titrate up to usual max 1.8g/day in 3 divided doses (doses up to 3.6g/day have been used without added benefit). Renal ...