Dangerous Drug Attorneys & Drug Recall Claims
When the medicine you take has been recommended by your doctor, you expect it will benefit your health in some way. Patients trust that their physicians will know what will make them feel better, and prescribe the correct dosage. This is based on what is known from the pharmaceutical company that manufactures the drug, as well as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that gave approval. Unfortunately, this trust, not only between patient and physician, but between physician and pharmaceutical company, can wind up causing injuries and death to those who take the medicine. If you or a loved one has been injured or sickened by taking something meant to help, please contact the drug lawsuit attorneys at Taylor Martino
The pharmaceutical industry is powerful. Though they manufacture drugs that may help patients, they are also concerned about the bottom line. As a result, some drugs make it through the pipeline before testing has been completed, or with side effects and health risks minimized or ignored. Drugs that have been aggressively marketed in this way are often the center of recalls, but for some patients, these recalls come too late. Dangerous health issues such as heart attacks, strokes, kidney and liver damage, diabetes, and even suicide may be the result of taking a defective pharmaceutical. Recent FDA recalls, or black box warnings – the strongest warning given before a recall is put into effect – have affected many drugs for many different conditions.
Heparin Lawsuits
Heparin is an anticoagulant given to millions of patients each year during cardiac surgery or kidney dialysis. In late 2007, Baxter International was forced to recall heparin due to tampering of the ingredients from China. However, hundreds patients suffered severe allergic reactions and many died. Side effects include:
•Shortness of breath
•Dizziness
•Nausea
•Rapid heart rate
•Low blood pressure
•Death
Avandia Lawsuits
Avandia has been linked to a variety of serious side effects, including fatal liver failure and cardiovascular problems. Avandia was introduced in 1999. Since that time Avandia has been linked to a variety of serious side effects, including fatal liver failure and cardiovascular problems. At its peak in 2006, 13.2 million people had taken Avandia. But by 2008, concerns over side effects had caused that number to fall to 4.6 million. Though these are only a few of the examples of the most egregious and timely defective pharmaceuticals, there are many more that can cause serious and irreparable harm, or even be lethal.
Contact a drug recall lawyer at Taylor Martino for a free initial consultation to review your case. Taylor Martino serves clients along the entire Gulf Coast, including Mobile, Montgomery, Orange Beach, Gulf Shores and Baldwin County, Alabama and Mississippi.
