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Pennsylvania Drug Injury Lawyer

In an age of countless pharmaceutical breakthroughs, it may come as a surprise that sometimes new "wonder drugs" aren't as wonderful as they're touted to be. With pharmaceutical giants aggressively marketing their products, the health risks associated with the medications are often downplayed or hidden from the public altogether. Consequently, the Food and Drug Administration (www.fda.gov) all too often has to request stricter warning labels for drugs, only to have to pull them from the market months or years later. By this time, however, numerous cases of serious illness and even death have surfaced as a result of a drug injury.

If you or someone in your family has been harmed by a drug injury, seek the counsel and legal aide of a Pennsylvania drug injury lawyer at Jon Ostroff Injury Law. An experienced and dedicated attorney, Jon Ostroff can help you get legal justice for the wrong done to you or your loved one by a medication.

Follow the links below to get information you need to know about some of the more prominent drug recalls and injuries.

Bextra®

On April 7, 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked Pfizer, Inc. to voluntarily withdraw Bextra from the marketplace. Bextra®, a recent addition to the COX-2 class of drugs, was approved by the FDA in 2001 and was prescribed mainly as a pain reliever for sufferers of arthritis and other painful conditions. The FDA states that "the overall risk versus benefit profile of the drug is unfavorable" as Bextra is linked to several cardiovascular risks (heart attack and stroke), as well as serious and possibly life-threatening skin reactions including Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. [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]

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]

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]

 

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