These days countless pharmaceuticals are being advertised directly to the public. "Ask your doctor about..."
This aggressive marketing is helping to bring enormous profits to the drug companies. Doctors used to be responsible for recommending drugs for their patients' ailments, but now consumers are part of the process, along with the FDA, and marketers of the drugs.
Patients are the last people you can expect to know about medication. Yet, they are not always getting adequate warnings, and defective drugs are being marketed to them that enrich the drug companies and endanger those taking them. Extensive pharmaceutical litigation has resulted.
Yaz is a birth control pill that was advertised to have other benefits as well. Yet thousands of women have suffered serious side effects and even death as a result of taking the drug. Side effects include:
- Heart attacks
- Pulmonary embolism
- Gallbladder damage
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Kidney stones
- Death
Avandia is a diabetes drug. This manufacturer has also been accused of downplaying the dangers and extolling the benefits. Serious dangers such as heart attack and heart failure increase significantly, and many deaths have resulted. Contact us about pharmaceutical litigation related to Avandia.
Paxil is an anti-depressant, a selective serotonin reutake inhibitor. It is suspected of causing birth defects when a pregnant woman takes the drug. Infants suffer heart problems. The drug has also been linked to increased suicidal tendencies in those who take the drug.
Reglan is for the treatment of digestion problems. However, a serious illness called Tardive Dyskinesia often results, including involuntary muscle movements that remain long after Reglan is no longer taken.
Philadelphia, PA Defective Drug Lawyers
If you or someone you love has taken any pharmaceutical that has resulted in severe illness or even death, contact the Philadelphia personal injury attorneys at Gay, Chacker & Mittin, PC. The firm has a long record of successful results in personal injury and pharmaceutical litigation. Our attorneys and staff come to work each day ready to serve the needs of our clients. Our focus on the individual needs of each client has made our law firm a highly recommended legal resource for accident victims throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
