Quaid to FDA: Mind Your Own Business!

16. Kudos to Dennis, he’s not doing it for the money, he’s doing it so this won’t happen to another family. Good for him.

Posted at 2:13PM on May 14th 2008 by emme

17. You go Dennis! I am so proud to see a parent stand up for their child. What a lot of people don't realize is the work he is doing today will literally save thousands of lives in the future. Keep up the good work Dennis and have fun with those gorgeous kids!

Posted at 2:34PM on May 14th 2008 by mrscrowe

18. Thanks TMZ.Pat yourselves on your backs for letting us know. I thought Baxter had already changed the labels. I'm making a few phone calls and lighting some fires.

Posted at 2:43PM on May 14th 2008 by chicken stripper

19. GOOD FOR HIM!!!! Time somebody challenges the bastard pharmaceutical companies and doctors that are busy practicing "OOPSIE" medicine. What's that?.....you took Paxil and your kid is deformed....OOPSIE...didn't know it was gonna do that. What's that?....you took Bextra and had strokes and a heartattack.....OOPSIE...didn't know it was gonna do that. You took Fosomax and your jaw fell off?.....OOPSIE....didn't know it was gonna do that. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! YOU'RE THE ONES PAYING FOR ALL THOSE OOPSIE MISTAKES!!!!!!!

Posted at 3:01PM on May 14th 2008 by sam

20. The Food and Drug Administration has a record of catering to the drug companies
more than heading the interests of patents. Obviously since drug companies set a lot of
advertisement in the televised media, it is less than a suprise that the TV media will
investigate the drug companies nor their friend the FDA. With more and more emphasis
of celebrity worship and coverage by the press, it is inevitable that they will cover this,
albeit very little. What happened with Dennis Quaid's twins was not the first time that this has happened, but unfortunatly it takes a celebrity who had this unfortunate tragedy happen
to their children to bring this crisis to the public.

Posted at 3:18PM on May 14th 2008 by BOEING 787

21.
#11 your comments are spot on! Baxter needs to change the labels!!!

Posted at 5:14PM on May 14th 2008 by MS

22. wow... such hatred towards "liberals"

what if that were your kid who got an overdose of blood thinner? I swear I hope there really is a god so he can rapture your sorry asses off this planet and we can live free of idiocy for a change.

Posted at 8:57PM on May 14th 2008 by chris

23. I agree with the need for a label change, but the person administering the drug needs to check the label as well. They shouldn't just be pulling things off the shelf assuming it's the correct med.

Posted at 6:06PM on May 14th 2008 by emme

24. Why is he suing the drug manufacturer?! Why not sue the hospital?! They're supposed to stop and take the time to read the labels on things before giving them to patients, THEY messed up, THEY should be sued.

What to go, Quaid.

Posted at 6:09PM on May 14th 2008 by Yasdnil

25. The FDA holds a significant amount of the blame here. After these Heparin accidents started to occur Baxter WANTED to change the labels but are legally bound to use the ones that were approved by the FDA while they go through the label approval process again -- a process that takes a several months to a year to complete. Red tape and bureaucracy are to blame...oh yeah and stupid nurses.

Posted at 10:42PM on May 15th 2008 by Shelly

26. YOU GO DENNIS! GET THEM GOOD!

Posted at 8:34PM on May 14th 2008 by me in dc

27. This is an important issue, folks. Conservative or liberal, as Americans we should not lose our right to have our case tried in a local court by a jury of our peers. We need to take back our rights and fight against preemption.

Posted at 8:37PM on May 14th 2008 by Julie

28. If you clowns did some research or were a little more "aware" you would know that the Bush Government is using little known loopholes to keep people from suing corporations (read "billionaires"). Stick with what you do best children...

circle jerks and reach-a-rounds...

Posted at 8:40PM on May 14th 2008 by spike the Poet

29. In this case, the company, Baxter Healthcare Corp., is seeking to use the doctrine of preemption to shield it from any civil liability, claiming that once FDA approved the labeling and packaging at issue in the case, the company is immune from civil suits for money damages. Why should they get a free pass?

Faced with an unfriendly Congress, the Bush administration has found another, quieter way to make it more difficult for consumers to sue businesses over faulty products. It's rewriting the bureaucratic rulebook. The Bush administration is attempting to use federal regulation to curtail lawsuits and give complete immunity to corporations who are negligent and harm Americans.

I hate frivilous lawsuits. However, this will do nothing to curtail such actions. This simply denies Americans their day in court.

Posted at 8:46PM on May 14th 2008 by Julie

30. Eloquent, Julie...

Posted at 11:25PM on May 14th 2008 by spike the Poet