Fen-Phen: A Lawyer`s Perspective

Fen-phen, a diet drug consisting of fenfluramine and phentermine, had been considered safe for many years until the FDA requested its removal from store shelves in 1997. Rising reports of heart valve disease and pulmonary hypertension caused the FDA to take the action against Fen-phen, particularly after echocardiograms of women who had ingested the drug indicated a 30% rate of heart valve abnormality, even though no other symptoms had been reported. Fen-phen has also been pinpointed as the drug responsible for causing dozens of cases of a rare valvular disease in women, as reported by the Mayo Clinic in July, 1997. Identification of this condition caused doctors to begin to warn their patients of the dangerous risks...

The Fen-Phen Bottom Line

In response to society's obsession with graceful good looks and trim waistlines, manufacturers of weight loss products discovered the affects of Fenfluramine, commonly called Fen-Phen. While Fen-Phen was remarkably successful in lowering body weight and improving an individual's appearance, it left behind a wave of Fen-Phen related health issues.

In 1997, when the health affects of fen-phen were discovered, the Food and Drug Administration asked companies to remove Fen-Phen from their products on a voluntary basis. Some companies complied, while of course others did not.

In the wake of the Fen-Phen craze, those who were returning from their doctors with abnormal echocardiograms were suddenly realizing the devastating possibilities caused by Fen-Phen and...

You Could Develop Illness From MRI Dye

If you or a loved one have recently visited a doctor for an MRI scan and have been injected with a gadolinium-based MRI dye/contrast agent to aid in this process, you may have been given a guarantee of better safety than if you had been injected with an X-ray or CT dye. Yet, either way, you have just cause for concern regarding your health. In the process of helping your physician determine whether an MRI scan is right for you, you are primarily responsible for the accuracy of the information you give on an MRI screening form. The scan is intended to help make more details visible of a disease you may already have. But when given an MRI dye injection, especially that of the non-approved magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), you could easily develop an additional illness such as nephrogenic systemic fibrosisi (NSF). For this...

Avandia Health Risk and Lawsuit

If you or a loved one are among 20.8 million diabetics throughout the United States and have contracted any harmful side effects as the result of an Avandia diagnosis, you are encouraged to act promptly to find an Avandia attorney. You should know, first of all, that any contraction of Avandia symptoms is not your fault and that you deserve better health care than to unknowingly take a potentially life-threatening drug. It is the responsibility of all drug manufacturers to properly warn their consumers of the risks they face in agreeing to their respective treatments. You should make every effort to file your claim in a timely manner (see your state’s laws on the time limits), then provide your Avandia attorney with as much information needed for your lawsuit as possible. This will increase your chances of receiving full compensation. It is also for health reasons that this is such an urgent matter; statistics show...