Product Liability Lawyer Blog

Pharmaceutical giant, Baxter Healthcare has issued a drug recall on it's blood thinning drug, Heparin. The drug recall occurred on Friday, January 25, 2008 over safety concerns.

A preliminary drug recall took place on January 17 in the wake of numerous compaint from people over adverse effects, that have been reported to include abdominal pain, spiking blood pressure, nausea, shortness of breath, throat swelling and chest pain.

Baxter acknowledges that some of the adverse effects of the Heparin drug could be fatal, particularly in light of the fact that Heparin is mainly used by patients having or about to have various heart procedures. This in turn could lead to a flurry of wrongful death lawsuits.

You may be interested in reading my other article, Dennis Quaid Sues Drug Maker, Baxter Health Care, Over Defectively Designed Heparin Drug Labels.

If you have been harmed by this or any other drug, please feel free to visit my website, www.samlevine.com for more information or contact my office, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.

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Thousands of patients who have defective Medtronic medical devices with bad lead wires are opting to speak to attorneys before taking the plunge and having surgery. The invasive procedure involves either repairing the defective lead wires or replacing the device all together that is a primary part of the defibrillator.

The troubling scenario that all of these patients are facing is the potential for the lead wires to fracture and cause cardiac arrest and if the patients do decide to have the defective medical device replaced, they could also die from surgical complications. This is a serious predicament and these patients are relying upon lawyers to give them sound advice on how to approach the matter from a legal perspective.

My office handles these types of matters involving the defective Medtronic medical device. I would invite you visit my website, www.samlevine.com or contact my law office, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.

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Following multiple surgeries to fix several hernias, Marion Teague, from Texas, started having stomach pain. The Plaintiff asserts in his product liability lawsuit that the hernia patch was defective because it became infected. The Texas man also claims that the hernia mesh was defectively designed, that the medical product manufacturer was negligent in making such a dangerous product and that there were inadequate warnings. What is of obvious concern with a defective hernia patch is the myriad of medical complications that could and do occur when there is a breach or compromise of the patch material.

The Plaintiff is pushing for in excess of $75,000 in damages and it is not known if her particular patch has anything to do with a current recall.

The Defendants have not yet answered the defective product lawsuit. If you or a loved one has been injured by this defective product, I would invite you to contact my firm, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.

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