Below is a list of drug product liability cases our law firm handles:

 

Drug

Manufacturer

Summary

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Chantix Zyban
Drug Injury
 

Pfizer
GlaxoSmithKline

Drug Purpose:  Smoking cessation
Problems:  Linked to neuropsychiatric problems, including suicide and attempted suicide
Litigation Status:  A petition for MDL consolidation was filed on July 2, 2009 

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Denture Cream
Poligrip
Fixodent
Drug Injury

GlaxoSmithKline
Proctor & Gamble

Purpose:  Affix dentures to mouth
Problems:  Denture wearers have reported high levels of zinc toxicity after using these denture creams.  Zinc toxicity can cause neurological injuries, including paralysis, tingling, muscle weakness numbness and anemia

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Fleet-Phospho Soda
Visicol
OsmoPrep
Drug Injury

C.B. Fleet Inc.
Salix Pharmaceuticals
Salix Pharmaceuticals

Drug Purpose:  Laxatives and bowel-cleansers
Problems:  Linked to acute phosphate nephropathy, a serious kidney injury
Other:  FDA added black box warning in 2008.  In 2009, C.B. Fleet recalled its product. 

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Gadolinium
Magnevist
Omniscan
OptiMARK
ProHance/MultiHance

Drug Injury

Bayer
General Electric
Mallinckrodt
Bracco Diagnostics

Drug Purpose:  contrast agent used to enhance readings on MRI and MRA scans
Problems:  Gadolinium is dangerous when used by patients with renal impairment or other kidney disease, because they cannot excrete the gadolinium.  Patients suffer from Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF), also called Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NFD)
Litigation Status:  Federal cases are consolidated in an MDL before Judge Polster in the United States District Court for the District of Ohio 

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Hydroxycut
Drug Injury

Iovate Health Sciences Inc.
MuscleTech Research and Development, Inc.

Drug Purpose:  Diet drug
Problems: Linked to liver failure, jaundice and seizures
Other:  Recalled by the FDA on May 1, 2009

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Levaquin Drug Injury

Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals (part of the Johnson & Johnson family)

Drug Purpose:  Antibiotic used to treat specific types of bacterial infections
Problems:  Linked to tendon ruptures and tendon damage
Litigation Status:  83 federal cases are consolidated in an MDL before the United States District Court for Minnesota.

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Pain Pumps
Drug Injury

Numerous manufacturers, including I-Flow, DJO, Breg, Stryker

Drug Purpose:  pain relief following surgery
Problems:  When used near joints (particularly the shoulder), the anesthetic in pain pumps can permanently erode cartilage
Litigation Status:  over 115 individual cases are filed around the country. 

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Reglan
Drug Injury

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Drug Purpose:  treat short-term heartburn caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Problems:  Linked to tardive dyskinesia and other involuntary movement disorders

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Seroquel
Drug Injury

AstraZeneca

Drug Purpose:  Antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia and used off-label to treat anxiety, autism and dementia
Problems: Linked to pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas that can be fatal
Litigation Status:  Numerous cases are filed, many in the expert discovery stages. 

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