New York Defective Medicine Lawyers

NY Product Defect Attorneys

Goidel and Siegel represent New Yorkers who suffer severe side effects, personal injury or death as a result of ingesting dangerous drugs as prescribed by a physician. We fight the greedy pharmaceutical companies who put profit ahead of patient safety and hold them accountable for their actions.

Many Americans rely heavily on prescription and over the counter drugs for everything from everyday ailments to serious, life threatening injury and disease. We have grown to trust that those drugs approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) are safe, and that they will not harm us if taken as directed. As we have seen by the increasing number of defective drug recalls over recent years, this is clearly not the case. According to the 2003 study ‘Death by Medicine’, nearly 800,000 people each year die from conventional medicine mistakes such as defective drugs.

The recent rise in injury and death as a result of defective pharmaceutical drugs is alarming. Using a drug as it was prescribed by a doctor should be safe and effective for patients. However, prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs, and herbal health supplements can have dangerous life-threatening side effects, including kidney failure, heart attack, stroke, and wrongful death.

Thousands of unsuspecting patients rely daily on decisions made by their doctors with respect to the choice of medication prescribed to fight a given illness or condition. Unfortunately, several drugs have been recalled by manufacturers as well as the Food and Drug Administration out of growing concerns that particular prescription and over-the-counter medications are causing more harm than good.

The following list includes some medications which may be dangerous products that could cause serious permanent personal injury or even death:

• Accutane: Accutane is an acne drug that may cause suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, suicides, severe birth defects, and miscarriage. It has also been linked to fatal pancreatitis and hepatitis.
• Trasylol: Trasylol has been linked to a substantial increase in the risk for kidney failure, heart attack and stroke.
• Ortho Evra: Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch side effects could result in a heart attack, stroke, blood clots, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary emblism or death.
• Fosamax: Osteoporosis medication linked to an increased risk of osteonecrosis of the jaw, which involves decay of the jawbone.
• Fentanyl: Fentanyl lawsuits are being pursued for users of the Duragesic Patch and Actiq Fentanyl Lollipop who suffered a serious injury or death.
• Seroquel: The atypical antipsychotic medication has been linked to an increased risk of diabetes and other life-threatening side effects.
• Gadolinium Based MRI Contrast Agents: For those with kidney problems, MRI contrast agents with gadolinium could cause a disabling hardening of the skin which restricts movement of the joints.

The top 10 pharmaceutical companies earn more in profits than the rest of the Fortune 500 companies combined. In years past, most drug companies primarily marketed their drugs directly to the medical industry through drug reps who visited the physician offices directly. Today, pharmaceutical companies market directly to the consumer through television advertising. The goal of these large pharmaceutical corporations is to get the patient to request their drug from the doctor. By doing so, this limits the ability of the physician to decide to use their drug or not depending on many circumstances the drug companies cannot control.

Too often, Americans have experienced serious side effects, including death from many drugs that were not properly tested before being made available to the public.

If you or a loved one has suffered an injury due to the use of a recalled drug, diet pill, anti-inflammatory drug, drug for depression, or any other defective prescription drug, you may be able to collect compensation in a product liability lawsuit. Contact an experienced New York personal injury lawyer at Goidel and Siegel right away for a free case evaluation.