Rep. Kennedy to join Ambien lawsuit?
Executive Summary
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) says he will check himself into the Mayo Clinic for rehab after he ran into a security barrier in Washington, D.C. May. When Capitol Police picked up the disoriented congressman at 2:45 a.m., he claimed he was headed to the Capitol for a vote. In a statement, Kennedy maintained that he was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident, but admitted to having taken Sanofi-Aventis' insomnia therapy Ambien and Wyeth's antihistamine Phenergan. A recently filed class action lawsuit alleges Sanofi failed to adequately warn patients of risk of sleep walking and eating with Ambien (1"The Pink Sheet" March 20,2006, p. 18)...