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• Addictive Actiq Lozenges Prescribed For Off-Label Use

  Pete Strom | November 21, 2006 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Actiq is a drug approved for use in cancer patients who have bouts with severe pain that cannot be relieved with other pain killers. However, there is a growing trend that shows the majority of Actiq prescriptions being written are for patients who don't have cancer. The drug comes in the form of a lozenge on the end of a stick, much like a lollipop.Off-label prescribing isn't illegal, but it...

• Hazardous Waste Plant Fire Evacuates Half of Apex, NC

  Staff Writer | October 06, 2006 10:46 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Fellow InjuryBoard blogger, Charles Monnett in Charlotte, has a great post about this morning's chemical fire in Apex, NC. Over half the city had to be evacuated as chlorine and other hazardous gasses lingered over the city in a cloud of noxious smoke. The city is located about 10 miles from Raleigh, and many people, mostly residents of a nursing home, have been admitted to local hospitals with...

• Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Filed

  Staff Writer | September 28, 2006 4:54 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  The daughters of a woman who died in a California nursing home are suing the facility after the state found it failed to monitor the woman while she was on medication. Maria Tirado dies while on the anti-coagulant Coumadin, and the state fined the nursing home $94,000 for failing to monitor Tirado despite orders from her physician. Tirado died Jan. 18, after suffering from massive bleeding on...

• Tractor Trailer Overturns, Smashing Car In Accident

  Staff Writer | September 26, 2006 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  A 20 year-old Texas man was killed early Tuesday morning when his car was crushed by a tractor trailer on I-26. The accident occurred in the eastbound lanes near mile marker 131. The lanes were shut down for a few hours afterward while authorities investigated.

• Adverse Drug Reactions: A Series

  Staff Writer | September 26, 2006 4:17 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Tom Lamb over at druginjurywatch.com has been running a series about how providing more information to patients and doctors can help prevent sever adverse drug reactions. Tom has done a great job providing recommendations.Part IPart IIPart IIIPart IV

• Wokplace Accidents Costly For Illegal Immigrants

  Staff Writer | September 14, 2006 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  The Charlotte Observer ran an article last week about the toll that worksite injuries take on illegal immigrants. Many often work without health insurance (a crisis that faces many American workers), can't communicate with bosses and coworkers, aren't covered by workers' compensation and don't get severance pay if they are hurt on the job and forced to quit.One of the examples given in the story...

• Pete Strom, Columbia Attorney

  Staff Writer | August 27, 2006 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Joseph Preston "Pete" Strom, Jr. was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1959. He graduated with a B.A. from the University of South Carolina in 1981 and received his J.D. from U.S.C. in 1984. Upon graduation from law school, Pete served as law clerk to the Honorable Frank Eppes, a state trial court judge. Pete then joined the Fifth Judicial Circuit Solicitors (District Attorney) Office as an...

• Strom Law Firm, L.L.C.

  Staff Writer | August 27, 2006 12:27 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Strom Law Firm, L.L.C. was founded in 1996 by former U.S. Attorney J. P. Strom, Jr., P.A. Our offices are located across from Richland Fashion Mall in Columbia, South Carolina at 2110 Beltline Blvd., Suite A. We are dedicated to protecting the rights and interests of South Carolinians in both civil and criminal proceedings. We represent clients in the state and federal trial courts. Our...

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  Staff Writer | August 27, 2006 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

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