Category: Drug Recalls

How to Stay Safe and Informed During an FDA Recall of Your Medication

Our chapter on drug recalls within Your Complete Guide to Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer outlines just how frighteningly common FDA recall actions on pharmaceutical products are in the United States today. In that chapter, we also touched on some of the things you should do to protect yourself when your medication or other medical devices you rely on are discovered to be defective and officially recalled. 

Due to the recent—and still developing—Zantac recall, we are delving a little deeper into FDA recalls of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines in today’s post. 

If you’re afraid you’ve been injured or have gotten sick from taking any recalled drug, contact an experienced personal injury attorney today. In the meantime, learn more about what to do when the FDA announces a drug recall for any medication you or your loved ones currently take or have used at any time in the past. 

How to Hire a Drug Recall or Defective Drug Lawyer for Your Case

To pharmaceutical companies, you are just a faceless number purchasing their products and stuffing their pockets with cold, hard cash. That’s why when you have a drug recall or defective drug case, you need a drug recall lawyer who recognizes that you are more than a number. You are a person who has been wronged and needs recourse.

Each day, thousands of medications and medical devices are prescribed by doctors across the country. At the same time, people grab over-the-counter medications to treat various everyday maladies on their regular trips to the grocery store. What you may not know is that there are new drug recalls each week, and those recall lists may contain defective medications you assumed were harmless. Manufacturers must sometimes issue a recall for their products because they violate manufacturing or labeling laws and are endangering lives.

Westmoreland Injury Lawyers are experienced personal injury lawyers who care about you. We know how challenging dealing with a personal injury can be, especially for medication-related damages. We want to work with you to get the justice you deserve and give you peace of mind.

Things You Should Know About a Drug Recall

Your Complete Guide to Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer – CHAPTER 6

Personal injury lawyers dedicate a great deal of their time to counseling clients through the often painful aftermath of medical malpractice experiences. But what about situations in which medical personnel did not act negligently, yet a healthcare matter still caused suffering when medicine or a medical device was discovered to be defective?

Often, patients don’t realize that their recalled medication—and even over-the-counter remedies—may be to blame for seemingly unrelated injuries and illnesses. This is why it’s imperative for anyone who has been exposed to a defective drug or device that is currently—or has ever been—under recall to seek experienced legal help about the issue.

Today’s blog post, which is the final chapter in our recent series guiding you through when and how to hire a personal injury lawyer, provides a closer look at what consumers need to know about drug recalls, which are frighteningly common today. Compassionate personal injury lawyers are on your side to hold Big Pharma accountable, and we want our friends and neighbors to know how we can help you protect yourself and your loved ones.

Valsartan Drug Recall: What You Need to Know Now

Do you or a loved one take medication for high blood pressure or a heart condition that contains valsartan? Or have you taken valsartan-containing medicine in the past? You could be at risk for certain cancers due to “unexpected impurities” discovered in some of these drugs.

Now the subject of an expanding recall and FDA investigation, valsartan is a generic ingredient contained in medications produced by a long list of drug manufacturers. And, while not all valsartan is being recalled, that originating from Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceuticals (Huahai) in China, has been found to be contaminated by probable carcinogens.

This means that long-term use of medications made with the tainted valsartan may cause cancer, particularly of the liver or colorectal systems, according to medical professionals and researchers. Continue reading “Valsartan Drug Recall: What You Need to Know Now”