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DANGEROUS DRUGS AND MEDICAL DEVICES:

The lawyers at Stein, Mitchell & Mezines have unsurpassed experience and results in representing clients seriously injured or killed by dangerous drugs and medical devices. Current cases include:

Vioxx, a prescription COX-2 inhibitor used to relieve symptoms of arthritis and other acute pain and has been shown to increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Prempro and other hormone replacement therapy. These drugs cause cause pulmonary embolism, strokes, deep vein thrombosis, and other thromboembolic problems in some women, particularly around the time of surgery or prolonged immobilization.
Ephedra. This "nutritional supplement" is in reality a dangerous drug that can cause fatal heart attack and stroke.
Advil causing kidney failure. A little known side effect to the public, but well known to physicians who specialize in kidney disease, is that Advil (ibuprofen) and other drugs like it can destroy kidney function when taken over a period of time.
Reglan causing tardive dyskinesia. This drug is used to help the stomach empty in diabetics. It can cause the devastating movement disorder known as tardive dyskinesia when taken too long or in too high a dose.
Accutane causing suicide. This potent drug used to treat acne has many side effects, including sudden depression and suicide in teenagers who take it.

Other cases we have handled include Tylenol (acetaminophen) causing liver failure. The best known was Benedi v. McNeil PPC, reported at 66 F.3d 1378 (4th Cir. 1995). Antonio Benedi lost his liver and required an emergency transplant after taking ordinary doses of Tylenol for several days. He regularly drank wine before this. The suit was brought against McNeil, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, alleging that the company had known since the 1970s that Tylenol (acetaminophen) taken by regular drinkers can poison the liver. The jury awarded $7,855,000 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages. The award was affirmed on appeal in the first reported decision in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit approved punitive damages in a product liability case.

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Adverse reaction reports from the FDA

Medwatch:
The FDA's Medwatch department collects safety information and adverse event reports on drugs, dietary supplements and medical devices. Their safety information page contains links to safety alerts and recent label changes for potentially dangerous drugs. At the bottom of the page, three databases allow users to s earch for adverse event reports for vaccines, dietary and nutritional supplements, and medical devices.

Medication Errors:
The FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research maintains a website on "medication error", a health care professional's inappropriate or erroneous prescription of a medication that causes harm to the patient. It includes a list of drug products often associated with medication errors.

Other useful information from the FDA on drug safety