Las Vegas Drug Injury Lawyer
Representing the Injured in Nevada
In today's world, it seems as though there are pharmaceutical drugs for just about every condition, disease, or sickness. While some drugs help heal the sick and make their lives more manageable, other drugs cause severe and life-changing harm to people taking them.
As pharmaceutical giants aggressively market 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 pull them from the market months later. By this time, however, numerous cases of serious illness and even death have surfaced as a result of a drug.
If you or someone you care about has taken a drug and suffered a drug injury as the result of it, our experienced and dedicated Las Vegas drug injury lawyers can help you get justice for the wrong done to you or your loved one by a medication.
Follow the links below to learn more about some of the current drug recalls and injuries.
digitek ®
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class I recall of the drug Digitek after reports of serious adverse reactions and digitalis toxicity in some users. Digitek is used to treat congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter, which are types of fast heartbeats. [read more]
heparin recall
There has been an urgent nationwide recall of heparin units manufactured by Baxter Healthcare. [read more]
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
MRI dye linked to fatal skin disease a dye used in mri (magnetic resonance imaging) and mra (magnetic resonance angiography) scans has been linked to arareandpotentially fatal skin diseasein some users. [read more]
Trasylol ®
Trasylol, a drug frequently used during heart surgery to control bleeding, has been found to double the risk of kidney failure (1) in patients. An estimated 10,000 people are forced to undergo dialysis each year after receiving the drug, which was approved by the FDA in 1993 (2). Trasylol, generically known as aprotinin, is manufactured by Bayer AG and had projected sales estimates above $600 million in 2006. [read more]
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If you or a loved one has suffered a Nevada drug injury, let the drug injury lawyers at Richard Harris Law Firm help protect your rights and get you the compensation you truly deserve. We offer a free initial consultation so you can discuss your claim with us and get your questions answered. Simply complete a free consultation request form online or call 444-4444.
Richard Harris Law Firm handles the following types of Nevada personal injury cases: auto accident, aviation accident, boat accident, bus accident, defective products, dog bite, medical malpractice, motorcycle accident, slip & fall, Social Security, truck accident, and wrongful death.
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Telephone: 702-444-4444
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