Mr. Braddock is one of the most dynamic
attorneys in the legal services industry.
He is an experienced advocate who
zealously represents his clients best
interests throughout the complicated and
difficult processes of negotiating, settling, and litigating cases against major pharmaceutical manufacturers. At present, Braddock Law Firm is engaged in litigation involving the following drugs and their manufacturers: Fen Phen, Redux, Meridia, Pondomin, Lotronex, Duract, Stadol, Baycol, Prempro, and Rezulin.

Drug manufacturers, pharmacists, and doctors have a responsibility to ensure that the drugs they prescribe for patients do not cause harm. Some drugs have dangerous side effects or have the potential to cause long-term damage. These drugs are often the subjects of later recalls. While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a regulatory role in determining drug safety, the manufacturer is ultimately liable. In some cases, a drug that is normally safe may be an inappropriate choice -- perhaps because of a patient allergy, condition, or due to a possible reaction with another drug the patient is taking. When a doctor or pharmacist gives an incorrect prescription or prescribes an inappropriate drug, serious harm may befall the patient. In such cases, the doctor or pharmacist may be legally liable for the patient's injuries. To learn more about pharmaceutical law, please contact us today.

Accutane

• Most potent acne drug on the market today.
• Patients must agree with their doctors on a pre-prescription pregnancy prevention plan, due to its link to serious birth defects such as deformity, mental retardation, and even fetal death.
• Depression, suicide, and psychosis have been reported, prompting the FDA to revise the warning label.
• Patients must sigh a consent form acknowledging their knowledge of Accutane's risks before beginning treatment.
• Also causes dry skin, sun sensitivity, and nausea.
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Duract

• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic indicated for the short-term management of acute pain.
• Reports of severe hepatic (liver) failure resulting in four deaths and eight liver transplants.
• Believed to be safe and effective when used for 10 days or less; rare but serious events have been associated with Duract when used for longer periods.
• Marketed from July 1997 to June 1998.
• Made by Wyeth-Ayerst Labs, a division of American Home Products.
• Causes high liver enzyme levels.
• Causes a rare form of severe hepatitis.
• 2.5 million prescriptions dispensed.
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Ephedra

• An herbal supplement that has been included in many diet pills.
• While herbs are not under the jurisdiction of the FDA, the organization has issued warnings about its safety.
• Has been linked to a number of serious health problems, including heart attack, stroke, hepatitis, and seizures.
• Often presented under alternate names such as ephedrine, ma huang, epitonin, and pseudoephedrine.
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Redux/Pondimon = Fen Phen

• Commonly known as Fen-Phen was approved in 1996.
• Diet drugs.
• Side effects -- evidence indicates people suffer from heart or pulmonary conditions; heart valve regurgitation, lung disease, primary pulmonary hypertension.
• Removed from the market after heart-valve damage was detected in patients on the diet drugs.
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Lotronex

• Prescribed for irritable bowel syndrome.
• Pulled from market after reports of several deaths, removal of a patient’s colon and bowel surgery.
• Side effects -- causes “ischemic colitis,” which is intestinal damage secondary to a reduction of blood flow to the intestines.
• Manufacturer – Glaxo Wellcome.
• Used for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome in women.
• Removed from the market in November 2000.
• Causes severe obstruction or rupturing of the bowels (a complication of severe constipation).
• Has caused deaths.
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Rezulin

• Prescribed to patients with type 2 or adult onset diabetes who had not responded to other therapies.
• Generic name: troglitazone.
• Side effects -- liver poisoning.
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Serzone (nefazodone hydrochloride)

• Anti-depressant that can cause severe liver failure
• Made by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Inc.
• Bristol-Myers must now warn consumers that “cases of life-threatening hepatic failure have been reported in patients treated with Serzone
• December 7, 2001, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed Bristol-Myers that it must provide a label warning users that Serzone can cause liver damage
• Can cause damage that can lead to death in a small number of patients.
• Symptoms liver failure include: jaundice, anorexia, gastrointestinal complaints, malaise (following use of the drug)
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Zyprexa

• Also known as Olanzapine; has been approved by the FDA to treat schizophrenia and certain types of bipolar disorder.
• Has been known to cause the sometimes fatal side effect Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS).
• Manufacturer Eli Lilly & Co. released warning stating drug may increase risks of death and stroke when used by elderly patients suffering from dementia.
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