Drug Injury Lawyer

Stewart & Stewart Injury Lawyers

There have been a variety of drugs in the news of late with a variety of drug manufacturers in the spotlight. The pharmaceutical industry is hugely competitive. Drug manufacturing giants aggressively market their products, often with their eyes strictly on profits. Specific health risks associated with their “wonder drugs” are frequently downplayed or hidden from the public. All too often, the FDA (www.fda.gov) must request stricter warning labels, only to pull the medication off the market months later. However, by the time they recalled these medicines, many case reports of drug injury and even death have accumulated.

An Indiana drug injury lawyer at Stewart & Stewart Injury Lawyers handles pharmaceutical cases because the public deserves compensation for drug companies' carelessness. Too many medications have made headlines with their frightening side effects, which include: primary pulmonary hypertension, hemorrhagic strokes, kidney damage, kidney failure and more.

Follow the links for information you need to know about some of these medication recalls and drug injuries.

Chantix®

The anti-smoking drug Chantix® has been linked to depression, suicidal thoughts, and violent behavior in some users, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (1). Government scientists are currently investigating the matter after reports of mood disorders and erratic behavior in some users came to their attention earlier this year. [read more]

Digitek®

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class I recall of the drug Digitek after reports of serious adverse reactions and digitalis toxicity in some users. Digitek is used to treat congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter, which are types of fast heartbeats. [read more]

Fosamax®

Fosamax is an oral medication used in the treatment of osteoporosis (bone loss) in post-menopausal women; to increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis; and to treat Paget's Disease (a life-long chronic condition that results in abnormal bone growth). [read more]

Heparin Recall

There has been an urgent nationwide recall of heparin units manufactured by Baxter Healthcare. [read more]

Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

A dye used in MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and MRA (magnetic resonance angiography) scans has been linked to a rare and potentially fatal skin disease in some users. [read more]

Ortho Evra®

Ortho Evra® is the number one prescribed birth control brand in the United States. It turns out, however, that women using the Ortho Evra patch are at an increased risk for fatal blood clots compared to women taking birth control pills. [read more]

Paxil®

On September 27, 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and GlaxoSmithKline notified healthcare professionals of changes to the Pregnancy/PRECAUTIONS section of the Prescribing Information for Paxil® to describe the results of a study of major congenital malformations, which are physical body or organ malformations existing at birth. [read more]

Seroquel®

Seroquel (quetiapine) is pharmaceutical drug in the class of atypical antipsychotics approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1997. Antipsychotic drugs are used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia which include hearing voices, seeing things, sensing things that are not there, mistaken beliefs, and paranoia (1). Seroquel is also used in the treatment of mania associated with bipolar disorder. [read more]

For the most current information about drug safety and regulation, please visit the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.