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Federal court OKs $1.5B Abbott Labs settlement
A federal court in Virginia has approved a $1.5 billion settlement of a case involving Abbott Laboratories' promotion of the anti-seizure drug Depakote. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says the settlement includes a criminal fine and...
Tags: Abbott Laboratories, Ken Cuccinelli
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Abbott Labs settles $1.5 billion dispute over drug claims
Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion over allegations that it promoted the anti-seizure drug Depakote for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Deputy Attorney General James Cole says the...
Tags: Abbott Laboratories, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Behavioral Conditions, Government, Health Organizations
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Abbott shareholder suit over Depakote marketing to proceed
Bloomberg News reports: A federal judge has allowed an Abbott Laboratories shareholders suit over the marketing of epilepsy drug Depakote to proceed. The shareholders claim the company's directors failed to properly supervise marketing of the drug. Abbott...Tags: Abbott Laboratories, Judges, Justice System, Drugs and Medicines, Crime, Law and Justice
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Cuccinelli: IRS held up $125M payment to state over Medicaid fraud case
RICHMOND – Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli lambasted the Internal Revenue Service Wednesday over $125 million worth of asset forfeiture money he said is due to the state from a Medicaid fraud case, and questioned whether the failure of the federal...
Tags: Medicaid, Taxation, Government Health Care, Health Insurance, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Man who died in Hampton jail had severe mental illness, mother says
On April 29, Wanda Yvonne Parks buried her oldest son, Jason Daniel Tully, 25. Tully had struggled with mental illness since age 11, when he was first diagnosed with severe depression. He was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder and finally...Tags: Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Punishment, Mental Illness, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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FDA warns pregnant migraine sufferers against anti-seizure drugs
The Food and Drug Administration is warning physicians that women who suffer migraine headaches and are pregnant or may become pregnant should not use the drugs valproate or valproic acid to prevent the severe headaches, in light of new evidence showing...
Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Headaches, Birth Defects
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Epilepsy drug in pregnancy linked to baby's higher autism risk
Pregnant women who took the anti-seizure drug valproate during pregnancy increased the odds that their baby would have autism, and were roughly twice as likely to give birth to a child who would go on to be diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder,...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Drugs and Medicines, American Medical Association, Epilepsy
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Slow response to tainted product
Sue Grey had used the product before, so she knew what to expect when she purchased a bottle of Super Colon Cleanse at a Woodland Hills CVS drugstore. Inside should have been 240 little gray capsules. But when Grey, 57, opened the sealed bottle at her...
Tags: CVS Corp., Seizures, Bipolar Disorder, Chemical Industry, Food and Drug Administration
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Guilty plea in Waukegan arson, extradition still possible
Special to the TribuneGregory Flesher once ran for mayor in Waukegan, owned a contracting company and headed the playground committee at an elementary school. But he was mentally ill on the day he set a fire that destroyed the vacant Salvation Army Building, according to a...Tags: Judges, Bipolar Disorder, Arson, Punishment, Prisons
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To treat son’s epilepsy, a father turns to medical marijuana
FrameworkJayden David, 5, suffers from a rare form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome. Jayden takes a form of medical marijuana that is not psychoactive, so the sweet-tasting infusion he receives four times a day doesn't make him high.... -
On the frontier of medical pot to treat boy's epilepsy
MODESTO —Topamax. Depakote. Phenobarbital. The list goes on. Before Jayden David turned 5, he had tried a dozen powerful medications to tame a rare form of epilepsy. The side effects were devastating. There were grand mal seizures that lasted...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pharmaceuticals, Topamax (drug), Epilepsy
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Mayo Clinic: Rep. Jackson being treated for bipolar disorder
The Mayo Clinic on Monday announced that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has bipolar disorder, the clearest indication so far of what's kept the veteran South Side lawmaker on medical leave and out of the public eye for more than two months. But Jackson's family,...
Tags: Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions, Government, Psychiatry, University of Chicago
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