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04/30/2013 - In the first Actos bladder cancer lawsuit case to be tried, the jury awarded plaintiff, Jack Cooper, $6.5 million in damages against Actos manufacturer, Takeda Pharmaceutical of Japan. Plaintiff claimed that Takeda failed to warn consumers that its Actos diabetes drug could cause bladder cancer and the jury agreed.
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04/17/2013 - In the first Actos bladder cancer trial, Plaintiff requested over $5 million in damages, claiming Takeda hid the risk of bladder cancer with their diabetes medication Actos in order to protect billions in company profits.
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04/17/2013 - The U.S. has become a nation of energy boosting addicts, which has translated into a $12.5 billion a year business. However, several fat-burning and workout -booster products sold in the U.S. by popular retailers like GNC and Vitamin Shoppe may now be illegal according to the Food and Drug Administration. (FDA).
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04/16/2013 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning of the dangers of DMAA and is working to ensure that any dietary supplements containing the stimulant, dimethylamylamine (DMAA) will no longer be distributed or sold in the U.S. marketplace.
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04/15/2013 - The judge in the second Fosamax femur fracture trial made several important rulings, which could have important implications in the outcome of the trial. According to a Law 360 article published on April 11, 2013, Judge Joel Pisano rejected Merck’s attempt to block the testimony of eight doctors for the Plaintiff and rejected Merck’s argument that four of Plaintiff’s expert witness were not qualified to testify about the femur fractures being related to Fosamax.
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04/11/2013 - The second trial alleging that osteoporosis drug Fosamax caused a femur fracture/broken leg (thigh bone) began this week before U.S. District Judge Joel Pisano in Trenton, New Jersey. It is the second case against Merck, the manufacturer of Fosamax, in as many months after the first case ended in a mistrial due the illness of the Plaintiff during the middle of trial.
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03/22/2013 - More than two years after the DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement system was pulled from the market, the rates of revision and removal surgery continues to rise, notes Dr. Chris Dangles of the Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign, IL.
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03/15/2013 - Actos manufacturer, Takeda is fully embroiled in the first of over 3,000 Actos lawsuits to go to trial claiming the diabetes drug causes bladder cancer. This first case filed by Jack Cooper is currently underway in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles and maintains that Takeda failed to properly warn him concerning Actos’ bladder cancer risks.
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03/15/2013 - The nation’s first trial involving claims that Fosamax caused femur fractures began this week in New Jersey Superior Court, Atlantic County. According to the Plaintiff, Christina Su, Merck& Co. ignored signs that long-term use of drugs known as bisphosphonates, like Fosamax, caused femur bones to deteriorate.
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03/13/2013 - The U. S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public safety warning that use of azithromycin (Zithromax or Zmax) can lead to a potentially fatal irregular heart rhythm. The medication may cause abnormal changes in the electrical activity of the heart, which can cause the irregular heart rhythm.
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03/11/2013 - A Los Angeles jury ordered healthcare giant, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay more than $8 million in damages to a retired Montana prison guard who was injured by the company’s defective DePuy artificial hip. The is the second multimillion dollar verdict against J&J in a week as last week New Jersey jurors returned an $11.1 million verdict in favor of Linda Gross for damages caused by a transvaginal mesh.
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03/11/2013 - Transvaginal mesh plaintiff, Linda Gross was awarded punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary, Ethicon for their conduct in failing to warn of the dangers associated with their transvaginal mesh product, the Prolift. Attorneys for Linda Gross requested punitive damages after the jury had previously awarded Gross and her husband $3.35 million in compensatory damages.
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03/11/2013 - A New Jersey jury awarded Ms. Linda Gross and her husband $3.35 million dollars for damages caused by the Prolift, a transvaginal mesh device used to treat Pelvic Organ Prolapse in women. The Prolift, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon, was one of the first transvaginal mesh products aggressively promoted to women as an “innovative” device in women’s’ health care. Jurors in Atlantic City found that Linda Gross was entitled the award based upon her injuries, which resulted in 18 surgeries.
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03/07/2013 - Bayer AG, the manufacturer of Yaz birth control products has reserved over $1.5 billion to cover litigation and settlement costs resulting from its Yaz and Yasmin oral contraceptives. Bayer has previously reached agreements to pay $1 billion to settle the claims of over 4,800 women in the United States who were injured by the pills. The contraceptives caused blood clots, which resulted in heart attacks, strokes, pulmonary embolism and death.
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03/06/2012 - Xarelto manufacturers Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Bayer AG have twice failed to win FDA approval to expand the use of blood thinner, Xarelto to prevent heart attack and strokes in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
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02/25/2013 - After five days of deliberation, a New Jersey jury awarded Ms. Linda Gross and her husband $3.35 million dollars for damages caused by the Prolift, a transvaginal mesh device used to treat Pelvic Organ Prolapse in women.
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02/24/2013 - Jurors continue to hear testimony in the lawsuit of Loren Kransky, who claims injury from a DePuy ASR all metal hip manufactured by Johnson & Johnson (J&J). Kransky and thousands of others claim the ASR hip was defectively designed and the company failed to warn of known risks. These risks include loosening of the implant which may fracture the surrounding bone, chronic pain/swelling/inflammation, necrosis of the tissue surrounding the implant and release of metal particles.
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02/19/2013 - The first trial of many lawsuits alleging that diabetes medication Actos causes bladder cancer is scheduled to begin today in Los Angeles. The case Cooper v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., CGC-12-518535 contends that Actos manufacturer, Takeda, failed to warn consumers that Actos could cause bladder cancer. Plaintiff, Jack Cooper, who is gravely ill, took Actos for more than two years and was diagnosed with bladder cancer in November 2011.
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02/13/2013 - Over 10,000 women have filed claims based on injuries received from Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella birth control pills, making it one of the largest mass torts in recent history. Many of these cases are consolidated in the Federal MDL pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois before Judge David Herndon. Bayer aggressively marketed the popular birth control pills and they became America’s top-selling birth control pills. However, its unique formula also made the Yaz pills one of the most dangerous.
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02/12/2013 - In the first vaginal mesh trial against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon unit, maker of the Gynecare Prolift vaginal mesh, testimony has revealed that Ethicon ignored warnings, from both internal and outside sources about potential dangers of the mesh.
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02/07/2013 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Safety Communication on January 17, 2013 to the medical community and patients who are considering or have received a metal-on-metal hip implant, warning of the unique risks of all-metal implants. According to the FDA, metal-on-metal implants are devices to be used as a last resort when a safer alternative does not exist.
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02/07/2013 - Over the past few months, many women may have seen television and Internet ads regarding the Mirena IUD and its complications. This article is to provide users of the Mirena IUD information regarding why you may be entitled to compensation for injuries caused by this dangerous device.
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02/06/2013 - Merck & Co., the manufacturers of the popular osteoporosis drug Fosamax, suffered a defeat during the last bellwether trial in multi district litigation alleging that Fosamax causes jaw bone deterioration. The New York federal jury determined that the pharmaceutical giant failed to warn of the risks associated with Fosamax and ordered Merck to pay the Plaintiff, Rhoda Scheinberg, $285,000 in damages for her failure-to-warn claim.
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02/06/2013 - Despite previous assertions by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) that it withdrew its DePuy ASR hip implants from the market due to financial performance, one of its designers testified before a Los Angeles jury that the devices were actually pulled due to safety concerns. Graham Isaac, an engineer who led the company’s hip-development program, testified that DePuy executives recalled 93,000 of the hip devices in the U.S. due to a “higher than expected” failure rate.
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02/01/2013 - Plaintiffs who lost loved ones due to GranuFlo side effects have filed GranuFlo dialysis lawsuits against Fresenius Medical Care, the manufacturer of GranuFlo and NaturaLyte dialysis products. There are over 35 GranuFlo lawsuits pending in multiple state and U.S. District Courts, however this number is expected to increase.
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01/29/2013 - The nation’s first trial in a DePuy ASR hip implant lawsuit revealed startling evidence against J&J, the manufacturer of the DePuy ASR hip implant. Internal documents disclosed in trial revealed that J&J knew several years before the device was recalled that the ASR’s defective design caused it to shed large quantities of metal debris.s as well as cause systemic damage to the central nervous system, thyroid and heart.
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01/24/2013 - According to newly unsealed court records, an internal analysis conducted by J&J shortly after it recalled its troubled DePuy ASR hip implant, estimated that 37 percent of the devices would fail with the first five years. DePuy recalled the ASR all-metal hip system in 2010 after it failed at a much higher-than-anticipated rate. The failures cause joint dislocation, pain, swelling and metallosis, which can damage surrounding tissue and bones as well as cause systemic damage to the central nervous system, thyroid and heart.
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01/21/2013 - Many medical devices such as the metal-on-metal (MOM) hip implants are approved by the FDA by methods that fail to even consider the safety and/or effectiveness of the product. This pathway, called the 510 (K) process simply evaluates whether the product is “substantially equivalent to previously cleared devices. These previously cleared devices may never have been tested and assessed for safety or effectiveness and some may no longer even be in use because of poor clinical performance.
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01/21/2013 - Many plaintiffs involved in federal litigation against Bayer for their defective Mirena Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) are seeking to consolidate their Mirena lawsuits before one federal judge in what is known as multidistrict litigation. On January 16, Plaintiffs filed a petition filed with the U.S. Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) requesting that all pending and future Mirena lawsuits be transferred to U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio for pretrial proceedings.
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01/15/2013 - Bayer, the manufacturer of the controversial intrauterine device (IUD), Mirena, announced that it has received FDA approval for a new IUD called Skyla. The Skyla contains 13.5 mg of levonorgestrel to prevent pregnancy for up to 3 years as compared to the Mirena, which contains 52mg of levonorgestrel and prevents pregnancy for up to 5 years. The device is made of T shaped plastic, measuring 1.10” x 1.18” and is inserted by a physician with a placement tube. Bayer noted that the Skyla is the first IUD to be approved by the FDA in more that 10 years.
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01/15/2013 - The first transvaginal mesh multi-district litigation (MDL) case is set for trial on February 5, 2013 and names American Medical Systems as defendant. The case is to be tried before the U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin who is overseeing five transvaginal mesh MDLs. Meanwhile, the first trial of 1,800 state transvaginal mesh lawsuits began with jury selection on January 10, 2013 in the Superior Court of Atlantic County, NJ. This case, against Johnson & Johnson involves the discontinued Gynecare Prolift.
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01/10/2013 - Depuy ASR Hip Recall lawsuits are moving forward in the federal multi district litigation now underway in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. The next Status Conference in the federal DePuy ASR hip recall litigation is scheduled for today at 11:00 a.m. Depuy Orthopaedics is facing more that 6,000 claims involving its ASR hip replacement devices.
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12/04/2012 - Ford Motor Company will recall about 16,000 Fusion sedans and 73,320 Escape compact sport-utility vehicles due to reported overheating problems that could cause engine fires. All of the recalls involve 2013 models with “SE” and “SEL” packages equipped with a 1.6 liter, four-cylinder engine said the automaker and does not affect Fusion or Escape models with other engines.
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12/03/2012 - On November 28, 2012, federal Massachusetts judge, F. Dennis Saylor, denied a defense motion to stay thirteen meningitis lawsuits that allege New England Compounding Pharmacy Inc. (NECC) distributed contaminated steroid injections that caused a recent fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States.
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11/29/2012 - The next time your physician prescribes you a new medication, it may be a good idea to research what types of studies have been performed on that medication and exactly who funded the studies.
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11/28/2012 - Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical’s anticoagulant drug, Pradaxa, does not carry an increased risk of fatal bleeds when compared with other anticoagulants such as Coumadin, however the increased fatal risk presents itself once a Pradaxa patient suffers a bleed because there is currently no reversal agent to stop the bleed.
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11/28/2012 - Type II diabetes medication, Actos, carries an increased risk of developing bladder cancer. Takeda Pharmaceutical, the manufacturer of Actos, performed preclinical Actos studies, which revealed a higher incidence of bladder cancer in rats treated with Actos when compared with rats treated with a placebo. Unfortunately, however Takeda willfully concealed this information and allowed humans to become the next set of “guinea pigs” as Actos received FDA approval in 1999.
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11/28/2012 - For years, Fosamax has been the golden goose for Merck consistently laying over $3.5 billion in sales per year. However, Merck’s goose may be cooked due to multiple studies linking spontaneous femur fractures and osteonecrosis of the jaw in long-term use of the drug. Litigation arising out of these injuries and the availability of a generic form is driving the nail further into the coffin. Ongoing research continues to reinforce the links between Fosamax and bone damage.
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| Accutane and it's generic versions (Amnesteem, Claravis, Isotretinoin, Roaccutane and Sotret) have been known to cause severe side effects such as liver failure, kidney failure, inflammatory bowel disease and ulcerative colitis. |
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| Avandia side effects may include: congestive heart failure (CHF), heart attack and stroke. If you or a love done have been injured as a result of Avandia side effects you may be entitled to compensation. |
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| DePuy Pinnacle Ultamet Hip Implants are similar to the DePuy ASR because both are metal-on-metal implants. There have been a large number of complaints about the DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant including: hip pain, loosening, metal fragments and a need for additional revision surgery. |
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| DePuy ASR Hip Implants have been withdrawn from the U.S. market due to numerous reports of high failure rates in some patients which may lead to other injuries, excessive pain and the need for additional replacement surgery. |
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Smith & Nephew R3 Acetabular Hip Implant Liners have been recalled due to poor performance and reports of complications . |
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The Stryker Rejuvenate Modular Hip Implant, ABG II Modular Neck Stem Hip Implant & Stryker Accolade Hip Implant have been recalled due to fretting and corrosion at the modular neck junction which may cause early failure, metallosis, and need for revision surgery. |
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Biomet M2A Magnum Metal on Metal Hip Implant Lawsuit: The Biomet Magnum Hip Implant has had reports of high failure rates causing the need for revision surgery as well as other complications such as metallosis. |
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Stryker EIUS Unicompartmental Knee Implant System Recall Lawsuit: The Stryker EIUS Knee implant has been recalled due to a high failure rate and the need for revision surgery. |
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| The FDA has recently warned about Transvaginal Mesh Implant complications and side effects. If you have been injured you may be entitled to compensation. |
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| Fosamax is a Bisphosphonate which is used in the treatment of Osteoporosis. Cases of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw and Low Energy Femur Fractures have been reported with Fosamax use. |
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Wright Medical Conserve Plus & Profemur Hip Implants have had numerous reports of high failure rates in some patients. This may lead to other injuries, excessive pain and the need for revision surgery. |
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Methylprednisolone Acetate Meningitis Recall Lawsuit:
Tainted vials of methylprednisolone acetate have been recalled due to several reports of meningitis and deaths following injections of the contaminated steroid |
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Bard IVC Filters - Bard G2 IVC Filter Recall Lawsuit::
Bard IVC Filters have been recalled due to reports of failure and/or breakage causing serious injury or death.
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| Woman who get pregnant while using the popular SSRI drug Paxil may experience Paxil Birth Defects particularly heart related birth defects as a result of Paxil use during pregnancy. |
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| Plavix side effects may include heart attack, stroke, cardiovascular disease and even death. Plavix has also been indicated to increase the risk of developing Intra cranial bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding, lycophytic colitis and ulcerative colitis.. |
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Dometic / Norcold RV Refrigerator Fire Recall:
Norcold and Dometic have recalled several models of RV refrigerators due to risk of fire that can result in serious injury or death to consumers. |
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| Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella are a type of birth control that have been linked to serious side effects such as heart attack, blood clots, stroke, and death in addition to other Yaz side effects. |
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| Sales of defective Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Replacements have been suspended due to complaints of failure and crippling pain. Revision surgery may be needed in some patients to correct the problem. |
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| Zimmer NexGen Knee Implants may fail early due to a design flaw which may cause it to loosen, cause pain and may require revision surgery. |
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| Zoloft birth defects may include: congenital heart defects, persistent pulmonary hypertension, abdominal defects and cranial defects. |
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| Prozac birth defects have been reported when Prozac has been used during pregnancy. |
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| Effexor Birth Defects have been reported when Effexor is used before conception or during the first trimester of pregnancy. |
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| Transvaginal Mesh Implant Lawsuit. The Bard Avaulta Plus Biosynthetic Support System has been recalled due to side effects resulting from the implant. |
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| The Gynecare Prolift Pelvic Floor System, like many other popular brands of vaginal mesh, has recently been linked to several complications. |
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| Ford Motor Company has recalled millions of Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles due to a faulty cruise control switch that may cause the vehicles to burst into flames. Click here for more information about the Ford Fire Recalls. |
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| Jeep Rear End Collision - Plastic Gas Tank Fire Lawsuit:: Jeep Cherokee, Grand Cherokee, and Liberty SUV fire lawsuit. |
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| Car accident lawsuit - vehicle submersion injury lawsuit. You may be entitled to legal compensation if you were involved in a vehicle submersion accident. |
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Propecia Sexual Dysfunction Lawsuit. Propecia (Finasteride) have been linked to erectile dysfunction that may be permanent. |
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| CooperVision’s AVAIRA Toric Soft Contact Lenses Recall issued due to an unintended presence of silicone oil residue, which can cause hazy or blurry vision, discomfort to the eye and injuries requiring medical treatment. |
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| The Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft has been linked to serious and potentially life threatening complications when used in surgeries of the cervical spine, around the neck. |
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| Covidien Duet TRS Recall. There have been reports of 3 deaths and 13 serious injuries associated with the use of the Duet TRS Tissue Reinforcing Staple Guns in the thoracic cavity (chest cavity). |
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Pradaxa Side Effects Lawsuit:: Pradaxa side effects may range from problems with ulcers to internal bleeding and even death. |
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| Mirena Side Effects Lawsuit. Mirena side effects may cause Ectopic Pregnancy, Uterine and Cervical perforation or the Mirena IUD could become imbedded in the uterus. |
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DMAA side effects lawsuit. Products containing Dimethylamylamine or DMAA may cause serious side effects including heart attack, stroke, liver damage, kidney damage or sudden cardiac death. |
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Tekturna Side Effects Lawsuit::
Tekturna (Aliskiren) , also marketed as Rasilez, has been linked to serious side effects such as kidney problems, stroke, and heart failure among other serious side effects.
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Zithromax Side Effects Lawsuit:
Azithromycin, aka Zithromax, Zmax and Z-Pak has been linked to serious side effects such as liver damage, cardiovascular events like abnormal heart rhythm and sudden death. |
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Fresenius Medical GranuFlo & NaturaLyte Dialysis Injury Lawsuit: GranuFlo & NaturaLyte Dialysate Concentrates may raise bicarbonate levels in patients and cause sudden heart attack or other serious cardiac events or death. |
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Revatio Side Effects Lawsuit. Revatio use in children with pulmonary hypertension may cause serious and life threatening side effects such as heart failure or death. |
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Brilliant Blue G Recall - Lawsuit: Lots of Brilliant Blue G have been recalled due to suspected fungal contamination. The FDA has reported several cases of Brilliant Blue G induced eye injury such as fungal endophthalmitis. |
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Xarelto side effects may be serious and life threatening. Xarelto bleeding has occurred in some patients and has been fatal in some cases. |
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Takeda & Affymax have issued a voluntary OMONTYS recall due to serious OMONTYS side effects including OMONTYS death from anaphylaxis. |
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Due to the potential for severe DePuy LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve side effects the FDA has announced a class I LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve recall. The device has the potential to fracture under normal load. |
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Lipitor side effects lawsuit - Lipitor side effects may include diabetes, kidney failure, liver failure, memory loss & rhabdomyolysis. |
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If you or a loved one have experienced medication side effects or an injury from a defective medical device or product, you may be entitled to compensation. Call the lawyers of Ennis & Ennis, P.A. or fill out the form on this page for a free legal consultation.
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