Defective Drugs and Medical Devices
Drugs
Devices
Risperdal
Risperdal, which is manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson & Johnson, is another member of the family of drugs known as Atypical Antipsychotics.
Although Risperdal was approved by the FDA in 1994, it took some time before the dangerous side effects were completely identified through a series of studies.
Risperdal has been linked to diabetes and, more specifically, Type 2 diabetes (adult-onset diabetes). Type 2 diabetes is associated with an increase risk of heart disease and stroke. Although it is primarily used for treating schizophrenia, Risperdal is also used to control other behavioral disorders in elderly patients (such as nursing home patients) who have delusions, aggression, and anxiety as is often seen in patients with Alzheimer's disease and/or dementia.
Risperdal has also been known to cause other adverse side effects.
If you or a loved one has experienced diabetes or other severe adverse side effects, please call us for a free evaluation of your case.
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Zyprexa
Zyprexa is an anti-psychotic drug manufactured by Eli Lilly & Co., approved in 1996 as a schizophrenia medication. In 2000, it was approved for the treatment of bipolar mania and then doctors began to make off-label use of the drug for less serious conditions.
Zyprexa has been linked to serious side effects including diabetes, hyperglycemia and other blood sugar disorders. The FDA has asked Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of Zyprexa, to add new warnings regarding these side effects.
Zyprexa is in a class of drugs known as "atypical antipsychotics" which were originally suspected of causing diabetes problems. After widespread use of Zyprexa, medical reports appeared to be linking Zyprexa with diabetes from the United States and around the world in 2002.
If you or a loved one has developed diabetes before March, 04 or at least had taken enough Zyprexa as to set the disease in motion, please call our office for a free consultation.
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Seroquel
Seroquel, manufactured by AstraZeneca, is an oral medication used to manage the symptoms associated with schizophrenia such as delusion thought disorder, hallucinations, social withdrawal, lack of energy, apathy, and reduced ability to express emotion.
Seroquel, which was approved by the FDA for marketing in 1997, affects a broad range or neurotransmitter receptors, including serotonin receptors. It is also sometimes used to treat the mania associated with bipolar disorder.
Antipsychotic drugs like Seroquel have been found to cause extremely dangerous side effects, including diabetes and high and low blood sugar. These side effects have resulted in death in some cases.
If you or a loved one has taken Seroquel and have developed diabetes, or pancreatitis, please call our office for a free evaluation of your case.
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Ortho Evra Patch
The Ortho Evra birth control patch has been linked to a greater incidence of clotting events than oral contraceptives; pulmonary embolism, DVT, stroke and heart attack. The clearest cases on liability are those where the patch was used before November 2005 when the warnings in the PDR and package inserts were strengthened. In 2005, the FDA released a statement saying that new evidence has shown that women who used the patch are exposed to 60% more estrogen than those using a typical birth control pill. On September 20, 2006, the FDA announced that Ortho Evra labeling will be further supplemented to add the results of two recent studies, one of which found the clotting risk to be double that of birth control pills.
An Ortho Evra birth control patch user may be eligible to file a birth control patch lawsuit.
If you or a loved one are already using the Ortho Evra birth control patch and have experienced a pulmonary embolism, please call us for a free evaluation of your case.
Avandia - Heart Attach Risk - Under Investigation
Potential lawsuits against GlaxoSmithKline PLC for Avandia, an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. Dr. Steven Nissen's analysis of Avandia combined 42 studies that compared patients taking Avandia with patients not using the drug. Researchers found the risk of a heart attack was increased 43% among those taking Avandia. The research also found a 64% elevated risk of death from cardiovascular causes while taking the drug.
Common related problems with Avandia:
- Heart attack
- Liver Problems
- Other heart problems
If you or a loved one has experienced any of these conditions while taking Avandia, please call us for a free evaluation of your case.
Bausch & Lomb ReNu with MoistureLoc
In April 2006, Bausch & Lomb ReNu with MoistureLoc contact solution was voluntarily removed from the United States market. The U.S. Food and drug Administration and the Center for Disease Control Prevention ran an investigation into the relation between an outbreak of Fusarium Keratitis and the ReNU solution.
Fusarium Keratitis is an inflammation of the cornea and is usually caused by bacteria, viruses and fungi. This normally rare disease is highly infectious and can result in temporary blindness and or permanent damage to the cornea. In the more serious instances it could lead to the need for a corneal transplant.
If you or a loved one has undergone or has to have a corneal transplant, please call our office for a free consultation.
Contaminated Human Tissue
There was a shocking revelation in February 2006 that human tissue used in medical treatment was being illegally harvested by funeral homes from corpses in New York and sold by a New Jersey company, Biomedical Tissues Services, Inc. Worse yet, BTS had not been testing the body parts for disease. The FDA shut the company down.
Lawsuits have been brought against companies which bought and processed the body parts, including Regeneration Technologies, LifeCell, and Tutogen. Medtronic has stated that it had distributed some 8000 tissue implants.
Persons who received these tissue transplants generally received a notice regarding the problem and are given an opportunity to have a test to see if they have picked up some transmissible disease. Even if the tests are negative, you may have experienced fear and outrage. The tests most commonly done are HIV-1, HIV-2, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and syphillis.
Please call our office for a free consultation.
Davol / Bard Comosix Kugel Mesh Patch
In March 2006, the FDA recalled the Davol Bard Composix Kugel Mesh Patch used in hernia repair surgery. The Composix Kugel Mesh Patch is used for ventral or incisional hernias and is manufactured by Davol, Inc., a division of C.R. Bard. The device was recalled because the "memory recoil ring," which opens the patch after it has been inserted into the intra-abdominal space, can break causing bowel perforations and/ or chronic internal fistulae.
If you or a loved one had hernia surgery where a Kugel Mesh was used and the "memory recoil ring" broke causing bowel perforation and/ or chronic intestinal fistulae, please call our office for a free evaluation of your case.
