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As a Texas cardiologist and Defective Drug Product Liability attorney, I am providing this update for patients who have been injured by the use of Plavix, including excessive bleeding, hemorrhage and death.
Federal New Jersey Plavix MDL
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) has centralized all Plavix lawsuits filed in the federal court system before U.S. District Judge Wolfson in the District of New Jersey for coordinated pretrial proceedings.
According to a recent medical study, the side effects of Lipitor and other statin drugs may increase the risk of diabetes. The Canadian study published in the British Medical Journal, demonstrated that Lipitor users are 22% more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes.
The study found that Lipitor was associated with the greatest risk of diabetes. Other cholesterol lowering drugs including Crestor, was associated with an 18% increased risk and Zocor, was associated with a 10% increased risk of diabetes.
Lipitor Diabetes Lawsuits
As a Byetta/Januvia/Victoza Thyroid and Pancreatic Cancer attorney and a Texas medical doctor, I am providing this litigation update regarding Incretic Mimetics lawsuits. A 23 year old woman has filed a product liability lawsuit against Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly & Co., claiming that she developed thyroid cancer from side effects of Byetta. Byetta is a newer type of diabetes drug that plaintiffs claim causes pancreatic cancer and thyroid cancer.
The complaint was filed by Elizabeth Childress on May 9, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Childress, alleges that she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2011, after using Byetta for several years.
According to Childress, Amylin and Eli Lilly have known about the link between Byetta and thyroid cancer, yet failed to provide adequate warnings or issue a Byetta recall to withdraw the diabetes drug from the market.
In May, an Illinois man filed a $100 million defective medical product liability Stryker hip lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. According to the plaintiff, he received an ABG II implant during hip replacement surgery. The plaintiff alleges the ABG II system was defective and it caused him to sustain permanent injuries. Plaintiff claims that Howmedica Osteonics, and Stryker Orthopaedics was negligent and failed to warn patients about the risks associated with the hip replacement system.
What is ABG II Hip Replacement System?
The Stryker ABG II system is a metal and metal hip implant composed of interchangeable chrome cobalt neck and titanium stem components. The FDA allowed Stryker Orthopaedics to market and distribute the hip replacement system in 2009.
According to a recent medical study, the side effects of Lipitor and other statin drugs may increase the risk of diabetes. The Canadian study published in the British Medical Journal, demonstrated that Lipitor users are 22% more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes.
The study found that Lipitor was associated with the greatest risk of diabetes. Other cholesterol lowering drugs including Crestor, was associated with an 18% increased risk and Zocor, was associated with a 10% increased risk of diabetes.
Lipitor Diabetes Lawsuits
As an Actos Bladder Cancer attorney and product liability attorney, I am providing this update to the current Actos litigation. According to recent court documents, more than 1,500 Actos bladder cancer federal lawsuits have been filed against Takeda Pharmaceuticals in the Western District of Louisiana.
What is Actos’ Risk?
Actos (pioglitazone) is a type 2 diabetes drug that was introduced by Takeda in 1999, and is now considered by experts to be a blockbuster drug with sales of several billion dollars. In recent years, alarm has been raised about an increased risk of bladder cancer from Actos long-term use of over a year. The FDA required Takeda to update the Actos warning label in August 2011 and warned that patients may be exposed to an increased risk of bladder tumors after the use of the drug.
According to legal experts there are more than 100 Tylenol (acetaminophen) liver damage and liver failure cases pending in state and federal courts across the nation. In April, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation established consolidated proceedings for all federal Tylenol lawsuits. The JPML ordered the transfer of 27 complaints to U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Tylenol Liver Damage Allegations
All of the claims state that users suffered liver damage side effects after Tylenol use, and that Johnson & Johnson (Tylenol manufacturer) failed to provide adequate warning about the risk of liver damage side effects from acetaminophen usage.
The family of an Oregon woman who died after dialysis has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Fresenius Medical Care. The lawsuit alleges that the company’s GranuFlo and NaturaLyte dialysis treatments caused the sudden heart side effects and death.
Colleen Coultas (daughter) filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Coultas claimed that her mother, Shannon Giltner, died in May 2010 due to a cardic arrest after hemodialysis treatment involving the use of Granuflo and NaturaLyte. Granuflo and NaturaLyte were recalled in 2012 after reports of hundreds of similar heart attacks and deaths.
Fresenius Dialysis Centers Under Fire
According to the jury in a recent Washingston state trial, Intuitive Surgical Inc., the manufacturer of the da Vinci Robotic surgical device systems wasn’t negligent in a wrongful death claim. The family of the plaintiff filed a lawsuit alleging that the company was negligent in its training of a doctor who performed the robot-assisted surgery on a patient who died.
Jurors in Port Orchard, Washington, reached their verdict after a five-week trial. The case was the first to go to trial of at least 26 lawsuits against Intuitive alleging injuries from its da Vinci robotic system, which was used in more than 300,000 U.S. operations last year.
Da Vinci Robot Cash Cow
As a Texas IUD Attorney and Medical Doctor, I am providing this update regarding the risk of perforation and injuries associated with the Mirena IUD. The FDA has received more than 47,000 reports of injuries and complications associated with the Mirena intrauterine device (IUD).
Most of the Mirena IUD problems reported to the FDA involved the birth control device being discharged from women, migrating to different locations or causing vaginal bleeding according to the analysis.
Thousands of Mirena Adverse Side Effects
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