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A defective drug lawsuit has been filed in Federal Court in Illinois against Heparin maker Baxter Healthcare in the wake of a near fatal adverse reaction experienced by the user. The defective drug lawsuit seeks compensatory damages for pain and suffering as well as punitive damages as the Plaintiff asserts that Baxter knew that the Heparin was contaminated.

In March of this year, the FDA announced that the active ingredient in Heparin was contaminated at some of its manufacturing plants in China. A month prior, in February, Baxter came out and said that they voluntarily recalled its defective drug Heparin sodium injection.

If you or a loved one has been injured or died as a result of this or any other defective drug, I would invite you to visit my website, www.samlevine.com or contact my office, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.

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The FDA just warned consumers and the health care community that Heparin, made by Baxter Health Care, should not be used. Heparin has been linked to numerous illnesses and the deaths of at least a handful of people.

Before FDA issued this warning, Baxter asserted that it would stop making the defective medicine after it was reported that people were experiencing allergic reactions, which occurred within minutes after ingestion and included rapid heartbeat, nausea and swelling.

If you or a loved one has been adversely affected by this or any other defective or recalled medicine, I would invite you to visit my website, www.samlevine.com or contact my office, Sam Levine, Attorney at Law.

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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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