Drugs and Medical Devices Associated with Heart Problems

Drugs and Medical Devices Associated with Heart Problems
DRUGS THAT HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HEART PROBLEMS

Zelnorm

Zelnorm, a medication that was prescribed to women that
were being treated for irritable bowel syndrome accompanied
with constipation, as well as, patients that were under the
age of 65 years old and had chronic constipation, has been
attributed to the increased risk of heart attack, stroke,
and worsening chest pains than patients that did not take
Zelnorm.

Bextra

Bextra has been prescribed to patients that have been
diagnosed with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or
painful menstrual cycles and is classified as a COX-2
selective NSAID that has been linked to have an increased
risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Ortho evra

Unlike a common form of birth control that is taken orally,
Ortho Evra is a form of birth control patch that introduces
and removes the hormones into and out of the blood stream a
different manner exposing women to about 60 percent more
estrogen which has been found to lead to an increase in the
risk of blood clots, strokes, and more seriously, death.

Phen fen

Phentermine and Fenfluramine, or Phen-Fen, are two separate
drugs that were combined together into one single
medication used to decrease appetite and help give the
feeling of increased satiety and taken by people that
suffer from obesity to help effectively aid in weight loss,
yet, was pulled from the market after the drugs were linked
to cause primary pulmonary hypertension and valvular heart
disease.

Ephedra

Ephedra(r) is a dietary supplement that is marketed as a
natural product that claims to help with such things as
weight loss, increased energy, and enhanced athletic
performance, but has since been found to actually be the
cause heart attacks, strokes, eizures, rapid and irregular
heart rhythms, increased blood pressure, chest pain,
psychosis, tremors, and death.

Adderall

Adderall is a prescribe medication for the treatment of
attention deficit disorder, or ADD, but has also been
known to cause psychological side effects, and with any
misuse of the drug, can even lead to sudden death due to
the onset of heart attacks and strokes.

Paxil (heart birth defects)

Paxil is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, or SSRI,
type of antidepressant that has been discovered to cause
birth defects when prescribe to pregnant women, and even
been associated with increased suicidal tendencies in
adults and children.

DEVICES THAT HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH HEART PROBLEMS

Many medical devices that were manufactured for the intent
to help patients suffering from heart problems have
recently been linked to more counter-productive problems in
patients that have used them. Two of the nation's top
manufacturers, Medtronic with its defibrillators, and
Guidant with pacemakers, as well as, defibrillators, have
had to recall some of the medical devices that were
implanted in patients due to faultiness and malfunction.

Along with these medical devices that are being pulled from
use in patients with heart problems, drug eluting stents
that are placed within the coronary artery to help keep a
continuous blood flow to the heart, have also been recalled
due to the arterial wall damage that is done by the
placement of the stent.

Medtronic models

Medtronic is the nation's leading maker of heart implant
devices that are used in people who are at risk of going
into cardiac arrest, and whose most recent defibrillator
models have been prone to have a defect in the lead wires
that connect to the defibrillator, and which carry electric
impulses to the heart, causing the defibrillator to deliver
unnecessary shocks or to not even operate at all.

Guidant models

Guidant Corporation who manufactures pacemakers that send
electrical impulses to help accelerate a slow heart beat,
and defibrillators that are small implanted devices placed
in the body for the function of regulating the heartbeat in
patients with a risk of heart problems, has recalled both
the pacemakers and the defibrillators due to short
circuiting of the devices resulting in death of some the
patients using the faulty devices.

Sprint Fidelis models

The Sprint Fidelis model of defibrillators that are
manufactured by Medtronic and are implanted in over 250,000
patients, have been recalled due to faulty electrodes that
have been found to malfunction leading to an unnecessary
electrical jolt to the heart, or for the life saving device
to completely fail altogether.

Drug eluting stents

A drug eluting stent is a latticed metal scaffold placed
within the coronary artery for the purpose of keeping the
vessel open and aiding in the adequate flow of blood to the
heart, but unfortunately, actually has an adverse effect by
causing blood clots that lead to the arterial wall being
damaged.

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