Gingergrrl
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http://ahrp.org/former-fda-commissioner-charged-in-federal-racketeering-lawsuit/
Click on link to see the rest of the article... for those that do not know, I had a severe neurotoxic to Levaquin in 2010 which nearly tore my right triceps tendon. I do not believe I would ever have gotten as ill as I am now without the initial damage to my immune system by Levaquin. I will also never regain normal arm strength in my right arm.
My husband received this article on FB from May12.org and I felt compelled to post it. Almost every month someone PM's me on PR that they or a family member were injured by a Fluoroquinolone antibiotic and asks what they should do. Sadly, I have no answers but felt a little bit of vindication after reading this article that some justice is coming to the FDA and Big Pharma even if it is too late for me and many others who have already been injured by these meds.
A Federal Lawsuit charges Dr. Margaret Hamburg, former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with conspiracy, racketeering & colluding to conceal deadly drug dangers – under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law (RICO) law. The amended RICO lawsuit was filed on April 11, 2016 in the U.S. District Court in Washington DC on behalf of eight plaintiffs who claim they have suffered severe harm by ingesting the drug, Levaquin whose deadly risks were concealed to protect financial interests.
The drug is one of the controversial group of antibiotics, including Levaquin, Cipro, Avelox and other fluoroquinolones. Public Citizen petitioned the FDA in 1996 and again in 2006, to issue Black Box warnings for tendon rupture and tendinitis. Had warnings been issued, the death toll from Levaquin– reputedly more than 5,000 — and the tens of thousands who were debilitated with life-threatening diseases would likely have been averted. (Read risks at RxList)
The suit, filed by Larry Klayman, a former federal prosecutor, charges Dr. Hamburg, her husband, Peter Brown, an executive in the hedge-fund Renaissance Technologies, with collusion, conspiracy and racketeering alongside the pharmaceutical giant, Johnson & Johnson to conceal those deadly risks — to protect their financial stake.
Click on link to see the rest of the article... for those that do not know, I had a severe neurotoxic to Levaquin in 2010 which nearly tore my right triceps tendon. I do not believe I would ever have gotten as ill as I am now without the initial damage to my immune system by Levaquin. I will also never regain normal arm strength in my right arm.
My husband received this article on FB from May12.org and I felt compelled to post it. Almost every month someone PM's me on PR that they or a family member were injured by a Fluoroquinolone antibiotic and asks what they should do. Sadly, I have no answers but felt a little bit of vindication after reading this article that some justice is coming to the FDA and Big Pharma even if it is too late for me and many others who have already been injured by these meds.