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September 2014

I am reaching out to our valued clients and friends with an update on dangerous pharmaceuticals and medical devices being prescribed to patients daily. Many of these drugs and devices have been found to cause serious physical and/or emotional damage, if not death.  My firm has been successfully fighting for these victims for almost 4 decades.  If you know of anyone harmed by these or other drugs or medical devices, please send them our way for a free consultation.    

 

RISPERDAL

 

Risperdal�, an "atypical antipsychotic" medication indicated for the treatment of autism, bipolar disease and schizophrenia, has been pushed by its manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, for a variety of unapproved uses. Sadly, that marketing effort has included targeting children for the treatment of mood and sleep disorders as well as attention deficit disorder. As a result of their off-label promotion, Johnson & Johnson has been forced to pay $2.2 billion in fines to state and federal agencies.  

 
 

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TESTOSTERONE TREATMENTS 

 
A study released in January 2014 found that the use of testosterone supplements doubles the risk of heart
attack and ischemic stroke in men over 65 and men under 65 with a history of heart disease. This study is just the latest in a series of studies finding an association between the use of testosterone supplement and serious cardiovascular injuries including heart attack, stroke, and death.
 

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IVC FILTER 

 

An IVC Filter is frequently provided to patients at risk of developing blood clots who are not able to take anticoagulation therapy. IVC filters are small, cage-like devices inserted into the main vessel returning blood from the lower half of the body to the heart. The device is designed to capture blood clots and prevent them from reaching the lungs.

 

Unfortunately, some of these filters are defective, causing serious injuries and even death. 

 

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INFUSE BONE GRAFT 

 

In 2002, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of INFUSE� Bone Graft (also known as rhBMP or rhBMP-2) for use in single level lumbar spine fusion. INFUSE� Bone Graft (rhBMP-2) is a bioengineered liquid bone protein that promotes bone growth. Historically, bone grafts have come from bone harvested from the patient's hip, a cadaver, or the like.

 

After approval, the INFUSE� manufacturer, Medtronic, Inc., launched an extremely aggressive marketing campaign, pushing surgeons to use its product for all sorts of unapproved surgeries. 

 

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ACTOS 

 

Actos�, also called pioglitazone, was marketed to treat those suffering from symptoms of type 2 diabetes. Unfortunately, Actos� has been linked to an increased risk of bladder cancer, with increasing risk at higher doses, and longer duration of use. Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Actos�, has benefited from flashy marketing and claims that it is safer than other diabetes treatments to the tune of $5 billion in U.S. sales in 2010.

 

The FDA informed the public in June 2011 of the increased bladder cancer risk. The warning came after the FDA reviewed data from the published five-year results of an ongoing series of epidemiological studies. The FDA then approved labeling changes for Actos� and other drugs containing pioglitazone warning about the risk of bladder cancer, and its common symptom of blood in the urine (hematuria) for the first time.

 

 

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PRADAXA 

 

Manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim pushed Pradaxa� as an alternative to the blood thinner Coumadin� (Warfarin) but failed to adequately warn about the risk of potentially deadly bleeding associated with its use. The possibility of serious bleeding events with no known antidote, such as the use of Vitamin K in Coumadin� patients, was not made known to patients or their physicians. The uncontrollable bleeding associated with the use of Pradaxa� can occur in the brain, intestines or internal organs and can lead to lengthy hospital stays or even death. 

 

 

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VOLUVEN 

 

When a patient is admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) following an injury that includes severe blood loss, doctors often use an intravenous solution to increase blood volume and reduce the chance that the patient will go into shock. Doctors have a choice of multiple solutions for this purpose.

 

One of those solutions, known as HES, has been found to pose such a great risk of death or severe kidney injury that the FDA has put out a warning that Hydroxyethyl starch (HES/HAES) should no longer be used for this purpose, at least not with critically ill adult patients, including patients with sepsis and those admitted to the ICU.

 

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ANTIDEPRESSANTS 

 

Selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SSRI & SNRI) drugs such as Zoloft�, Effexor� Prozac�, Paxil�, Topamax� and Celexa�/Lexapro� are the most widely prescribed drugs for depression; millions of women take them during pregnancy. However, recent studies show that these drugs are linked to a potentially increased risk of serious birth defects in children, ranging from skull defects to cleft lip/palate to life threatening heart defects.

 

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DaVINCI ROBOTIC SURGERY 

 

Intuitive Surgical, the embattled manufacturer of the da Vinci� robotic surgical system, warned customers on May 8, 2013, that certain versions of its cautery scissors may develop microcracks that could leak electrical energy and inadvertently burn tissue. The instrument in question, EndoWrist� Hot Shears� Monopolar Curved Scissors, is used to cut and coagulate tissue in a wide variety of procedures, including hysterectomy, prostatectomy, abdominal sacral colpopexy (bladder prolapse surgery) and gastric bypass. The scissors and other EndoWrist� instruments are made exclusively for use with the da Vinci� Surgical System, consisting of a console from which a surgeon manipulates instruments attached to robotic arms while viewing the procedure in 3 dimensions. Some 2000 systems are installed at US hospitals.

 

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Eye Drop Treatments - Consumer Alert!

 

Certain manufacturers of glaucoma eye drop treatments have designed their droppers to deliver more medicine than the eye can absorb. The resulting waste (more than 50%) of these expensive treatments could be costing our clients thousands of dollars per year.

 

If you or a loved one have used eye drop glaucoma medications such as Alphagan�, Alphagan�, Azopt�, Betagan�, Betoptic�, Betoptic�, Combigan�, Cosopt�, Dorzolamide, Istalol�, Lumigan�, Timolol, Timolol GFS, Travatan�, Travatan�, Trusopt� or Xalatan�, please call us right away for more information.

 

 

 

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My firm and I work tirelessly on behalf of personal injury victims.  Visit our website to learn about how we can help you or a loved one in a time of need.  

Kindly,

Gregory J. Owen, ESQ
Owen, Patterson & Owen 
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