PPH Legal Blog

A few years ago, an athletic teenage girl began having breathing problems. However, with the breathing issues came more problems like dizziness, numbness and chest tension.
Unfortunately, this girl was diagnosed with asthma. In reality she had PPH. She is now recovering, but the process would have been made far easier with the right diagnosis early […]

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A group of Pittsburgh researchers have made an important discovery that will hopefully result in significant health benefits to individuals diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension.
The researchers have discovered that a simple new blood test will allow them to track the progression of the disease far more easily than before.  Pulmonary hypertension has no cure, and currently […]

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Researchers at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons have announced a new breakthrough in the fight to treat primary pulmonary hypertension. A recent study of 405 PPH patients that was headed by Dr. Robyn J. Barst suggests that Cialis (generic name tafalafil) may have uses beyond its intended purpose of treated erectile dysfunction. […]

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Bayer Schering Pharma has reported positive findings during the first round of clinical trials for its oral pulmonary hypertension treatment, Riociguat. The development of this drug is the first in its class of vasodilating agents.
The trials, being successful so far, will now move onto a Phase III study in late 2008 to determine the full […]

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A Texas police chief who was trying to stay trim back in the 1990s has recently learned the true effects of the Metabolife that he took to stay thin. Unfortunately, the Metabolife contained primary pulmonary hypertension causing ephedra.
According to Leo Longoria, the police chief, he began to experience a rapid heart rate and high blood […]

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