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California Drug Injury

Northern California Injury Lawyers

There have been a variety of drug injuries 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 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (www.fda.gov) must request stricter warning labels, only to pull the medication off the market months later. However, by the time of these drug recalls, many case reports of drug injury and even death have accumulated.

A California drug injuries lawyer at Berg 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 drug recalls and drug injuries.

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® (alendronate), a medication that has been on the market for almost 10 years, has been linked to osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). Otherwise known as "dead jaw," osteonecrosis is a severe condition in which the jaw dies and is unable to regenerate, eventually leading to extreme pain and exposed bone in the mouth. [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 a birth control patch that is applied to the arm, torso, abdomen, or buttock once a week and offers the same effectiveness as birth control pills with even greater simplicity. It turns out, however, that women using Ortho Evra are at an increased risk for fatal blood clots compared to women taking birth control pills. [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]

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a condition described by resulting severe skin reactions that include rashes and blisters that can progress to third degree burn-like intensity. SJS may result from many causes, though adverse drug reactions are often reported in conjunction with the condition. [read more]

For the most current information about drug safety and regulation, please visit the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (www.fda.gov/cder).

 

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